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The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America. April 2011 Volume 56, No. 4 Solo and Membership meetings - Tuesday, April 5 Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY

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The official monthly publication of the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America (SCCA).

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Page 1: TOP END - April 2011

The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America

April 2011 Volume 56 No 4

Solo and Membership meetings - Tuesday April 5Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY

2 April 2011

wwwflr-sccacom Finger Lakes Region - SCCA

2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORSREGIONAL EXECUTIVEMichael Toombs (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St Rochester NY 14619-2227 reflr-sccacomASSISTANT REGIONAL EXECUTIVEScott Moller (585) 230-5464 1301 Whalen Rd Penfield NY 14526-1917 assist-reflr-sccacomTREASURERElizabeth Thiel (585) 671-9995 fax (585) 266-0942 753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580 treasurerflr-sccacomSECRETARYCarl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903 secretaryflr-sccacomACTIVITIES DIRECTORBarb Lissow (585) 338-7249 250 Carter St Rochester NY 14621-5142 activitiesdirectorflr-sccacomDIRECTORSDave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd Livonia NY 14887-9306 director3flr-sccacomCharles Tanck (585) 467-4993 175 Eastgate Drive Rochester NY 14617-4104 director1flr-sccacomMark Eksten (585) 766-2777 872 North Winton Road Rochester NY 14609-6836 director2flr-sccacomFran McAllister (585) 750-4674 625 Fairmount Ave Rochester NY 14626-1613

RACECOMPETITION BOARDRich Smith Chair (585) 703-0631 clubracingflr-sccacomDave Ciufo (585) 346-5002Fran McAllister (585) 254-5920Peter Kummer (585) 624-2853Russell Jaslow (585) 724-5890Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288Erik Shepard (585) 269-7097 ldquoGlen Nationalrdquo RACE CHAIRMENTBA nationalflr-sccacomldquoFUN ONErdquo RACE CHAIRMEN TBA funoneflr-sccacom

CHIEF REGISTRAR Marsha Toombs (585) 328-2617 registrarflr-sccacomCHIEF TIMING amp SCORINGCarl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 tsflr-sccacom

CHIEF FLAGGING amp COMM Barbara Lissow (585) 338-7249 fcflr-sccacomCHIEF STARTERJohn Flowers (607) 546-2369 starterflr-sccacomCHIEF GRID TBACHIEF PITS ampPADDOCKTBACHIEF SCRUTINEERINGBruce Perry (585) 382-9234 techflr-sccacomCHIEF SOUND CONTROLJim Craven (585) 889-5363 soundflr-sccacomNYSRRC REPRESENTATIVEMary Hartman (585) 426-3288

RALLY RALLY CHAIR(S) TBAINTERIM ROADRALLY CHAIRTom Langdon (315) 524-2260 rallyflr-sccacomRALLYCROSS CHAIRTony Zanni (585) 281-2510 rallycrossflr-sccacom

SOLO SOLO BOARDBrian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacomDave Avery (585) 425-9610 davidaverykodakcomAlan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomMarnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomMike Stutzman (585) 889-2564 stutzeartlingnet CHIEF REGISTRARCory Kuhns (585) 210-0824 soloregisterflr-sccacomCHIEF SAFETY STEWARDDave Avery (585) 425-9610 davidaverykodakcomCHIEF TECHNICAL INSPECTION Jim Hoelscher (585) 247-9596 jhoelschrochesterrrcomCHIEFS NOVICE PROGRAMAlan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomTIMINGSCORING amp RESULTSJake Massey (585) 697-4139 eselredyahoocomCHIEF SOUND CONTROLEdwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomCHIEF TROPHIESMarnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomCHIEF WORKERSEdwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomCHIEF WAIVERSBrian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacom

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONSMEMBERSHIPMike Brunner (585) 752-7233 membershipflr-sccacomTOP END EDITORCarl Dresie (585) 544-6482 cfdresiecscomMERCHANDISEChris McAllister (585) 872-2530(days) merchandiseflr-sccacomEQUIPMENT CHAIRMANAlan Blood (585) 242-9039 equipmentflr-sccacomREGIONAL HISTORIANLynn Randall (585) 451-5298 historianflr-sccacomWEBMASTERMaryAnne Shults (949) 768-2609 webmasterflr-sccacom

STPRreg Motorsports LLCManagersMeridith Croucher (315) 331-5354 chairmanstprorgLewis Giesy (315) 597-9637Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 rallymasterstprorgTreasurerJoyce Bucknam (315) 597-5668

NEDIV ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONSAREA 10 DIRECTORJohn Walsh (585) 546-5670 244 Mendon Center Rd Honeoye Falls NY 14472-9335 NEDIV EXECUTIVE STEWARD RACE Earl Hurlbut (585) 219-4891

ehurlbutrochesterrrcomNEDIV ROADRALLY STEWARDTed Goddard (802) 263-5678 tedgcbtdsnerNEDIV RALLYCROSS STEWARDScott Beliveau (603) 524-4305 beliveauaavidcomNEDIV SOLO STEWARDDavid Newman (610) 4335690 dn59verizonnetNEDIV SOLO SAFETY STEWARDBruce Bellom (914) 739-6815

Additional positions see httpwwwnesccacomnescca_maincontactshtml

32011 April

TOP END is the official publication of the Finger Lakes Region (FLR) SCCA and is mailed to all members in good standing and to advertisers Opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the contributor and do not neces-sarily reflect the views of FLR Permission to reprint articles is granted to all SCCA regional publications and its national magazine SportsCar Full credit must be given to FLR TOP END and the author

Non-membership subscrip-tion rate $1500 per year Submit subscription orders and address changes to the Circulation Editors Bulk rate mail is not forwarded by the Post Office when you change your address even if you file a forwarding request with your Postmaster

Submit materials for pub-lication to the Editor or any of the Editorial Staff Contact Editor for information regard-ing submission of classified advertising Contact the Ad-vertising Editor for commer-cial advertising Deadline for submissions to TOP END is the 12th of each month Typed printed and electronic files are acceptable Contact Editor regarding electronic file formats and fonts All submissions are subject to re-visions that may be necessary to meet the requirements for publication

The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes REGION

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

Staff Contents

RErsquos Report 4 Meeting Minutes 4 - 7 March Membership 4 - 6 February BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 5 Minutes 7 Passings 7 Membership News 8 Photo submissions 8 Over the edge 8National News 9Race 10 - 11Solo 12Rally 13 - 16 Rally Meeting Notess 13 Wellsboro Results 13 RallyCross Results 14 Cabin Fever 14 - 15 Long Way Home 15 - 16Classified Ads 16 - 17Membership Application 18Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back CoverPhoto CreditsFront Cover Back Cover Nate Michalsp 3 John Walshp 9 Staff Photop 11 Courtesy of R Guhde

EDITORADVERTISINGCarl F Dresie119 Brookview DrRochester NY 14617-3903(585) 544-6482e-mail cfdresiecscom

CO-EDITORCOPY EDITORLynn Randall15 Diana DrScottsville NY 14546(585) 889-1289e-mail lynnsccarochesterrrcom

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTMaryAnne Shults23864 Sycamore DrMission Viejo CA 92691-3038(949) 768-2609e-mail webmasterflr-sccacom

TOP END CIRCULATIONChange of AddressNotify the SCCA National Office in Topeka and the Membership ChairMike Brunner228 Robert Quigley Dr Apt-1Scottsville NY 14546(585) 752-7233e-mail membershipflr-sccacomAndOr The EDITOR (see above)

Cover PhotoJake Vallee 1st at the Feb27

RallyCross at Perryrsquos Park with a total time of 1208 for the eight runs

Nate Michals photo Tony Zanni setting up the RallyCross course at Perryrsquos Park - ~20 deg F 40+mph winds snowing like a ---------

4 April 2011

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPort

Meeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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YEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARS

Just got back from the National Convention and a few weeks later there was the Northeast Division Roundtable This was the first year for a new format for the Roundtable The division and not an individual region put on this Roundtable Back when the Roundtable was started it was designed to be a training session for the upcoming season Over the past decades it has morphed into something else Now we have moved it back to focus on training on Saturday There were quite a few people who made the drive to be at these Saturday sessions several making four plus hour drives

I spent Saturday morning in registration training sessions The NESCCA website registration system has been discontinued We were presented with a couple of different choices for our new online registration The regionrsquos chief registrar and the Board of Directors made the decision to go with Motorsportsregcom Our Chief Registrar has a column else where in Top End to help you get started Every region in the Northeast Division except for two regions will be using Motorsportsregcom

I have been pushing to move the Division to go back to NEDiv and move away from NESCCA What looks like is going to happen is that the main NESCCA website is going to be reached via wwwnesccacom or wwwnedivcom The basic web page design will be changed slightly to emphasize the Northeast Division and NESCCA will continue to be used for national club racing

We are officially are going to be running solo events at the Seneca Army Depot again this year We still need to work out some long-range plans but we will be back there again this year Brain Buchman has put together a schedule so the season must be right around the corner

This time of year is when everyone starts getting antsy ndash how much longer do I wait before the Miata comes out of the garage I like the Subaru but there is no comparison between the two I really need to find a solo car quickly

Until next monthMike

March 1 2011

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 806 pm

The following are arranged by topic and may not be in chronological order

The February 1 2011 General Membership Meeting minutes as printed in the March 2011 issue of Top End were approved on a motion by Charles Tanck seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities ndash Barb Lissow The region will have a booth at the

auto show on March 3 through 6 We will be back in the hallway where we have been before Contact Barb Lissow at 338-7249 or activitiesdirectorflr-sccacom if you would like to work

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMembership was up two from the

458 of last month to 460 Included in the 19 members present for the Solo and general membership meetings were new members Guy Jeanne and Matt Bringley Mike Toombs noted that we received $140 from the national office for membership retention

National Convention Report ndash Mike ToombsFinger Lakes Region members Mike

Toombs Mike Brunner Tina Reeves John Walsh and Eva Ames attended the National Convention in Las Vegas It was noted that John looked ldquoquite in placerdquo on the stage each of four times Eva joined the region while attending RIT She is currently on the Rally Board The consensus was that the meeting was a great convention A lot of useful information was picked up

Also picked up at the convention were two trophies for first place overall for region communications One trophy for the website and one for the newsletter The award for Top End was passed to Carl Dresie Top End editor at the meeting The website trophy will be delivered to MaryAnne Shults by Lynn Randall later in the month

John Walsh reported on the financial statements made at the convention

52011 April

Financially the club is doing well Pro had a small positive while Enterprises had a small loss but were still able to pay on their loan Insurance costs will remain very close to the same Insurance cost assessments for races is being discussed at Topeka By weekend by event or by sanction number are possibilities The impact of the various plans is being reviewed

New Business MotorsportsReg will have training

sessions at the RoundTable There will also be a RallyCross safety steward training session

A picnic or other site is being considered for a summer meeting Mike Toombs also asked that anyone having ideas for increasing participation in the meetings contact Mike or a board member

Race Report We will be using Motorsportsreg

com for both the National and Fun One races

The status of the rechargeable transponders was checked by charging them and recording the charging light and the charge remaining light Rental numbers at events are down to only a few at each race Working units will be sold to region members with a small number kept in hand to rent as needed

Rally Report ndash Alan SmithThere have been two events since the

last meeting The Ithaca Winter Rally on Feb 5 had nineteen entrants (Results and an article were printed in the April issue of Top End Ed) The fourth event ldquoCabin Fever Rally 2011rdquo run on Feb 19 had 16 entries

We had a really great Winter Rally Series with snow falling and slippery roads As a result a number of stories came out of the series

