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The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America. February 2012 Volume 57, No. 2 General Membership Meeting - Tuesday, February 7 Murph’s Irondequoit Pub, 705 Titus Ave., Rochester, NY 14617

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Page 1: Top End - Feb. 2012

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

February 2012 Volume 57 No 2

General Membership Meeting - Tuesday February 7Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub

705 Titus Ave Rochester NY 14617

2 February 2012

wwwflr-sccacom Finger Lakes Region - SCCA

Elected Positions2011 Board of DirectorsRegional Executive Michael Toombs (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St Rochester NY 14619-2227 reflr-sccacomAssistant Regional Executive Dave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd Livonia NY 14887-9306 assist-reflr-sccacomTreasurer Elizabeth Thiel (585) 671-9995 Fax (585) 266-0942 753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580 treasurerflr-sccacomSecretary Carl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903 secretaryflr-sccacomActivities Director Mary Hartman 2840 Chili Ave Rochester NY 14624-4807 activitiesdirectorflr-sccacomDirectors Chris DeMinco (585) 359-6792 980 Rush Scottsville Rd Rush NY 14543-9781 director3flr-sccacom Charles Tanck (585) 467-4993 175 Eastgate Drive Rochester NY 14617-4104 director1flr-sccacom Mark Eksten (585) 766-2777 872 North Winton Road Rochester NY 14609-6836 director2flr-sccacom Fran McAllister (585) 750-4674 33 Red Bud Rd Rochester NY 14624-4717

Appointed PositionsRaceCompetition Board Rich Smith Chair (585) 703-0631 clubracingflr-sccacom Dave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 Fran McAllister (585) 254-5920 Peter Kummer (585) 624-2853 Russell Jaslow (585) 724-5890 Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288 Erik Shepard (585) 269-7097

ldquoWestware HOrdquo Race Chairman Lew Giesy (315)597-9637ldquoFUN ONErdquo Race Chairman TBA funoneflr-sccacom

Chief Registrar Marsha Toombs (585) 328-2617 registrarflr-sccacomChief Timing amp Scoring Carl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 tsflr-sccacomChief Flagging and Communication Barbara Lissow (585) 773-7912 fcflr-sccacomChief Starter John Flowers (607) 546-2369 starterflr-sccacomChief Grid TBAChief Pitts and Paddock TBAChief Scrutineering Bruce Perry (585) 382-9234 techflr-sccacomChief Sound Control Jim Craven (585) 889-5363 soundflr-sccacomNYSRRC Representative Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288 flrrepnysrrcorgRally Rally Chair TBAInterim RoadRally Chair Tom Langdon (315) 524-2260 rallyflr-sccacomRallyCross Chair Tony Zanni (585) 281-2510 rallycrossflr-sccacomSolo Solo Board Jeff Colegrove (585)943-2247 solo_chairflr-sccacom Brian Buchman (585) 747-3808 bbuchmanjohnholtzcom Dave Avery (585) 415-8003 davidaverykodakcom Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcom Marnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcom Mike Stutzman (585) 889-2564 stutzeartlingnet Chief Registrar Cory Kuhns (585) 210-0824 soloregistrarflr-sccacomChief Safety Steward Dave Avery (585) davidaverykodakcomChief Technical Inspection Jim Hoelscher (585) 247-9596 jhoelschrochesterrrcomChief Novice Program Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomChief Timing amp Scoring and Results Tom Weaver (585) 978-2966 thomaswweavergmailcom

Chief Sound Control Edwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomChief Trophies Marnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomChief Workers Edwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomChief Waivers Brian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacomAdministrative PositionsMembership Mike Brunner (585) 752-7233 membershipflr-sccacomTOP END Editor Carl Dresie (585) 544-6482 editorflr-sccacomMerchandise Chris McAllister (585) 872-2530(days) merchandiseflr-sccacomEquipment Chairman Alan Blood (585) 242-9039 equipmentflr-sccacomRegional Historian Lynn Randall (585) 451-5298 historianflr-sccacomWebmaster MaryAnne Shults (949) 768-2609 webmasterflr-sccacomSTPRreg Motorsports LLCManagers Meridith Croucher (315) 331-5354 chairmanstprorg Lewis Giesy (315) 597-9637 lgiesylocalnetcom Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 rallymasterstprorgTreasurer Joyce Bucknam (315) 597-5668 treasurerstprorg

NEDiv Administrative Positions

Area 10 Director John Walsh (585) 546-5670 244 Mendon Center Rd Honeoye Falls NY 14472-9335NEDiv Executive Steward Race Earl Hurlbut (585) 219-4891 ehurlbutrochesterrrcomNEDiv RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie (508) 520-7135 shanna12comcastnetNEDiv RallyCross Steward Scott Beliveau (603) 524-4305 beliveauaavidcomNEDiv Solo Steward David Newman (610) 433-5690 dn59verizonnetNEDiv Solo Safety Steward Bruce Bellom (914) 739-6815 brubel51aolcomAdditional positions see httpwwwnesccacomnescca_maincontactshtml

32012 February

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 10th 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 January Membership Meeting 4 - 5CNY Raceway Park 5 - 6December BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 Meeting Location 7 Membership News 8National News 8 - 9Banquet Report 10 - 16Rally 17 - 21 Meeting Notes 17 Long Way Home Results 18 Event Fliers 19 - 21Classified Ads 21Membership Application 23Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back Cover

Photo CreditsFront Cover pp 11-14 Top End Staff Pages 3 Back Cover Mike ToombsPage 10-11 14-15 Mike BrunnerPage 18 Rick Barnes

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 PhotoMike and Marsha Toombs were

awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) Presented by Scott Molor

Top End Staff photo Gotcha Mike (Brunner)

4 February 2012

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPortMeeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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As I write this last night was the annual awards banquet It was nice to see everyone once again I would like to congratulate all of the award winners to be recognized by your fellow competitors and region members is always a good feeling Here I am speaking from experience Marsha and I were once again humbled to receive the Outstanding Contribution to the Region award

As well as the region awards I was also able to give Chris De Minco the Robert Stephens Award Each year the Glen Region gives this award to a NYSRRC competitor who exemplifies the phrase ldquoIn the Spirit of the Sportrdquo Chris truly exemplifies this and was a great help when he volunteered to chair the Glen National race last year

The winter is off to a bad start assuming that you are someone who likes to ice race Rallycross or run our Winter Rally Series The lack of snow and cold has been great for the commute

to work every day but this is winter in upstate New York and we are supposed to have cold and snow The most recent Rallycross was canceled because it was too muddy to run If the weather we are having right now continues we should be able to get back on the track in a couple of weeks

We are continuing to have problems delivering Top End to everyone in a timely manner I have always been a supporter of the monthly newsletter We currently are having the magazine printed by FedEx and then they mail it third class It used to be that we would print and mail it with arrival time to local members to occur just before the monthly meeting Most people received the January edition on the 14th two weeks after optimum arrival So we are looking at offering the option of opting out of the printed edition for our members If members would rather read the online version (which has more art and more color) they need to ensure that Carl Dresie knows their email address Carl would then notify you when Top End is available online and not send you a printed copy I am one of the old-school people and prefer the printed copy but if you are not please let us know

The National convention is in Las Vegas the first weekend of March Dave Ciufo and I will be attending it takes two people to cover all of the meetings during the three days I have never come back from the convention without learning something and I always enjoy seeing friends I only see at conventions Some of the most interesting things are just talking to other people to see how they run things Every region has their own problems and solutions and some of the solutions are things that we can use to better serve our members

Not sure if you are going to get this in time but I would be remiss not to mention that our monthly meetings are moving The February meeting is going to be at Murphs Irondequoit Pub at 705 Titus Ave just down the street from The House of GuitarsUntil next monthhellipMike

January 3 2012

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 814 pm

There were 28 members and guests in attendance at the Solo and general membership meetings

The following is arranged by topic and is not in chronological order

The November general membership meeting minutes were approved on a motion by Lynn Randall seconded by Mike Brunner

Activities ndash Barb LissowThe awards banquet will be Jan 14

at the Burgundy Basin Inn Cost will be $25 for adults $15 for children Barb is taking reservations More information is available in Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

Membership recognition will be moved to a later date Fran McAllister is heading up a group planning this event