RallyCrossThe first RallyCross held on Feb 27

had ten entrants

A second site is under consideration in Seneca County That move may

impact the competitors from the Buffalo area

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe first winter performance rally

conducted by the STPRreg subsidiary on Feb 12 was a learning experience All seven of the competitors entered finished This one-day event had a lot of snow Times for the nine-mile stage last summer were in the eleven-minute range in the snow the best times were about nineteen minutes

A good time was reported by a number of people and plans are to do this again next year

Solo Report ndash Brian BuchmanThe group controlling the Seneca

Army Depot has asked for funds up front to help pay for the repair of the sealer between the concrete slabs Tina Reeves is still working with SeAD on funding of the repair work We would like to run several events at SeAD

Several alternative sites are being investigated Issues include pavement quality and the need for cars to be registered for one of the sites Running a series with adjacent regions is also a possibility

Two sponsors are willing to support our Solo Series This should help us have a full eight-event season

The first two weekends will be at RIT on April 30 and May 1 and May 14 and 15 The April 30 event will be a Novice school followed by the first event in the series on May 1 The second weekend will be a Test-n-Tune followed by the second event

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielChecking account balance and other

financial information is available for review from Elizabeth

The bond coverage for the Regional Executive and Treasurer will be paid Deposit for the two weekends at Watkins Glen International will be paid by the end of the month The bulk mail account needs to be reviewed and closed if it is no longer needed Newsletter mailing is

now part of the FedEx expense

The treasurerrsquos report was accepted on a motion by John Walsh seconded by Mike Brunner

The meeting was adjourned at 912 pm on a motion by Mike Brunner seconded by Alan Smith

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingIt was noted that with the traction

control turned on Subarursquos would spin on a dime sometimes to the passengers discomfort Not all traction control four-wheel drive cars will do the NASCAR spin

Alan Smith was the designated ldquoabstentionrdquo voter for the meeting

The changes in membership renewal with the change from spousal to family membership were discussed It appears that the second family member ex-spouse is not being credited for race work That credit can be enough to pay for the membership renewal

The snow during the Winter Rally Series events reduced visibility to the point that a GPS was needed to show where the road was going In spite of that assistance (or maybe because of the GPS unit) several competitors and workers saw snow banks and for that or other reasons needed to be towed In one reported case a new car was the result of leaving the road and quitting the rally inverted

The ldquolocalrdquo encountered by Alan Smith and Eric Hobron was courteous enough to move over and let them by twice It seems that it was not a local but in fact one of the rallymasters They also noted that forgetting to add the car number to the out time results in a score of 100 even after working very hard on a hill climb

Many of the places serving food in the area that we run rallies through close

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

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172011 April

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Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

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2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 2: TOP END - April 2011

2 April 2011

wwwflr-sccacom Finger Lakes Region - SCCA

2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORSREGIONAL EXECUTIVEMichael Toombs (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St Rochester NY 14619-2227 reflr-sccacomASSISTANT REGIONAL EXECUTIVEScott Moller (585) 230-5464 1301 Whalen Rd Penfield NY 14526-1917 assist-reflr-sccacomTREASURERElizabeth Thiel (585) 671-9995 fax (585) 266-0942 753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580 treasurerflr-sccacomSECRETARYCarl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903 secretaryflr-sccacomACTIVITIES DIRECTORBarb Lissow (585) 338-7249 250 Carter St Rochester NY 14621-5142 activitiesdirectorflr-sccacomDIRECTORSDave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd Livonia NY 14887-9306 director3flr-sccacomCharles Tanck (585) 467-4993 175 Eastgate Drive Rochester NY 14617-4104 director1flr-sccacomMark Eksten (585) 766-2777 872 North Winton Road Rochester NY 14609-6836 director2flr-sccacomFran McAllister (585) 750-4674 625 Fairmount Ave Rochester NY 14626-1613

RACECOMPETITION BOARDRich Smith Chair (585) 703-0631 clubracingflr-sccacomDave Ciufo (585) 346-5002Fran McAllister (585) 254-5920Peter Kummer (585) 624-2853Russell Jaslow (585) 724-5890Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288Erik Shepard (585) 269-7097 ldquoGlen Nationalrdquo RACE CHAIRMENTBA nationalflr-sccacomldquoFUN ONErdquo RACE CHAIRMEN TBA funoneflr-sccacom

CHIEF REGISTRAR Marsha Toombs (585) 328-2617 registrarflr-sccacomCHIEF TIMING amp SCORINGCarl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 tsflr-sccacom

CHIEF FLAGGING amp COMM Barbara Lissow (585) 338-7249 fcflr-sccacomCHIEF STARTERJohn Flowers (607) 546-2369 starterflr-sccacomCHIEF GRID TBACHIEF PITS ampPADDOCKTBACHIEF SCRUTINEERINGBruce Perry (585) 382-9234 techflr-sccacomCHIEF SOUND CONTROLJim Craven (585) 889-5363 soundflr-sccacomNYSRRC REPRESENTATIVEMary Hartman (585) 426-3288

RALLY RALLY CHAIR(S) TBAINTERIM ROADRALLY CHAIRTom Langdon (315) 524-2260 rallyflr-sccacomRALLYCROSS CHAIRTony Zanni (585) 281-2510 rallycrossflr-sccacom

SOLO SOLO BOARDBrian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacomDave Avery (585) 425-9610 davidaverykodakcomAlan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomMarnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomMike Stutzman (585) 889-2564 stutzeartlingnet CHIEF REGISTRARCory Kuhns (585) 210-0824 soloregisterflr-sccacomCHIEF SAFETY STEWARDDave Avery (585) 425-9610 davidaverykodakcomCHIEF TECHNICAL INSPECTION Jim Hoelscher (585) 247-9596 jhoelschrochesterrrcomCHIEFS NOVICE PROGRAMAlan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomTIMINGSCORING amp RESULTSJake Massey (585) 697-4139 eselredyahoocomCHIEF SOUND CONTROLEdwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomCHIEF TROPHIESMarnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomCHIEF WORKERSEdwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomCHIEF WAIVERSBrian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacom

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONSMEMBERSHIPMike Brunner (585) 752-7233 membershipflr-sccacomTOP END EDITORCarl Dresie (585) 544-6482 cfdresiecscomMERCHANDISEChris McAllister (585) 872-2530(days) merchandiseflr-sccacomEQUIPMENT CHAIRMANAlan Blood (585) 242-9039 equipmentflr-sccacomREGIONAL HISTORIANLynn Randall (585) 451-5298 historianflr-sccacomWEBMASTERMaryAnne Shults (949) 768-2609 webmasterflr-sccacom

STPRreg Motorsports LLCManagersMeridith Croucher (315) 331-5354 chairmanstprorgLewis Giesy (315) 597-9637Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 rallymasterstprorgTreasurerJoyce Bucknam (315) 597-5668

NEDIV ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONSAREA 10 DIRECTORJohn Walsh (585) 546-5670 244 Mendon Center Rd Honeoye Falls NY 14472-9335 NEDIV EXECUTIVE STEWARD RACE Earl Hurlbut (585) 219-4891

ehurlbutrochesterrrcomNEDIV ROADRALLY STEWARDTed Goddard (802) 263-5678 tedgcbtdsnerNEDIV RALLYCROSS STEWARDScott Beliveau (603) 524-4305 beliveauaavidcomNEDIV SOLO STEWARDDavid Newman (610) 4335690 dn59verizonnetNEDIV SOLO SAFETY STEWARDBruce Bellom (914) 739-6815

Additional positions see httpwwwnesccacomnescca_maincontactshtml

32011 April

TOP END is the official publication of the Finger Lakes Region (FLR) SCCA and is mailed to all members in good standing and to advertisers Opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the contributor and do not neces-sarily reflect the views of FLR Permission to reprint articles is granted to all SCCA regional publications and its national magazine SportsCar Full credit must be given to FLR TOP END and the author

Non-membership subscrip-tion rate $1500 per year Submit subscription orders and address changes to the Circulation Editors Bulk rate mail is not forwarded by the Post Office when you change your address even if you file a forwarding request with your Postmaster

Submit materials for pub-lication to the Editor or any of the Editorial Staff Contact Editor for information regard-ing submission of classified advertising Contact the Ad-vertising Editor for commer-cial advertising Deadline for submissions to TOP END is the 12th of each month Typed printed and electronic files are acceptable Contact Editor regarding electronic file formats and fonts All submissions are subject to re-visions that may be necessary to meet the requirements for publication

The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes REGION

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

Staff Contents

RErsquos Report 4 Meeting Minutes 4 - 7 March Membership 4 - 6 February BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 5 Minutes 7 Passings 7 Membership News 8 Photo submissions 8 Over the edge 8National News 9Race 10 - 11Solo 12Rally 13 - 16 Rally Meeting Notess 13 Wellsboro Results 13 RallyCross Results 14 Cabin Fever 14 - 15 Long Way Home 15 - 16Classified Ads 16 - 17Membership Application 18Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back CoverPhoto CreditsFront Cover Back Cover Nate Michalsp 3 John Walshp 9 Staff Photop 11 Courtesy of R Guhde

EDITORADVERTISINGCarl F Dresie119 Brookview DrRochester NY 14617-3903(585) 544-6482e-mail cfdresiecscom

CO-EDITORCOPY EDITORLynn Randall15 Diana DrScottsville NY 14546(585) 889-1289e-mail lynnsccarochesterrrcom

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTMaryAnne Shults23864 Sycamore DrMission Viejo CA 92691-3038(949) 768-2609e-mail webmasterflr-sccacom

TOP END CIRCULATIONChange of AddressNotify the SCCA National Office in Topeka and the Membership ChairMike Brunner228 Robert Quigley Dr Apt-1Scottsville NY 14546(585) 752-7233e-mail membershipflr-sccacomAndOr The EDITOR (see above)

Cover PhotoJake Vallee 1st at the Feb27

RallyCross at Perryrsquos Park with a total time of 1208 for the eight runs

Nate Michals photo Tony Zanni setting up the RallyCross course at Perryrsquos Park - ~20 deg F 40+mph winds snowing like a ---------

4 April 2011

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPort

Meeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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YEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARS

Just got back from the National Convention and a few weeks later there was the Northeast Division Roundtable This was the first year for a new format for the Roundtable The division and not an individual region put on this Roundtable Back when the Roundtable was started it was designed to be a training session for the upcoming season Over the past decades it has morphed into something else Now we have moved it back to focus on training on Saturday There were quite a few people who made the drive to be at these Saturday sessions several making four plus hour drives

I spent Saturday morning in registration training sessions The NESCCA website registration system has been discontinued We were presented with a couple of different choices for our new online registration The regionrsquos chief registrar and the Board of Directors made the decision to go with Motorsportsregcom Our Chief Registrar has a column else where in Top End to help you get started Every region in the Northeast Division except for two regions will be using Motorsportsregcom

I have been pushing to move the Division to go back to NEDiv and move away from NESCCA What looks like is going to happen is that the main NESCCA website is going to be reached via wwwnesccacom or wwwnedivcom The basic web page design will be changed slightly to emphasize the Northeast Division and NESCCA will continue to be used for national club racing

We are officially are going to be running solo events at the Seneca Army Depot again this year We still need to work out some long-range plans but we will be back there again this year Brain Buchman has put together a schedule so the season must be right around the corner

This time of year is when everyone starts getting antsy ndash how much longer do I wait before the Miata comes out of the garage I like the Subaru but there is no comparison between the two I really need to find a solo car quickly

Until next monthMike

March 1 2011

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 806 pm

The following are arranged by topic and may not be in chronological order

The February 1 2011 General Membership Meeting minutes as printed in the March 2011 issue of Top End were approved on a motion by Charles Tanck seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities ndash Barb Lissow The region will have a booth at the

auto show on March 3 through 6 We will be back in the hallway where we have been before Contact Barb Lissow at 338-7249 or activitiesdirectorflr-sccacom if you would like to work