Starting in February the Solo and general membership meetings will be held at Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMike reported that the region currently

has 410 members down four since Dec 5 2011 The total loss since April 2011 has been 42 Mike Toombs noted that we are the largest region in Area 10

Carl Dresie requested that all members having an e-mail address

52012 February

verify that their correct address is listed in the SCCA National Office membership data

Club Racing drivers contribute to a fund that is used to reduce the membership dues of race workers who have reported their workdays through the national website A maximum of 12 days will apply with additional days being applied to other worker incentives such as a Volunteer Incentive Program hard card

Old Business Membership input is requested on

options for distribution of Top End (See the article in the January issue of Top End) Costs are about $3 per issue First class postage would add another $125 to that cost Several options were presented

Race Report Our guest speakers tonight are Glenn

Donnelly and John Lehmann They will be talking about Central New York Raceway Park wwwcnyrpcom located near Syracuse

Fun One Fun One 2011 suffered a small loss

due to entries being down by about 140 over last year Ways to reduce expenses such as eliminating T-shirts will be investigated

Westward HoFran McAllister and Dave Ciufo are

working with 2012 Westward Ho race chair Lew Giesy on this regional race They are looking at ways to control costs and increase entries with a goal of eliminating any losses Dave guaranteed that any loss would be covered

Rally Report ndash Alan Smith2012 Winter SeriesldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo the first

event in the Winter Series will start at the Yard of Ale in Piffard on January 7 Alan Smith is rallymaster This rally will again be the first event of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series We expect several national level rallyists will enter Alan is looking for a navigator for the

course-opening car

The second event will be ldquoThe 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rallyrdquo starting in Ithaca with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as organizers

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo will start at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 Jerry Kerwin and John Werner are rallymasters for this third event in the Winter Series

Further information can be found in the January issue of Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

STPRregThe Waste Management Winter Rally

is scheduled for Feb 11 Several teams are waiting for information to submit their entries Total entries are expected to be up this year Plans are to plow the course

Solo Report Brian Buchman reported that we

would no longer be using runwork at events held at Rochester Institute of Technology

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielAll bills have been paid Solo financial

activity for 2011 was provided to Jeff Colegrove to be used in preparing the 2012 Solo budget

The financial statements are available for review by request through Elizabeth The savings and investment data for 2011 will not be available until later this week

Guest Speaker Glenn Donnelly and John Lehmann

talked about the development of Central New York Raceway Park a facility being developed in Brewerton just north of Syracuse (See the following article by Lynn Randall Ed)

The meeting was adjourned at 926 pm on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Russell Jaslow

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingThe Toyota Celica that had a

lsquobiographyrsquo in the August issue of Top End has moved on Kurt Thiel has converted it to an ice racer and if we ever get cold enough to have good ice it should be out competing in another venue

Being first on an unplowed road in fluffy snow can sometimes result in difficulty knowing where the road goes When the snow covers the headlights it becomes hard to see where you are going

Several regions have joined the ranks of ldquono printed newsletterrdquo

Murphrsquos is noted for having great chicken wings Additional food and drink are available

Central New York Raceway Park By Lynn Randall

CNYRP representatives CEO Glenn Donnelly and facilities manager John Lehmann were guest speakers at the January FLR membership meeting This planned racetrack facility located off Route 81 between Brewerton and Central Square NY is slated to break ground in the spring of this year with a planned opening in the fall The ambitious undertaking will encompass 140 acres of land proposed to accommodate a two-mile road course half mile synthetic dirt track and a quarter- mile drag strip

When completed there will also be heated garage spaces with 56 garage bays Each garage will have a catwalk for crew members and spotters to view the course Grandstand stadium seating will have a restaurant on the second level with an opportunity to view the entire facility

Peter Argetsinger son the late

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

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ADan ThielTodd C

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AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

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05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

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14Limited

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13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

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3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

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6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

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12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 2: Top End - Feb. 2012

2 February 2012

wwwflr-sccacom Finger Lakes Region - SCCA

Elected Positions2011 Board of DirectorsRegional Executive Michael Toombs (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St Rochester NY 14619-2227 reflr-sccacomAssistant Regional Executive Dave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd Livonia NY 14887-9306 assist-reflr-sccacomTreasurer Elizabeth Thiel (585) 671-9995 Fax (585) 266-0942 753 Klem Rd Webster NY 14580 treasurerflr-sccacomSecretary Carl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 119 Brookview Dr Rochester NY 14617-3903 secretaryflr-sccacomActivities Director Mary Hartman 2840 Chili Ave Rochester NY 14624-4807 activitiesdirectorflr-sccacomDirectors Chris DeMinco (585) 359-6792 980 Rush Scottsville Rd Rush NY 14543-9781 director3flr-sccacom Charles Tanck (585) 467-4993 175 Eastgate Drive Rochester NY 14617-4104 director1flr-sccacom Mark Eksten (585) 766-2777 872 North Winton Road Rochester NY 14609-6836 director2flr-sccacom Fran McAllister (585) 750-4674 33 Red Bud Rd Rochester NY 14624-4717

Appointed PositionsRaceCompetition Board Rich Smith Chair (585) 703-0631 clubracingflr-sccacom Dave Ciufo (585) 346-5002 Fran McAllister (585) 254-5920 Peter Kummer (585) 624-2853 Russell Jaslow (585) 724-5890 Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288 Erik Shepard (585) 269-7097

ldquoWestware HOrdquo Race Chairman Lew Giesy (315)597-9637ldquoFUN ONErdquo Race Chairman TBA funoneflr-sccacom

Chief Registrar Marsha Toombs (585) 328-2617 registrarflr-sccacomChief Timing amp Scoring Carl F Dresie (585) 544-6482 tsflr-sccacomChief Flagging and Communication Barbara Lissow (585) 773-7912 fcflr-sccacomChief Starter John Flowers (607) 546-2369 starterflr-sccacomChief Grid TBAChief Pitts and Paddock TBAChief Scrutineering Bruce Perry (585) 382-9234 techflr-sccacomChief Sound Control Jim Craven (585) 889-5363 soundflr-sccacomNYSRRC Representative Mary Hartman (585) 426-3288 flrrepnysrrcorgRally Rally Chair TBAInterim RoadRally Chair Tom Langdon (315) 524-2260 rallyflr-sccacomRallyCross Chair Tony Zanni (585) 281-2510 rallycrossflr-sccacomSolo Solo Board Jeff Colegrove (585)943-2247 solo_chairflr-sccacom Brian Buchman (585) 747-3808 bbuchmanjohnholtzcom Dave Avery (585) 415-8003 davidaverykodakcom Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcom Marnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcom Mike Stutzman (585) 889-2564 stutzeartlingnet Chief Registrar Cory Kuhns (585) 210-0824 soloregistrarflr-sccacomChief Safety Steward Dave Avery (585) davidaverykodakcomChief Technical Inspection Jim Hoelscher (585) 247-9596 jhoelschrochesterrrcomChief Novice Program Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 asmith2357aolcomChief Timing amp Scoring and Results Tom Weaver (585) 978-2966 thomaswweavergmailcom

Chief Sound Control Edwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomChief Trophies Marnie Soom (585) 233-2760 marniesoomgmailcomChief Workers Edwin Jeffries (585) 730-2778 edwinjeffriesgmailcomChief Waivers Brian Buchman (585) 747-3808 solo_chairflr-sccacomAdministrative PositionsMembership Mike Brunner (585) 752-7233 membershipflr-sccacomTOP END Editor Carl Dresie (585) 544-6482 editorflr-sccacomMerchandise Chris McAllister (585) 872-2530(days) merchandiseflr-sccacomEquipment Chairman Alan Blood (585) 242-9039 equipmentflr-sccacomRegional Historian Lynn Randall (585) 451-5298 historianflr-sccacomWebmaster MaryAnne Shults (949) 768-2609 webmasterflr-sccacomSTPRreg Motorsports LLCManagers Meridith Croucher (315) 331-5354 chairmanstprorg Lewis Giesy (315) 597-9637 lgiesylocalnetcom Alan Smith (585) 359-4688 rallymasterstprorgTreasurer Joyce Bucknam (315) 597-5668 treasurerstprorg