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMembership was up two from the

458 of last month to 460 Included in the 19 members present for the Solo and general membership meetings were new members Guy Jeanne and Matt Bringley Mike Toombs noted that we received $140 from the national office for membership retention

National Convention Report ndash Mike ToombsFinger Lakes Region members Mike

Toombs Mike Brunner Tina Reeves John Walsh and Eva Ames attended the National Convention in Las Vegas It was noted that John looked ldquoquite in placerdquo on the stage each of four times Eva joined the region while attending RIT She is currently on the Rally Board The consensus was that the meeting was a great convention A lot of useful information was picked up

Also picked up at the convention were two trophies for first place overall for region communications One trophy for the website and one for the newsletter The award for Top End was passed to Carl Dresie Top End editor at the meeting The website trophy will be delivered to MaryAnne Shults by Lynn Randall later in the month

John Walsh reported on the financial statements made at the convention

52011 April

Financially the club is doing well Pro had a small positive while Enterprises had a small loss but were still able to pay on their loan Insurance costs will remain very close to the same Insurance cost assessments for races is being discussed at Topeka By weekend by event or by sanction number are possibilities The impact of the various plans is being reviewed

New Business MotorsportsReg will have training

sessions at the RoundTable There will also be a RallyCross safety steward training session

A picnic or other site is being considered for a summer meeting Mike Toombs also asked that anyone having ideas for increasing participation in the meetings contact Mike or a board member

Race Report We will be using Motorsportsreg

com for both the National and Fun One races

The status of the rechargeable transponders was checked by charging them and recording the charging light and the charge remaining light Rental numbers at events are down to only a few at each race Working units will be sold to region members with a small number kept in hand to rent as needed

Rally Report ndash Alan SmithThere have been two events since the

last meeting The Ithaca Winter Rally on Feb 5 had nineteen entrants (Results and an article were printed in the April issue of Top End Ed) The fourth event ldquoCabin Fever Rally 2011rdquo run on Feb 19 had 16 entries

We had a really great Winter Rally Series with snow falling and slippery roads As a result a number of stories came out of the series

RallyCrossThe first RallyCross held on Feb 27

had ten entrants

A second site is under consideration in Seneca County That move may

impact the competitors from the Buffalo area

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe first winter performance rally

conducted by the STPRreg subsidiary on Feb 12 was a learning experience All seven of the competitors entered finished This one-day event had a lot of snow Times for the nine-mile stage last summer were in the eleven-minute range in the snow the best times were about nineteen minutes

A good time was reported by a number of people and plans are to do this again next year

Solo Report ndash Brian BuchmanThe group controlling the Seneca

Army Depot has asked for funds up front to help pay for the repair of the sealer between the concrete slabs Tina Reeves is still working with SeAD on funding of the repair work We would like to run several events at SeAD

Several alternative sites are being investigated Issues include pavement quality and the need for cars to be registered for one of the sites Running a series with adjacent regions is also a possibility

Two sponsors are willing to support our Solo Series This should help us have a full eight-event season

The first two weekends will be at RIT on April 30 and May 1 and May 14 and 15 The April 30 event will be a Novice school followed by the first event in the series on May 1 The second weekend will be a Test-n-Tune followed by the second event

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielChecking account balance and other

financial information is available for review from Elizabeth

The bond coverage for the Regional Executive and Treasurer will be paid Deposit for the two weekends at Watkins Glen International will be paid by the end of the month The bulk mail account needs to be reviewed and closed if it is no longer needed Newsletter mailing is

now part of the FedEx expense

The treasurerrsquos report was accepted on a motion by John Walsh seconded by Mike Brunner

The meeting was adjourned at 912 pm on a motion by Mike Brunner seconded by Alan Smith

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingIt was noted that with the traction

control turned on Subarursquos would spin on a dime sometimes to the passengers discomfort Not all traction control four-wheel drive cars will do the NASCAR spin

Alan Smith was the designated ldquoabstentionrdquo voter for the meeting

The changes in membership renewal with the change from spousal to family membership were discussed It appears that the second family member ex-spouse is not being credited for race work That credit can be enough to pay for the membership renewal

The snow during the Winter Rally Series events reduced visibility to the point that a GPS was needed to show where the road was going In spite of that assistance (or maybe because of the GPS unit) several competitors and workers saw snow banks and for that or other reasons needed to be towed In one reported case a new car was the result of leaving the road and quitting the rally inverted

The ldquolocalrdquo encountered by Alan Smith and Eric Hobron was courteous enough to move over and let them by twice It seems that it was not a local but in fact one of the rallymasters They also noted that forgetting to add the car number to the out time results in a score of 100 even after working very hard on a hill climb

Many of the places serving food in the area that we run rallies through close

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

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For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 3: TOP END - April 2011

32011 April

TOP END is the official publication of the Finger Lakes Region (FLR) SCCA and is mailed to all members in good standing and to advertisers Opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the contributor and do not neces-sarily reflect the views of FLR Permission to reprint articles is granted to all SCCA regional publications and its national magazine SportsCar Full credit must be given to FLR TOP END and the author

Non-membership subscrip-tion rate $1500 per year Submit subscription orders and address changes to the Circulation Editors Bulk rate mail is not forwarded by the Post Office when you change your address even if you file a forwarding request with your Postmaster

Submit materials for pub-lication to the Editor or any of the Editorial Staff Contact Editor for information regard-ing submission of classified advertising Contact the Ad-vertising Editor for commer-cial advertising Deadline for submissions to TOP END is the 12th of each month Typed printed and electronic files are acceptable Contact Editor regarding electronic file formats and fonts All submissions are subject to re-visions that may be necessary to meet the requirements for publication

The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes REGION

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

Staff Contents

RErsquos Report 4 Meeting Minutes 4 - 7 March Membership 4 - 6 February BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 5 Minutes 7 Passings 7 Membership News 8 Photo submissions 8 Over the edge 8National News 9Race 10 - 11Solo 12Rally 13 - 16 Rally Meeting Notess 13 Wellsboro Results 13 RallyCross Results 14 Cabin Fever 14 - 15 Long Way Home 15 - 16Classified Ads 16 - 17Membership Application 18Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back CoverPhoto CreditsFront Cover Back Cover Nate Michalsp 3 John Walshp 9 Staff Photop 11 Courtesy of R Guhde

EDITORADVERTISINGCarl F Dresie119 Brookview DrRochester NY 14617-3903(585) 544-6482e-mail cfdresiecscom

CO-EDITORCOPY EDITORLynn Randall15 Diana DrScottsville NY 14546(585) 889-1289e-mail lynnsccarochesterrrcom

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTMaryAnne Shults23864 Sycamore DrMission Viejo CA 92691-3038(949) 768-2609e-mail webmasterflr-sccacom

TOP END CIRCULATIONChange of AddressNotify the SCCA National Office in Topeka and the Membership ChairMike Brunner228 Robert Quigley Dr Apt-1Scottsville NY 14546(585) 752-7233e-mail membershipflr-sccacomAndOr The EDITOR (see above)

Cover PhotoJake Vallee 1st at the Feb27

RallyCross at Perryrsquos Park with a total time of 1208 for the eight runs

Nate Michals photo Tony Zanni setting up the RallyCross course at Perryrsquos Park - ~20 deg F 40+mph winds snowing like a ---------

4 April 2011

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPort

Meeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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Just got back from the National Convention and a few weeks later there was the Northeast Division Roundtable This was the first year for a new format for the Roundtable The division and not an individual region put on this Roundtable Back when the Roundtable was started it was designed to be a training session for the upcoming season Over the past decades it has morphed into something else Now we have moved it back to focus on training on Saturday There were quite a few people who made the drive to be at these Saturday sessions several making four plus hour drives

I spent Saturday morning in registration training sessions The NESCCA website registration system has been discontinued We were presented with a couple of different choices for our new online registration The regionrsquos chief registrar and the Board of Directors made the decision to go with Motorsportsregcom Our Chief Registrar has a column else where in Top End to help you get started Every region in the Northeast Division except for two regions will be using Motorsportsregcom

I have been pushing to move the Division to go back to NEDiv and move away from NESCCA What looks like is going to happen is that the main NESCCA website is going to be reached via wwwnesccacom or wwwnedivcom The basic web page design will be changed slightly to emphasize the Northeast Division and NESCCA will continue to be used for national club racing

We are officially are going to be running solo events at the Seneca Army Depot again this year We still need to work out some long-range plans but we will be back there again this year Brain Buchman has put together a schedule so the season must be right around the corner

This time of year is when everyone starts getting antsy ndash how much longer do I wait before the Miata comes out of the garage I like the Subaru but there is no comparison between the two I really need to find a solo car quickly

Until next monthMike

March 1 2011

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 806 pm

The following are arranged by topic and may not be in chronological order

The February 1 2011 General Membership Meeting minutes as printed in the March 2011 issue of Top End were approved on a motion by Charles Tanck seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities ndash Barb Lissow The region will have a booth at the

auto show on March 3 through 6 We will be back in the hallway where we have been before Contact Barb Lissow at 338-7249 or activitiesdirectorflr-sccacom if you would like to work

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMembership was up two from the

458 of last month to 460 Included in the 19 members present for the Solo and general membership meetings were new members Guy Jeanne and Matt Bringley Mike Toombs noted that we received $140 from the national office for membership retention

National Convention Report ndash Mike ToombsFinger Lakes Region members Mike

Toombs Mike Brunner Tina Reeves John Walsh and Eva Ames attended the National Convention in Las Vegas It was noted that John looked ldquoquite in placerdquo on the stage each of four times Eva joined the region while attending RIT She is currently on the Rally Board The consensus was that the meeting was a great convention A lot of useful information was picked up

Also picked up at the convention were two trophies for first place overall for region communications One trophy for the website and one for the newsletter The award for Top End was passed to Carl Dresie Top End editor at the meeting The website trophy will be delivered to MaryAnne Shults by Lynn Randall later in the month

John Walsh reported on the financial statements made at the convention

52011 April

Financially the club is doing well Pro had a small positive while Enterprises had a small loss but were still able to pay on their loan Insurance costs will remain very close to the same Insurance cost assessments for races is being discussed at Topeka By weekend by event or by sanction number are possibilities The impact of the various plans is being reviewed

New Business MotorsportsReg will have training

sessions at the RoundTable There will also be a RallyCross safety steward training session

A picnic or other site is being considered for a summer meeting Mike Toombs also asked that anyone having ideas for increasing participation in the meetings contact Mike or a board member

Race Report We will be using Motorsportsreg

com for both the National and Fun One races

The status of the rechargeable transponders was checked by charging them and recording the charging light and the charge remaining light Rental numbers at events are down to only a few at each race Working units will be sold to region members with a small number kept in hand to rent as needed

Rally Report ndash Alan SmithThere have been two events since the

last meeting The Ithaca Winter Rally on Feb 5 had nineteen entrants (Results and an article were printed in the April issue of Top End Ed) The fourth event ldquoCabin Fever Rally 2011rdquo run on Feb 19 had 16 entries

We had a really great Winter Rally Series with snow falling and slippery roads As a result a number of stories came out of the series

RallyCrossThe first RallyCross held on Feb 27

had ten entrants

A second site is under consideration in Seneca County That move may

impact the competitors from the Buffalo area

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe first winter performance rally

conducted by the STPRreg subsidiary on Feb 12 was a learning experience All seven of the competitors entered finished This one-day event had a lot of snow Times for the nine-mile stage last summer were in the eleven-minute range in the snow the best times were about nineteen minutes

A good time was reported by a number of people and plans are to do this again next year

Solo Report ndash Brian BuchmanThe group controlling the Seneca

Army Depot has asked for funds up front to help pay for the repair of the sealer between the concrete slabs Tina Reeves is still working with SeAD on funding of the repair work We would like to run several events at SeAD

Several alternative sites are being investigated Issues include pavement quality and the need for cars to be registered for one of the sites Running a series with adjacent regions is also a possibility

Two sponsors are willing to support our Solo Series This should help us have a full eight-event season

The first two weekends will be at RIT on April 30 and May 1 and May 14 and 15 The April 30 event will be a Novice school followed by the first event in the series on May 1 The second weekend will be a Test-n-Tune followed by the second event

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielChecking account balance and other

financial information is available for review from Elizabeth

The bond coverage for the Regional Executive and Treasurer will be paid Deposit for the two weekends at Watkins Glen International will be paid by the end of the month The bulk mail account needs to be reviewed and closed if it is no longer needed Newsletter mailing is

now part of the FedEx expense

The treasurerrsquos report was accepted on a motion by John Walsh seconded by Mike Brunner

The meeting was adjourned at 912 pm on a motion by Mike Brunner seconded by Alan Smith

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingIt was noted that with the traction

control turned on Subarursquos would spin on a dime sometimes to the passengers discomfort Not all traction control four-wheel drive cars will do the NASCAR spin

Alan Smith was the designated ldquoabstentionrdquo voter for the meeting

The changes in membership renewal with the change from spousal to family membership were discussed It appears that the second family member ex-spouse is not being credited for race work That credit can be enough to pay for the membership renewal

The snow during the Winter Rally Series events reduced visibility to the point that a GPS was needed to show where the road was going In spite of that assistance (or maybe because of the GPS unit) several competitors and workers saw snow banks and for that or other reasons needed to be towed In one reported case a new car was the result of leaving the road and quitting the rally inverted

The ldquolocalrdquo encountered by Alan Smith and Eric Hobron was courteous enough to move over and let them by twice It seems that it was not a local but in fact one of the rallymasters They also noted that forgetting to add the car number to the out time results in a score of 100 even after working very hard on a hill climb

Many of the places serving food in the area that we run rallies through close

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 4: TOP END - April 2011

4 April 2011

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPort

Meeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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Just got back from the National Convention and a few weeks later there was the Northeast Division Roundtable This was the first year for a new format for the Roundtable The division and not an individual region put on this Roundtable Back when the Roundtable was started it was designed to be a training session for the upcoming season Over the past decades it has morphed into something else Now we have moved it back to focus on training on Saturday There were quite a few people who made the drive to be at these Saturday sessions several making four plus hour drives

I spent Saturday morning in registration training sessions The NESCCA website registration system has been discontinued We were presented with a couple of different choices for our new online registration The regionrsquos chief registrar and the Board of Directors made the decision to go with Motorsportsregcom Our Chief Registrar has a column else where in Top End to help you get started Every region in the Northeast Division except for two regions will be using Motorsportsregcom

I have been pushing to move the Division to go back to NEDiv and move away from NESCCA What looks like is going to happen is that the main NESCCA website is going to be reached via wwwnesccacom or wwwnedivcom The basic web page design will be changed slightly to emphasize the Northeast Division and NESCCA will continue to be used for national club racing

We are officially are going to be running solo events at the Seneca Army Depot again this year We still need to work out some long-range plans but we will be back there again this year Brain Buchman has put together a schedule so the season must be right around the corner

This time of year is when everyone starts getting antsy ndash how much longer do I wait before the Miata comes out of the garage I like the Subaru but there is no comparison between the two I really need to find a solo car quickly

Until next monthMike

March 1 2011

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 806 pm

The following are arranged by topic and may not be in chronological order

The February 1 2011 General Membership Meeting minutes as printed in the March 2011 issue of Top End were approved on a motion by Charles Tanck seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities ndash Barb Lissow The region will have a booth at the

auto show on March 3 through 6 We will be back in the hallway where we have been before Contact Barb Lissow at 338-7249 or activitiesdirectorflr-sccacom if you would like to work

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMembership was up two from the

458 of last month to 460 Included in the 19 members present for the Solo and general membership meetings were new members Guy Jeanne and Matt Bringley Mike Toombs noted that we received $140 from the national office for membership retention

National Convention Report ndash Mike ToombsFinger Lakes Region members Mike

Toombs Mike Brunner Tina Reeves John Walsh and Eva Ames attended the National Convention in Las Vegas It was noted that John looked ldquoquite in placerdquo on the stage each of four times Eva joined the region while attending RIT She is currently on the Rally Board The consensus was that the meeting was a great convention A lot of useful information was picked up

Also picked up at the convention were two trophies for first place overall for region communications One trophy for the website and one for the newsletter The award for Top End was passed to Carl Dresie Top End editor at the meeting The website trophy will be delivered to MaryAnne Shults by Lynn Randall later in the month

John Walsh reported on the financial statements made at the convention

52011 April

Financially the club is doing well Pro had a small positive while Enterprises had a small loss but were still able to pay on their loan Insurance costs will remain very close to the same Insurance cost assessments for races is being discussed at Topeka By weekend by event or by sanction number are possibilities The impact of the various plans is being reviewed

New Business MotorsportsReg will have training

sessions at the RoundTable There will also be a RallyCross safety steward training session

A picnic or other site is being considered for a summer meeting Mike Toombs also asked that anyone having ideas for increasing participation in the meetings contact Mike or a board member

Race Report We will be using Motorsportsreg

com for both the National and Fun One races

The status of the rechargeable transponders was checked by charging them and recording the charging light and the charge remaining light Rental numbers at events are down to only a few at each race Working units will be sold to region members with a small number kept in hand to rent as needed

Rally Report ndash Alan SmithThere have been two events since the

last meeting The Ithaca Winter Rally on Feb 5 had nineteen entrants (Results and an article were printed in the April issue of Top End Ed) The fourth event ldquoCabin Fever Rally 2011rdquo run on Feb 19 had 16 entries

We had a really great Winter Rally Series with snow falling and slippery roads As a result a number of stories came out of the series

RallyCrossThe first RallyCross held on Feb 27

had ten entrants

A second site is under consideration in Seneca County That move may

impact the competitors from the Buffalo area

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe first winter performance rally

conducted by the STPRreg subsidiary on Feb 12 was a learning experience All seven of the competitors entered finished This one-day event had a lot of snow Times for the nine-mile stage last summer were in the eleven-minute range in the snow the best times were about nineteen minutes

A good time was reported by a number of people and plans are to do this again next year

Solo Report ndash Brian BuchmanThe group controlling the Seneca

Army Depot has asked for funds up front to help pay for the repair of the sealer between the concrete slabs Tina Reeves is still working with SeAD on funding of the repair work We would like to run several events at SeAD

Several alternative sites are being investigated Issues include pavement quality and the need for cars to be registered for one of the sites Running a series with adjacent regions is also a possibility

Two sponsors are willing to support our Solo Series This should help us have a full eight-event season

The first two weekends will be at RIT on April 30 and May 1 and May 14 and 15 The April 30 event will be a Novice school followed by the first event in the series on May 1 The second weekend will be a Test-n-Tune followed by the second event

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielChecking account balance and other

financial information is available for review from Elizabeth

The bond coverage for the Regional Executive and Treasurer will be paid Deposit for the two weekends at Watkins Glen International will be paid by the end of the month The bulk mail account needs to be reviewed and closed if it is no longer needed Newsletter mailing is

now part of the FedEx expense

The treasurerrsquos report was accepted on a motion by John Walsh seconded by Mike Brunner

The meeting was adjourned at 912 pm on a motion by Mike Brunner seconded by Alan Smith

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingIt was noted that with the traction

control turned on Subarursquos would spin on a dime sometimes to the passengers discomfort Not all traction control four-wheel drive cars will do the NASCAR spin

Alan Smith was the designated ldquoabstentionrdquo voter for the meeting

The changes in membership renewal with the change from spousal to family membership were discussed It appears that the second family member ex-spouse is not being credited for race work That credit can be enough to pay for the membership renewal

The snow during the Winter Rally Series events reduced visibility to the point that a GPS was needed to show where the road was going In spite of that assistance (or maybe because of the GPS unit) several competitors and workers saw snow banks and for that or other reasons needed to be towed In one reported case a new car was the result of leaving the road and quitting the rally inverted

The ldquolocalrdquo encountered by Alan Smith and Eric Hobron was courteous enough to move over and let them by twice It seems that it was not a local but in fact one of the rallymasters They also noted that forgetting to add the car number to the out time results in a score of 100 even after working very hard on a hill climb

Many of the places serving food in the area that we run rallies through close

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 5: TOP END - April 2011

52011 April

Financially the club is doing well Pro had a small positive while Enterprises had a small loss but were still able to pay on their loan Insurance costs will remain very close to the same Insurance cost assessments for races is being discussed at Topeka By weekend by event or by sanction number are possibilities The impact of the various plans is being reviewed

New Business MotorsportsReg will have training

sessions at the RoundTable There will also be a RallyCross safety steward training session

A picnic or other site is being considered for a summer meeting Mike Toombs also asked that anyone having ideas for increasing participation in the meetings contact Mike or a board member

Race Report We will be using Motorsportsreg

com for both the National and Fun One races

The status of the rechargeable transponders was checked by charging them and recording the charging light and the charge remaining light Rental numbers at events are down to only a few at each race Working units will be sold to region members with a small number kept in hand to rent as needed

Rally Report ndash Alan SmithThere have been two events since the

last meeting The Ithaca Winter Rally on Feb 5 had nineteen entrants (Results and an article were printed in the April issue of Top End Ed) The fourth event ldquoCabin Fever Rally 2011rdquo run on Feb 19 had 16 entries

We had a really great Winter Rally Series with snow falling and slippery roads As a result a number of stories came out of the series

RallyCrossThe first RallyCross held on Feb 27

had ten entrants

A second site is under consideration in Seneca County That move may

impact the competitors from the Buffalo area

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe first winter performance rally

conducted by the STPRreg subsidiary on Feb 12 was a learning experience All seven of the competitors entered finished This one-day event had a lot of snow Times for the nine-mile stage last summer were in the eleven-minute range in the snow the best times were about nineteen minutes

A good time was reported by a number of people and plans are to do this again next year

Solo Report ndash Brian BuchmanThe group controlling the Seneca

Army Depot has asked for funds up front to help pay for the repair of the sealer between the concrete slabs Tina Reeves is still working with SeAD on funding of the repair work We would like to run several events at SeAD

Several alternative sites are being investigated Issues include pavement quality and the need for cars to be registered for one of the sites Running a series with adjacent regions is also a possibility

Two sponsors are willing to support our Solo Series This should help us have a full eight-event season

The first two weekends will be at RIT on April 30 and May 1 and May 14 and 15 The April 30 event will be a Novice school followed by the first event in the series on May 1 The second weekend will be a Test-n-Tune followed by the second event

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielChecking account balance and other

financial information is available for review from Elizabeth

The bond coverage for the Regional Executive and Treasurer will be paid Deposit for the two weekends at Watkins Glen International will be paid by the end of the month The bulk mail account needs to be reviewed and closed if it is no longer needed Newsletter mailing is

now part of the FedEx expense

The treasurerrsquos report was accepted on a motion by John Walsh seconded by Mike Brunner

The meeting was adjourned at 912 pm on a motion by Mike Brunner seconded by Alan Smith

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingIt was noted that with the traction

control turned on Subarursquos would spin on a dime sometimes to the passengers discomfort Not all traction control four-wheel drive cars will do the NASCAR spin

Alan Smith was the designated ldquoabstentionrdquo voter for the meeting

The changes in membership renewal with the change from spousal to family membership were discussed It appears that the second family member ex-spouse is not being credited for race work That credit can be enough to pay for the membership renewal

The snow during the Winter Rally Series events reduced visibility to the point that a GPS was needed to show where the road was going In spite of that assistance (or maybe because of the GPS unit) several competitors and workers saw snow banks and for that or other reasons needed to be towed In one reported case a new car was the result of leaving the road and quitting the rally inverted

The ldquolocalrdquo encountered by Alan Smith and Eric Hobron was courteous enough to move over and let them by twice It seems that it was not a local but in fact one of the rallymasters They also noted that forgetting to add the car number to the out time results in a score of 100 even after working very hard on a hill climb

Many of the places serving food in the area that we run rallies through close

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

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For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 6: TOP END - April 2011

6 April 2011

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

up before workers arrive

It is possible to be ticketed for speeding on a bicycle If they require license plates for bicycles should they include Big Wheels

February 22 2011

Location 753 Klem Rd Webster NY

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 740 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Charles Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllister Directors

Also present Meridith Croucher STPRreg Motorsports LLC Manager

Items are presented by subject and may not be in chronological order

The minutes of the Dec 28 2010 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Dave Ciufo Note that the January board meeting was cancelled

Activities Report ndash Barb Lissow A reminder to Rally RallyCross

Solo and other chairs that all events need to be scheduled through Barb As a policy we do not schedule two events at the same time Dates should also be given to Carl Dresie so that they can be included in the calendar published on the inside of the back cover of Top End

The Rochester Auto Show will run March 3 through March 6 Hours are noon to 10 pm on Thursday and Friday 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and 10 am to 7 m on Sunday More information is available at http

wwwrochesterautodealerscomnewsaspid=144 Cars and workers are needed Our booth will be in the back hallway where we have been in the past Extra copies of the March issue of Top End were ordered for the show Solo schedule information is needed for distribution at the show

New BusinessThe promotion of the monthly

meetings was discussed This could include programs and other draws that would raise attendance

Transponder rentals at the races are down to only a few per event Excess transponders will be offered for sale to region members at $50 each on a first come first served basis

Old BusinessThanks from Barb Lissow for all

the people who attended and the effort they put into the Year-End Banquet

Mike Toombs commented that the National Convention was great A number of ideas came out of the meetings and are being brought forward New memberships conversion of weekend members and membership retention are part of these ideas

Race ReportThe NEDiv (NESCCA) race

registration system is no longer in operation All regions in NEDiv except for WDC will be using MotorsportRegcom Training sessions for this new process are scheduled for the Roundtable MotosportsReg have three registration options free a 425 plan and a 475 plan The second plan has a cost of 425 of all credit card entry fees paid through MotorsportReg We may use the second plan We may also charge 5 for a refund Entries can still be paid by check cash or credit card on site Paper entries will still be accepted

A MotorsportReg training session will be held at the March 5 Roundtable meeting in Mt Pocono PA More information is available at httpwwwnesccacomnescca_mainconventionhtmlroundtable

Westward Ho The date available for Westward Ho

is no longer available

There is sentiment on the board to run this event Promotion co-sanctioning accompanying series alternate dates etc were discussed as

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

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For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 7: TOP END - April 2011

72011 April

FLR Newsldquo5 MinutesrdquoItems of immediate interest

means to bringing the entries up to a viable level

Glen Double National RaceChris DeMinco has been named

chair of the Glen Double National race at Watkins Glen July 8 through 10

Fun One 2011 A possible chair has yet to commit

to the Fun One rsquo11

The stewardrsquos report for Fun One rsquo10 has been delayed

Rally Report We have run four events in the

Winter Rally Series Car counts have been 26 25 19 and 16 A fifth event will not be run

The first event in the RallyCross series is scheduled for Feb 27

Solo Report The Seneca Army Depot has an

engineering report on the cost of repairing filler strips as $77000 The Finger Lakes Region Glen Region Central New York Region Mohawk Hudson Region Western New York Region and the BMW club met to establish an offer to SeAD for the use of the site in the future The rental fees would be increased by $350 plus $5 per car with a minimum of 25 cars The return offer included an immediate payment of $21000 All scheduling will go through Tina Reeves Negotiations are continuing

The 2011 Solo Series schedule has not been set

Brian Buchman has been investigating other sites

STPRreg - Meridith CroucherThe budget for the Wellsboro Winter

Rally was presented This event is the only standalone regional performance rally in the northeast A preliminary financial report was presented Results were given Everyone had FUN

Planning for the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally is underway This event will be close to what was run in 2010 The budget being prepared will

be based on 45 cars The Pennsylvania DCNR requested that paperwork be in by March 1 Training videos are being updated Volunteer t-shirts will be limited to 400 A spectator site will be opened up on the Waste Management site with a $5 entry fee The Super Special stage entry will remain at $5

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielElizabeth Thiel presented the

Profit and Loss by Class statement for Jan 1 2011 through Feb 22 2011 Negotiations are still underway on the NEDiv sponsorship for the race sessions of the Mini-Con We are expecting reimbursement from NEDiv for additional expenses

Vouchers for National Convention expenses are still being received

Other expenses shown are awards for the Annual Membership Recognition and Awards Banquet and $225 meeting site rental for the monthly membership meetings

Income and expenses for the Winter Rally Series are still being received

A balance sheet for all activities will be available at the March meeting

The Treasurerrsquos report was approved on a motion by Barb Lissow seconded by Mark Eksten

The meeting was adjourned at 950 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Scott Moller

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

Stop by the Solo and general membership meetings at the Burgundy Basin Inn on April 5 Get the news before you see it in print offer your input and be part of the discussion (Also hear what isnrsquot in print Ed)

PassingsBell William W

ROCHESTER March 18 2011 at the age of 83 died peacefully after a long struggle with cancer Born in Rochester he grew up in Washington DC After serving in the army he graduated from Haverford College in 1949 and from Cornell Law School in 1956 He then returned to Rochester and was a practicing Attorney at Harter Secrest amp Emery for many years He was a life-time member of Finger Lakes Region Sports Car Club of America and a member of the NY Bar Association Jazz Club New Horizons Band and a frequent announcer at the Watkins Glen Sports Car Races and other race events Bill will long be remembered by his family as a loving brother and uncle and by his friends as a delightful raconteur of jokes and reminiscences He is predeceased by his wife Phyllis He is survived by his sister Barbara 4 nieces 2 nephews and their children Friends may call Saturday 3-6 PM at the funeral chapel (2305 Monroe Ave) Services will be private Contributions may be made to Eastman School of Music 26 Gibbs St Rochester 14604

(As reported at httpwwwanthonychapelscomobituariesWilliam-Bell4)

Hartman Louise P (Roudet)

March 17 2011 mother of Finger Lakes Region member Mary Hartman

Thiel Kurt K Sr

March 16 2011 father of Finger Lakes Region members Dan and Kurt Thiel

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 8: TOP END - April 2011

8 April 2011

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Timothy Yale NortonFirst GearRally SoloWebsite

Matthew Joseph BringleyFirst GearClub Racing SoloWebsite

Daryl BarrettRegular

Address changesScott D HumeMichael A HausknechtKevin Wade HarveyEva AmesKai Kao

Dont forget to renew

Brian CassRichard Hutchinson

Addresses and contact information is available from the membership chair Mike Brunner at (585) 752-7233 or membershipflr-sccacom or from the regional executive Michael Toombs at (585) 328-2617 or reflr-sccacom

Doyle Chevrolet Subaru 740 Ridge Road Webster NY 14580 Sales (585) 347-2073Service (585) 347-2077httpwwwdoylegmpsdealercomHomePage

At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru your Webster Chevrolet dealer and Rochester Chevrolet

dealership resource wersquore looking forward to showing you our wonderful selection of

Chevrolet cars trucks vans and SUVs while providing you excellent prices and helpful

friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Repel the Seneca Niagara Casino

Hello all my friends family and colleagues

I am going to repel the Seneca Niagara Casino (27 stories) for Special Olympics-

On Friday July 29th I am hoping to be one of the participants repelling the outside of the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls to raise money for the SPECIAL OLYMPICSI need to raise $1000 to secure my spot - there are only 150 total so I need to get moving on my donations Oh and hey if you dont feel like donating why dont you join me

Lastly why am I doing this Because I can ) Use it if you got it

My donation page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgwnychrismcallisterfaf=1ampe=4357981200

The event page link is httpoveretheedgekinteraorgfafhomedefaultaspievent=461568

Chris McAllister

Photo submission

Do you have photos of Finger Lakes Region events and action They can be shared with all region members by posting to FLR-SCCA If you need

instructions on how to post them e-mail MaryAnne Shults at mcsshultscom If not on FLR-SCCA post to your own personal Flickr account or on Facebook If you post to Flickr or Facebook e-mail the URLlinks to me Thank youMaryAnne Shultsmcsshultscom

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

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172011 April

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Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

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Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

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Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

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Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

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192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 9: TOP END - April 2011

92011 April

National NewsSolo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now AvailableTOPEKA Kan (Feb 18 2011) ndash With the season-opening event for the 2011 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo season just a few weeks away participants should register now to be eligible for the thousands of dollars in contingency payouts

Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series

As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Gumout Super Challenge competition Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $400 Should they take the Gumout Super Challenge they win $800 Year-end class winners can also garner another $1000 for doing it in a Volkswagen with the year-end Challenge winner grabbing a $5000 prize

Honda also a Platinum contingency sponsor will pay $500 for a Super or Ladies Challenge win in each event and $150 for a class win Year-end class and challenge champions could take home $500 from Honda

Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Gumout Super Challenge winner displaying Hawk Performance decals

Bridgestone will post $500 for a Challenge win as well as cash for a top three finish in any Street Touring class Win a season-long class or Challenge title and take home another $1000

Toyo Tires matches Bridgestonersquos posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touringreg participants with its Silver level Contingency program

Hoosier Kumho Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly

Kumho offers product credit for class and Challenge wins at events including a $600 credit for a win in the Street Touring category Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish Event Gumout Super Challenge year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win

Mazdaspeed will again pay out class Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship Likewise TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles

Tire Rack SCCA Solo National TourIn Tire Rack Solo National Tour

competition Volkswagen will pay up to $500 for a class win and $300 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes

Bridgestone Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the Street Touring Category with $300 going to the winner

AST Suspension continues as a contingency sponsor offering the top-three finishers in eligible classes product

certificates with a $500 award going to class winners

Like AST Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires with a single tire going to second-place finishers Mazda will pay a National Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish

Kumho Tires offers product credits to top-three in class finishers rewarding the Street Touring Category with $600 in credit to champions and $400 and $300 for second and third All other classes receive $300 $200 and $150 in credit for a top three finish

In addition to the National program contingencies Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships that matches their National Tour payouts

For complete details on all of these contingency programs visit wwwsccacomsolo and click the ldquocontingenciesrdquo link A link for online registration is available there as well

The 2011 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 12 with the Dixie National Tour in Adel Ga The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins with the Mineral Wells Pro Solo March 26 in Mineral Wells Texas

Amatuer Ansel AdamsDo You Photograph People And Action

Help Us Keep TOP END ldquoTOPSrdquo

Please do not send copy-righted photos without ex-clusive written permission of the photographer

We are in need of photographs taken at FINGER LAKES Region races rallys meetings etc If take photographs at these or other occasions and are willing to see them published please send them to MaryAnne Shults (see page 8) andor to

TOP END Editor119 Brookview DrRoch NY 14617e-mail cfdresiecscom

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

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of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

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To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 10: TOP END - April 2011

10 April 2011

Race registration noticeBy Marsha Toombs Finger Lakes Region Registrar

DrivershellipBeginning with the 2011 season most of the regions in NEDIV will utilize MotorsportRegcom for online event registration for their events

From the NEDIV websitehellip

After more than 10 years processing registrations for the division the NESCCANEDiv on-line registration system will NO LONGER do so starting in 2011

National SCCA has selected MotorsportReg as their vendor for the major championship events that they operate which includes the National Championship Runoffs

After presentations by two vendors at the recent NEDiv MiniCon each region independently selected the vendor that they will use during the upcoming year At this time New England Glen New York Mahoning Valley Finger Lakes Steel Cities Mohawk Hudson Northern New Jersey and Tri-Region will be using MotorsportReg Washington DC and South Jersey will use DLBracing

Any driver who wishes to enter an event conducted by a region using the

MotorsportReg vendor will need to go on line to MotorsportRegcom and create a new profile It is a straightforward process but if you need help do not hesitate to contact the vendor directly Drivers who enter WDC and SJR events will need to create a profile on DLBracingcom if they have not already done so Again this is a very straightforward process

Those drivers who have continued to rely on paper entries may be required to have an on-line profile established Every effort will be made to continue to display the entire schedule in the Guest Area of the NEDIVNESCCA website with links to the appropriate vendor with supps that can be downloaded viewed andor printed

Lastly you will no longer be able to create an account on this website If you have an account you will still be able to request forgotten passwords and you will still be able to log into the system to obtain historical event information

Executive Steward Town Hall at the Track

I n o r d e r t o e f f e c t b e t t e r communications with competitors and volunteers who participate in NEDiv Club Racing events I will be conducting Town Halls at selected races during the 2011 season My purpose is to provide information and access for participants to a top level of administration at the divisional and national level The Divisional Executive Steward is the individual who is responsible for Club Racing in each of the nine divisions in the SCCA This is an opportunity to establish contact and open dialogue with officials who can provide answers

and solutions to issues related to SCCA club racing

The Town Halls will be scheduled as part of post-track activities on Saturday at a track location to be announced I have requested that Race Chairmen determine locations and post that information at Registration and Tech

The schedule for 2011 is

April 16-17 WDC Regional Summit Point

April 30-May 1 NER Rational NHMS

May 21-22 WDC National Summit Point

May 28-30 MVR Regional Nelson Ledges

June 18-19 NER Regional Lime Rock

July 2-3 MHR Regional Lime Rock

July 8-10 FLR Dbl National Glen

July 23-24 GLEN Regional Glen

July 30-31 STC National BeaveRun

Aug 27-28 MVR National Nelson Ledges

Sept 10-11 NER Regional NHMS

Oct 7-9 GLEN Regional Glen

Earl HurlbutDivisional Executive Steward SCCA Northeast Division

Rich SmithCompetition Board Chair

Race

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 11: TOP END - April 2011

112011 April

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscom

CLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCE

MACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATIONENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORK

DYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA10 Off Labor to Club Members

4 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner2006-2009

The 2011 Hoosier racing Tire Formula First ChampionshipMarch 18 2011

The Hoosier Racing Tire Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central Great Lakes Northeast and Southeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America It consists of 11 regional races on 6 weekends at 6 different tracks so the series has broad exposure The series is now in its sixth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the country and one of the reasons for this broad appeal is the fact that the series has just the right balance between broad appeal racing participation and professionalism In the past we have had positive media coverage in publications such as Sports Car Grassroots Motorsports Magazine E-Formula Car Formula Car News as well as web based news outlets such as Apexspeed and E FormulaCarNews

Formula Firsts are air-cooled VW powered formula cars They feature four wheel disk brakes spec Hoosier tires dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season The Formula First Driverrsquos Association organizes the races and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events

More information can be obtained by e-mailing the Association at fstrochesterrrcom

The 2011 Hoosier Race Tire Formula First Regional Championship Series

Rounds 1-2 May 28th and 29th Nelson Ledges Double - Mahoning Valley Region

Rounds 3-4 June 25-26 Waterford Hills Double

Rounds 5-6 July 23rd and 24th Grattan Double

Rounds 7-8 August 13th and 14th Road America Double

Rounds 9-10 Sept 3rd - 5th Mid Ohio Double

Round 11 - November 4th amp 5thUS Formula First Grand Prix - ARRCRoad Atlanta (SE Div)

These series dates are SCCA sanctioned double Regional events (exc Waterford It is not an SCCA event)

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

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2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 12: TOP END - April 2011

12 April 2011

Brian BuchmanSolo Chair

Solo

2011 Season update By Brian Buchman Solo Chair

I wanted to give you all a little update about how the 2011 season is shaping up so far The biggest question on all of your minds is probably whether or not we are going to run at the Seneca Army Depot again this year

The simple answer right now is still maybe Tina Reeves has been working diligently with the board members at the Seneca County Economic Development Agency to allow us and other surrounding clubs to use the site again this year The biggest hurdle to overcome was cost of repairs to the runway Without getting in to a lengthy discussion about who will repair the site and when their board initially decided they would take it upon themselves to make the repairs this fall after our season was over and pay for it out of their pocket The plan was to have the clubs using the site as well as the State Troopers reimburse the EDA over the next several years to cover the expense as we are the main users of the site A formula was drafted amongst the regions to do this Somewhere in this course of events the EDA had a slight change of heart and now wants the regions to front about 13 of the cost of repairs before we are allowed to use the site again Tina is in negotiations with the EDA to show how much we have contributed to the EDA over the years all of the clubs have used it and

we are now awaiting their reply So that is why it is still a maybe (Negotiations were successful we will be running at SeAD again this year See schedule below Ed)

I have been calling other potential sites with limited success but do have a few promising leads Upstate Auto Auction who runs out of the old Elmgrove facility has tentatively agreed to let us use their lot for an event The downsides there are the Upstate Auto Auction is struggling financially and may go under so I am trying to get put in touch with the investor who now owns the lot We will also need a permit from the town of Gates to run there The lot is far from perfect but it may suffice for an event or two per year

Letchworth State Park has also tentatively agreed to let us use one of their lots near the entrance to the park near the pool This is a decent sized lot and the gentleman I have been working with is very excited to host us The one snag that has arisen is that since this is State property any pavement including the lot is considered state interstate so all vehicles running there must be insured AND registered Bad news for some of our competitors I am working with him right now to see if any mod cars could be considered karts and run without a problem but full size vehicles would still need to be registered Alan Smith had the brilliant idea of borrowing a dealer plate from a member (not mine) to technically register any vehicle it is stuck on I am still waiting for a response on this and would then need to know if anyone has a spare dealer plate they would be willing to lend to our cause )

On a positive note we do have two sponsors Doyle ChevroletSubaru has agreed to sponsor the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Solo events for 2011 and will be supporting us financially similar to what Cortese has done in the past Moto Option clothing has also approached me about a sponsorship role They

are a clothing company based out of Williamson primarily involved in motocross and snowcross but the owners are excited to try solo They could offer clothing and prizes of that nature along with gift certificates and they also have strong ties with Red Bull and could potentially get some support from them We are emailing back and forth right now and working out the details

So what I am saying is one way or another we will have a great season Some of it may end up happening last minute so I am asking for your forgiveness and flexibility in this We do have our initial events scheduled at RIT

I am looking for chairs for events 12 and the test and tune so if anyone would like to set up please contact me I will also be scheduling a chiefs meeting and a novice school meeting shortly to tie up some lose ends and start planning

2011 Solo Schedule

April 30thNovice School RIT

May1st FLR 1 RIT

May14th Test and Tune RIT

May15th FLR 2 RIT

June 12th FLR 3 SeAD

June 26th OOR 1 SeAD (WNY)

July 17th FLR 4 SeAD

July 30-31st DivisionalsFLR 5 SeAD

August 14th FLR 6 SeAD

August 21st FLR 7 SeAD

September 25th FLR 8 RIT

October 2nd OOR 2 ECC-N (Champagne Run)

Some dates may be changed Check the Solo Yahoo Group and Finger Lakes websites andor Top End

Rally

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

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For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 13: TOP END - April 2011

132011 April

RallyTom LangdonInterim RoadRally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesMarch 8 201196 Church Street Victor NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present

The items discussed during the meeting are grouped by subject and are only loosely in chronological order

Winter Rally SeriesCabin Fever 2011 was reviewed and

a few ldquowar storiesrdquo told Some of the anecdotes are included in Jamiersquos report (That review and results are printed in the April issue of Top End Ed)

Audit reports for the rally events are due 14 days after the event That information is needed for insurance and sanction fees

The fifth event in the Winter Rally Series was cancelled The weather conditions were such that dusting off an old rally would have been problematic Frozen snow covered roads are preferred to mud and slush

Planning for the 2011-2012 Winter Rally Series needs to be started Two volunteers for rallymaster have come forward A late November or early

December date for the first event needs to be looked at

Wellsboro Winter RallyThe inaugural event of the Wellsboro

Winter Rally a coefficient 2 regional performance rally was run on Feb 12 All of the seven competitors entered were able to finish the four stages That in spite of the snow falling blowing and piled up Waste Management was very helpful in maintaining the course Alan Smith reported that we learned a lot and that everyone had a good time in spite of the cold The hand warmers supplied by TreadZone were appreciated Results are printed in Top End

RallyCross SeriesThe February 27 RallyCross event

had ten competitors entered Results are available for printing in Top End

Tentative dates for the remaining 2011 RallyCross series are May 21 June 18 July 23 August 27 Sept 24 Oct 29 and Nov 12 These dates are dependent upon course condition All but possibly the last one are slated for Perryrsquos Park

Summer RalliesSummer rally dates are May 22

June 3 July 16 and Oct 16 The June date is for the charity rally run with STPRreg Rick Barnes is planning a short tulip rally out of Geneva for the July 16 event

Miscellaneous Discussions Eric Hobron has been contacted

regarding new checkpoint signs

Tom Langdon has been investigating the availability of new checkpoint clocks Timewise has new models

available The Zeron clocks being used for the RallyCross events need repair Two are still operational

Weekend memberships should be sent as soon as possible (two days) after the event That allows for the information to be available if the competitor wants to apply for full membership

Licensed RoadRally Safety Stewards are needed to do the required pre-rally safety check A training session is needed Tom Langdon will be contacting the division RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie to arrange for training Previous safety checklists are available from Carl Dresie Available forms and information will be forwarded to Tom Langdon

A rally looks completely different in the daylight during a pre-check from what it appears at night and in the snow

Restroom availability at the break on a rally is an important consideration Competitors turning on their lights in preparation to leave a checkpoint can present a problem

If a rental car with four wheel drive and seasonal tires can make it through a snow-covered stage a rally car should be able to make it through

Mitsubishi has stopped production of EVOrsquos

Mahany Welding Supply does all day clinics on welding in their shoplab More information is available on the internet at wwwmahanyweldcom and on Facebook

Total DiffDriver Co-Driver Class OA Cls 1 2 3 4 Penalty Time Previous

80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen Open 1 1 18154 18418 18500 18340 000 113412281 Bill Miller Ron Kuhn PGT 2 1 21044 19338 20100 19230 000 120108 06296501 Justin Carven Ayodale Carven G5 3 1 23159 29319 22450 22070 000 137398 17290280 Gregory Healey Aaron Crescenti G5 4 2 22476 21133 38430 33190 200 140026 02228143 Antonio Esposito Philip Barnes L 5 1 19459 36218 35110 26320 000 157507 17481573 Paul Martino Jordan Guitar P 6 1 44127 23335 21570 31480 000 200512 0300515 William Petrow Jeremy Neyhart G2 7 1 52566 25268 22230 20400 030 201258 00346

CarNo

Place Stage Time MinutesSeconds

Wellsboro Winter Rally Results

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 14: TOP END - April 2011

14 April 2011

Cabin Fever Rally 2011February 19 2011 Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster

Cabin Fever 2011 Rally ReportBy Jamie Hayslip Rallymaster Cabin Fever 2011

ldquoItrsquos always an adventurerdquo Thatrsquos the comment I have made after almost every winter rally event that I have participated in over the past seven years It does take a sense of adventure I think to head out on cold winter nights and drive 180+ miles on the back roads of New Yorkrsquos Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions

To properly describe the adventure of Cabin Fever 2011 allow me to start the story one day before the actual event It was not a cold winter night It was a rather sunny 50deg day and I was embarking on the final pre-run The adventure began when I discovered that the unpaved road sections of the route were spectacularly wet and muddy -- so wet in fact that it looked like there were rivers and mudslides where roads should be At some points I was certain my trusty VW Jetta (actually borrowed from my wife Gretchen) would be stuck At other points I had to avoid sections of complete wash out I wish I were exaggerating Despite the slightly horrific conditions I finished the pre-run duties ndash in rallying you donrsquot let

the conditions best you You also donrsquot let your wife see her car looking like a mud monster from a cheap horror flick I made sure to get the car washed before I returned home

Fast forward to 300pm the next day for Rally registration at the Yard of Ale in Piffard The weather conditions were dramatically different compared to 24 hours earlier The spring-like conditions of the day before were ousted by a cold front that brought a 20deg drop in temperature accompanied by snow and wind that are much more seasonable for mid-February in western New York As the competitors arrived at Rally Headquarters Cory Kuhns helped as the Tech Inspector while Scott and Monica Grinnell and Gretchen Kriesen pitched in on registration duties All in all 16 teams entered including four in Equipped Class six in Limited three in Stock and three in Novice

In the first half of the event the driving difficulty was high due to ice and snow accumulation on the roads not to mention the occasional blinding white out The rookie sweep crew of John Hayslip and Art Kriesen did pull out one teamrsquos car from a ditch but as a whole the competitors were able to handle the tricky conditions impressively Just as impressive as the teams competing were

ldquoSuperrdquo Bob VanSice and son Ryan who volunteered to work three checkpoint controls including two in the first half of the event Using their approach of following the complete Rally route instead of taking the shortcut they were able to complete checkpoint 1 duties then pass the whole field in plenty time to open checkpoint 7

After a break in Franklinville the second half seemed a touch easier as visibility improved while the surface conditions remained very inconsistent Checkpoint operations continued to run smoothly in the second half thanks to the great work by the rest of the control teams Tom and Deb Langdon Carl Dresie and Barb Lissow Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubus Dave Avery and Sally Bossert and Mike Toombs and Larry Wells

Congratulations go out to all those rally adventurers who endured the event with special mention to the top place finishers in each class First place ndash Novice Jed Scheckler and Doug Binder First place ndash Stock James Nauman and Matt Rhoads First place ndash Limited (and second overall) Karl Hughes and Mark Laitenberger And finally great job to Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber who took their first win of the season placing First in Equipped and overall

Name Car OA Cls Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 855 OPEN Jake Vallee Subaru WRX 1 1 1208 172+1 165 177 152 134 136 137 13556 O4 Jesse Luce Subaru Impreza 2 1 1230 181 185 159 161 145 131 134 13482 2WD Rick Leto Chevy Cavalier 3 1 1358 236 180 174 174 148 152 147 14736 U4 John Stewart Subaru Impreza 4 1 1406 176 300 170 167 150 152 150 14158 O4 Benjamin Ripson Subaru RS 5 2 1461 216 203 188 211+1 167 160 162 15410 2WD Ben Gilmore Neon 6 2 1513 175 180 185 167 151 172+2 185 30031 O4 Jeff Ripson Subaru RS 7 3 1600 247 212 219+1 210 175 181 178 178282 OPEN Brendon Raymondi Surbaru STI 8 2 1672 168 300 300 300 150+2 146+1 158+1 150+25 U4 Christos Kardaras Subaru Impreza L 9 2 1880 162 164 189+2 165 300 300 300 30034 2WD Melvin Dillon Mini Cooper S 10 3 2114 207 205 202 300 300 300 300 300

CarNo

RallyXClass

Place Run time plus number of cones Maximum = 300

RallyCross Event 1 ResultsFebruary 27 2011 Perryrsquos Park

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

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To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

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18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 15: TOP END - April 2011

152011 April

OA Cls Factrd Raw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2 EquippedA

Gary ThomasJohn Kasternhuber Eagle 1 1 48 48 0 -3 8 3

TA 156

TA 05-1

TA 05 6 -1 -3 -6TA 05

-7TA 05

3TA 05 -1

1 EquippedA

Alan SmithEric Hobron Subaru 5 2 135 135 0 -1 1 4 1 -3 2 -100 -3 -11 8 1

TA 05 0

13 EquippedC

Ben GilmorePam Peterson Plymouth 7 3 1695 113 -11 -3 4 13 -10 7 -1 -19 -22 -1 6 5 11

6 EquippedA

Dan ThielDan Thiel JR Volvo 12 4 474 474 -35 -41 -6 8 -26 0 12 -24 -31 -75 -3 -13 -200

12 LimitedB

Karl HughesMark Laitenberger Dodge 2 1 913 83 -3 -1 7 12 2 0 -3 2 -5

TA 05 -15 15 4 -14

8 LimitedB

George MaudlinShaun Hallam Suzuki 3 2 946 86 1 -2 13 17 -5 5 4 5 -19 2 5 6 -2

4 LimitedA

Cory KuhnsMarnie Soom Honda 6 3 142 142 0

TA 350

TA 05 4 -13TA 05 28 -9 -8 -8 -6 -49 -3 8

TA 25 -6

10 LimitedB

Jerry KerwinKarl Haltner Mitsu 8 4 1749 159 -5

TA 95-1

TA 05 19 21TA 05 1 -10 0 -4 -5 -74 8 11 0

3 LimitedA

Jeffrey CoppolaZach MacMullen Subaru 11 5 305 305 -2 -27 11 7 -109

TA 25 -11 -7 12 -12 -30 54 7 -16

11 LimitedB

Rich SmithTony Zanni Toyota 15 6 6622 602 -107 -32 -43

TA 05-64

TA 05 -10 -13 6 -40 -38 -34 -169 40 -6

9 StockB

James NaumanMatt Rhoads Subaru 4 1 1199 109 -3 1 -3 -1 -7 -3 -20 -9 -2 14 -34 -9 -3

5 StockA

Andy WalkerDan Kaufman Subaru 10 2 236 236 20 -8 48 0 7 5 7 -4 13 -33 -68 16 -7

7 StockA

Bryon ScheiblePhil Scheible Audi 13 3 517 517 -45 -28 23 4 -98 22 58 -3 -29 -80 -45 79 3

14 NoviceC

Jed ShecklerDoug Binder Volvo 9 1 222 222 7 30 11 1 9

TA 55 12 4 -26 1 -81 7 2 -31

15 NoviceC

Peter C BloodAlan C Blood Volvo 14 2 640 640 -16 28 -7 -34 -70 -65 -66 -4 -60 -44 -165 47 -34

16 NoviceC

Garrett BriggsCasey Gross BMW 16 3 772 772 48

TA 05 27 200 3 -16 -120 -37 -18 44 -41 200TA 05 -11 7

Position Score Leg scores with Time Allowance (- + early)CarNo

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

Cabin Fever Rally 2011 Results

The Long Way HomeJanuary 15 2011

The twelfth (next year my event will be a teenager) version of the Long Way Home was held on January 15th This year the event was part of a new WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series that includes events from Michigan Ohio New England and Ontario This helped to bring out some high level competitors

Twenty-five teams competed six in equipped four in Limited seven in Stock and eight in Novice for a well balanced field We had several teams that traveled a significant distance to the Yard of Ale in Piffard to compete The evening was a perfect rally night with lots of snow to make it challenging There was plenty of blowing snow in sections of the first half up to the break in Friendship The second half passed through more open areas and the blowing snow created deep drifts to work through and keep up the challenge I think most everyone had an enjoyable event

Of the eight Novice teams Garrett

Briggs and Caset Gross came out on top with 726 points they even had three incredible scores of -7 -5 and -7 Second in class were James Williamson and Adam Borgus with 1094 points Third was taken by Bridget McMahon and Josh Perry close behind with 1119 points

Tom and Deb Langdon were first in Stock class with 121 points with Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads close behind with 143 points Rounding out the top three was Andy Walker and Dan Kaufman with 189 points

Of the four Limited teams Jerry Kerwin and Greg Lester were first with 126 points followed by George Modlin and Shaun Hallam at 257 points and Cory Kuhns and Marnie Soom with 564 points

Equipped had a large field of six teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack Von Kaenel took first in class and first overall with 35 factored points (they ran B speed) Paul Choniere and John Buffum came in second with 595 factored points (they dropped to B Speed early in the event) Locals Gary

Thomas and John Kastenhuber came in third with 935 factored points (they ran B speed as well)

As with all of these events there is no way that they could be run without lots of dedicated workers I would like to thank Craig McMaster Alan and Peter Blood Carl Dresie Barb Lissow John Walsh Mike Toombs Elizabeth Thiel Paul Vogel Chris and Jake Bucknam and Larry Wells for working checkpoints Thanks to Cory Kuhns for doing tech and Tom Langdon for teaching the Novice class Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson did a great deal of work to help me by doing registration with much help from Marnie Soom and working the card exchange checkpoint right before the break at the southernmost checkpoint Ben and Pam also did the scoring back at the Yard of Ale The final thank you must go to my lovely wife Amy she is the one that makes it possible to put these events on

Until the next eventAlan SmithRallymaster The Long Way Home

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 16: TOP END - April 2011

16 April 2011

Classified AdsTHE LONG WAY HOME January 15 2011By Frank Beyer

The drive to Piffard NY (yes there is a Piffard) gave us a chance to try the footing in the ErieOntario Lake Effect snow falling in the brisk winds Finger Lakes Region uses a scoring system where cars average one speed for the whole event and your score is ldquofactoredrdquo the faster you run the smaller the factor to reflect the difficulty of trying to average a higher speed

Speed choice therefore is a critical decision especially running up and down the hills around the Finger Lakes where it is hard enough to stay on time much less trying to average 45 MPH and stay out of the snow banks My driver Mike Mazoway driving MY car decided that B speeds (40) would be more appropriate especially when we drove through snow drifts on our way to the end of the odometer check

Rallymaster Alan Smith has been at this stuff for a while seems as if Alan puts on about fifty rallies a year ramrods the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rallyreg is putting on a new event the Wellsboro Winter (Performance) Rally and for all I know builds new rally roads in his spare time He makes it look easy never gets excited (at least on the outside) and never raises his voice You can expect a long hard slog capped by tough checkpoint locations

He did not disappoint Alan led us through the usual catalogue of twisty roads down towards the south end of the Finger Lakes throwing in a radio control every once and a while to keep us honest at the bottom of a hill followed by a regular open control at the top of the hill And of course he threw in the railroad tunnel wersquove seen before in the middle of a tight snowed-in road with two checkpoints that would be tough to make at 25 miles per hour much less the 45 or 40 everybody was going Alan was

smiling during the break listening to our war stories about sliding around on his roads especially at the tunnel

That was because he knew we were going to have to do the tunnel road all over again Brilliant guys (like oh say Mike and I) took time allowances around the tunnel the second time through but still struggled to get up the icy hill to the second checkpoint cursing Alan out all the way up

The snow stopped falling toward the end of the rally giving us a clean run through the snowdrifts to the Yard Of Ale where a nice little buffet warmed us up while we waited for the scores

The WINTR SERIES drew in some of the top teams Ron Johnstonbaugh and Jack vonKaenel repeated their Son Of SnoDrift result finishing first with a score of 35 Paul Choniere and John Buffum handicapped themselves by two-wheel driving their Mazdaspeed 6 but runnered-up with 595

I said that speed choice was critical Gary Thomas amp John Kastenhuber started out at the fast speed then opted down after a couple of legs in the snow finishing at 9350 Those two legs made the difference as Mike and I ran B speed all the way and came in at 9375 Bah

Everybodyrsquos favorite happy couple Tom amp Deb Langdon drove in Stock class and came in fifth overall while Greg Lester blew in from Ohio to pair up with Jerry Kerwin and take first Limited and sixth overall Dave Siesicki pulled his ldquo20 Year Old Honda Civicrdquo out of a ditch in time to take 7th overall with my WINTR partner Steve McKelvie

And I have to recognize ldquofastrdquo Danny Thiel and Bob Thiel Dannyrsquos old Volvo 14000 miles almost all on rallies finished mid-pack Dan won STPR in that Volvo a lot of years ago and I had the chance during this rally to watch him slewing sideways away from each checkpoint and never letting up Danny was always fun to watch and it made my night to get to see one of the old experts blasting through the snow

For Sale 2001 BMW 330I race car ex-Grand Am road racing car 30l engine 5 speed manual transmission 338 rear differential M3 headers with 3 inch exhaust full cage tied in to rear subframe AMB timing and driver ID system AIM MXL data logging dash Koni spec 2800 series double adjustable shocks HampR springs ground control camber plates steel braided brake lines 10 lb fire suppression system single dry brake fuel fill with discriminator dual sump fuel pumps 17 gallon fuel capacity six point driver restraint belts right and left head restraint nets drivers side window net FIA seat on sliders 16 inch cooling fan 75mm dry lube wheel studs 17 inch OZ wheels M lower front wishbones Delrin front wishbone mounts Delrin rear subframe bushings Delrin rear diff mounts Delrin front trailing arm mounts ball socket rear knuckle mounts upper and lower stock DME reflashed water bottle bracket radio box M3 style front bumper cover front brake cooling ducts tow hooks front and rear Included spares package hood left and right fenders front left and right lower arms rear left and right trailing arms 2 lower rear wishbones rear cradle left and right axles front left and right spindles spare brake pads spare brake rotors spare differential set of wheels with rain tires 8 sets of springs front hub Car had 13 top tens in 2007 and 2008 3 podiums took 4th overall in Grand Am championship in 2007 Car can be taken as is with some on track dents and dings or can be repaired and painted as you would like Other cars are for sale is you are looking for more than one $36000 OBO Contact John Bosch (585) 746-7241 (411)

For Sale 2002 CARBIR CS-2 Sports 2000 Full Carbon Body Spare Nose 3 Way Adjustable Ohlins Elite Motor 3 BBS Wheel Sets Rains PiII Dash and Spare Dash 28 gear sets Blueprinted Gearbox Plated Suspension Updated Front Uprights Polished Tub Spares package included Great Car well built and meticulously maintained $30k $28k as roller $33k for everything with 24ft enclosed Pace trailer Call 315-524-2899 or Email waylandrochesterrrcom (411)

For Sale 18rsquo Open Race trailer Diamond plate deck 4rsquo tool box tire rack New Electric Brakes New Winch Awning system Aluminum Ramps Excellent condition $2400 Contact Steve (585) 750-9504 (411)

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 17: TOP END - April 2011

172011 April

Classified Ads

Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom for more info

of Issues 12 6 3 1 Full Page $500 $275 $150 $100 frac12 Page 275 150 80 40 frac14 Page 150 80 45 25 Business Card 75 40 20 10

Commercial Ad Rates

To place a Classified Ad Contact the editor at cfdresiecscom Ads will run for three issues or longer if space allows Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Regions Website in the Forum section (Classified Ads) at httpwwwflr-sccacomphpBB3viewforumphpf=13

Classified Ads are free to members $500 per issue for non-members

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members

For Sale 1967 Jaguar XKE Roadster Series 15 42K miles 42 liter engine matching numbers new paint (no rust) new top new Connolly leather stored inside runs great Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (111)

For Sale Mazda 323 GTX rally cars1 1988 145K miles Runsdrives Has rust in quarter panels Would make a great RallyCross or TSD car or restore it Many extra parts available On snow tires on OEM wheels includes older gravel tires on a 2nd set of wheels $1200 as is or with a spare gearbox amp short block for $15002 1989 mileage unknown Open-class stage rally car with logbook Currently registered-insured-inspected Too much to list On studded snows with Kumho gravel tires on a second set of wheels Includes second set of doors with lexan windows Great as a first stage rally car for RallyCross ice racing etc $4000 as described or bundle with a spare long block assembly NOS gearbox spare drive shaft rear end new unmounted Hankook gravel tires and a set of Borbet wheels for $5000 If interested in either contact Rick by phone at (585) 967-3762 or by email at expjawahotmailcom (1210)

For Sale 2005 Margay Brava 44 go-kart with blue printed World Formula engine Blue printed by Rich Gamrod in the spring of 2010 Includes One fold up stand and one two-level stand that easily transports two karts gears many spare parts spare slicks and rain tires on wheels Also includes freshened raptor motor Will separate some items Call Chris at (315) 597-5668 (1210)

For Sale Chrome plated 5-spoke steel wheels Five bolt pattern optional wheels for late lsquo70rsquos early lsquo80rsquos Buick (Century and others) No rust just dirt 4 for $75 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

For Sale RacePro Engineering offering our race winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan History of podiums at SCCA Runoffs Brand new (15 hours only) Marollo-built full race 302 Ford Boss block Holly 650 aeroquip best of everything Dyno sheets available Freshened Tremec 5-speed Professionally built cage Variety of spring rates Koni 2-way adjustable shocks monoballs Brand new Baer racing brakes all around ATL fuel cell Three sets wheels 2 with Hoosier slicks and 1 with Hoosier rains OMP Harness good through

2014 Wired for radio Current Annual SCCA safety and tech inspection Log Books Literally thousands of dollars in Spares Package including nose wing Koni struts 2-way adjustables various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts tons more Duplicates of everything that can wear out or break Build sheet and complete spares list upon request Balanced and completely sorted Car is 100 race ready Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti 607-535-4237 (1110)

For Sale 14 ft enclosed racecar trailerRampsInverter Electric BrakesWinchGas Box12rsquo Awning Smithy Lathe Mill (NEW) Dry Sump Tank (7qts) Scales Leak down Gages Craftsman Rolling Tool Box wRamp Racecar jack Scales used to corner weight a racecar Shop equipment Call for what is available Come look and ask questions Jim Nolan 1969 Eddy Rd Walworth NY 14568 Ph (585) 314-1500 (1110)

For Sale Sparco Sprint 5 race seat and mounting brackets - Brand new never used Seat is black Brackets are red $399 Seat httpwwwsparcousacompseats_compaspid=622 Bracket httpwwwsparcousacompseats_accaspid=153 Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (1010)

For Sale Jeep Grand Cherokee wheels (16x7-5 bolt) and Bridgestone Winter Dueler tires (2757516) Will separate $500obo Wheels are in good condition Tires have good tread Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (910)

For Sale Magnetic autocross numbers (white) 1 8 and 6 two ea Magnetic SCCA Solo2 emblems two ea Magnetic CSP (red letters on white background) two ea $2500 takes all Contact Steve at (585) 586-9152 (910)

For Sale Buick Gran Sport 1986 only 1029 made V6 with Bosch fuel injection Body restored plus many new mechanical parts interior excellent Not a ldquowinter beaterrdquo Reduced to $3000 Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1209)

Wanted Miata interior parts for first-gen (1990-1997) car Unload the leftovers from that Spec Miata or Production car build Call Scott (585) 506-7366 or msgrinnellmindspringcom (710)

Wanted Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal batteries wire etc Will help clean out yards cellars attics garages etc Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12yahoocom (710)

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 18: TOP END - April 2011

18 April 2011

REGION 62

Membership Application

Dear Prospective SCCA MemberTo apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America the worldrsquos largest member participation automotive organization please complete the form below and return with payment to SCCA Membership Department P O Box 299 Topeka KS 66601-0299

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEName _____________________________________ Birth date_________________ E-mail_______________________________________

Address___________________________________ Telephone_______________________________________________________________

City_________________________________________ State ________Zip__________________County __________________________

Have you been an SCCA member before No Yes Year______________Previous Member ____________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list name and age of spouse and children under age 21

Spouses Name____________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Spouses Member Number (if current member)________________________________________________________

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

Name___________________________________________________________Birth date______ ______ ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCAPlease indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate or which interest you most Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate Thank you

Club Racing Pro Racing Rally Solo Please send me a Crew License

Annual National Dues + Annual Regional Dues = TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER$65 + REGULAR MEMBER$15 = $80FAMILY MEMBERSHIP$85 + FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $25 = $110FIRST GEAR (21 amp Under) = $45NEW CLUB RACING VOLUNTEER = $30

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $____________________ US DO NOT SEND CASH

VISA MC No____________________________________ Exp Date __________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America Inc and its Finger Lakes Region (62) and agree to abide by the bylaws

Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value) Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 19: TOP END - April 2011

192011 April

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcompagesFinger-Lakes-Region-SCCA143648208904

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionMarch 201129 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting

- 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

April 20115 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

5 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

12 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

16 RallyCross School (WDC)

16-17 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

17 WNY Solo 1 ECC-N

17 RallyCross (WDC)

17 Solo TestampTune Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

20 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

23 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

26 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

29-30 12-hour Enduro NJMP (JRB)

30 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Novice School RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

May 2011430-51 National Race New Hampshire (NER)

430-51 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER)

1 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 1 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

1 WNY Solo 2 SEAD

1 Solo Pleasant Gap PA (CPR)

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford NY 14534 (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6-8 Double Regional Race MARRS VIR

6-8 GLDiv Double Drivers School Nelson Ledges(NeOhio)

7 Pro IT Series Pocono (NNJ)

7-8 Double Regional NARRC Pocono (NNJ)

10 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting -730 pm 96 Church St Victor Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

14 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Test lsquon Tune RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO 2 RIT See httpwwwflr-sccacomsoloschedulehtml

15 RallyCross (WDC)

18 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Rochester 730 pm 5795 W Henrietta Rd Rochester NY (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

20-22 ProSolo New Meadowlands East Rutherford NJ

21 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

21 STPRreg Committee Meeting ndash Wellsboro 100 pm (Contact meridith1cmsncom for further information)

21-22 WOR Games Double Regional Mid Ohio(W Ohio)

21-22 National Race Summit Point (WDC)

22 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally Rick Barnes (rbarnestorsencom (585) 967-3762)

22 Solo Philipsburg PA (CPR)

28-29 Double Regional Race and PDX Level 1 Nelson Ledges (MVR)

28-29 Double Regional Race NARRC New Hampshire (NER)

31 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Thielrsquos 753 Klem Rd Webster NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

June 20113 Test day NJMP (SJR)

3 STPRreg Charity Rally Wellsboro PA

3-4 STPRreg Wellsboro PA

2011 dates are subject to change Request dates from the Activities Director

RallyCross events are subject to field conditions

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park

Page 20: TOP END - April 2011

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

Treasurer753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580TOP END Editorial Staff119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903

The LAST PIT Playing in the snow (and mud) at Perryrsquos Park