NEDiv Administrative Positions

Area 10 Director John Walsh (585) 546-5670 244 Mendon Center Rd Honeoye Falls NY 14472-9335NEDiv Executive Steward Race Earl Hurlbut (585) 219-4891 ehurlbutrochesterrrcomNEDiv RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie (508) 520-7135 shanna12comcastnetNEDiv RallyCross Steward Scott Beliveau (603) 524-4305 beliveauaavidcomNEDiv Solo Steward David Newman (610) 433-5690 dn59verizonnetNEDiv Solo Safety Steward Bruce Bellom (914) 739-6815 brubel51aolcomAdditional positions see httpwwwnesccacomnescca_maincontactshtml

32012 February

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 10th 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 January Membership Meeting 4 - 5CNY Raceway Park 5 - 6December BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 Meeting Location 7 Membership News 8National News 8 - 9Banquet Report 10 - 16Rally 17 - 21 Meeting Notes 17 Long Way Home Results 18 Event Fliers 19 - 21Classified Ads 21Membership Application 23Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back Cover

Photo CreditsFront Cover pp 11-14 Top End Staff Pages 3 Back Cover Mike ToombsPage 10-11 14-15 Mike BrunnerPage 18 Rick Barnes

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 PhotoMike and Marsha Toombs were

awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) Presented by Scott Molor

Top End Staff photo Gotcha Mike (Brunner)

4 February 2012

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPortMeeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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YEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARSYEARS

As I write this last night was the annual awards banquet It was nice to see everyone once again I would like to congratulate all of the award winners to be recognized by your fellow competitors and region members is always a good feeling Here I am speaking from experience Marsha and I were once again humbled to receive the Outstanding Contribution to the Region award

As well as the region awards I was also able to give Chris De Minco the Robert Stephens Award Each year the Glen Region gives this award to a NYSRRC competitor who exemplifies the phrase ldquoIn the Spirit of the Sportrdquo Chris truly exemplifies this and was a great help when he volunteered to chair the Glen National race last year

The winter is off to a bad start assuming that you are someone who likes to ice race Rallycross or run our Winter Rally Series The lack of snow and cold has been great for the commute

to work every day but this is winter in upstate New York and we are supposed to have cold and snow The most recent Rallycross was canceled because it was too muddy to run If the weather we are having right now continues we should be able to get back on the track in a couple of weeks

We are continuing to have problems delivering Top End to everyone in a timely manner I have always been a supporter of the monthly newsletter We currently are having the magazine printed by FedEx and then they mail it third class It used to be that we would print and mail it with arrival time to local members to occur just before the monthly meeting Most people received the January edition on the 14th two weeks after optimum arrival So we are looking at offering the option of opting out of the printed edition for our members If members would rather read the online version (which has more art and more color) they need to ensure that Carl Dresie knows their email address Carl would then notify you when Top End is available online and not send you a printed copy I am one of the old-school people and prefer the printed copy but if you are not please let us know

The National convention is in Las Vegas the first weekend of March Dave Ciufo and I will be attending it takes two people to cover all of the meetings during the three days I have never come back from the convention without learning something and I always enjoy seeing friends I only see at conventions Some of the most interesting things are just talking to other people to see how they run things Every region has their own problems and solutions and some of the solutions are things that we can use to better serve our members

Not sure if you are going to get this in time but I would be remiss not to mention that our monthly meetings are moving The February meeting is going to be at Murphs Irondequoit Pub at 705 Titus Ave just down the street from The House of GuitarsUntil next monthhellipMike

January 3 2012

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 814 pm

There were 28 members and guests in attendance at the Solo and general membership meetings

The following is arranged by topic and is not in chronological order

The November general membership meeting minutes were approved on a motion by Lynn Randall seconded by Mike Brunner

Activities ndash Barb LissowThe awards banquet will be Jan 14

at the Burgundy Basin Inn Cost will be $25 for adults $15 for children Barb is taking reservations More information is available in Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

Membership recognition will be moved to a later date Fran McAllister is heading up a group planning this event

Starting in February the Solo and general membership meetings will be held at Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMike reported that the region currently

has 410 members down four since Dec 5 2011 The total loss since April 2011 has been 42 Mike Toombs noted that we are the largest region in Area 10

Carl Dresie requested that all members having an e-mail address

52012 February

verify that their correct address is listed in the SCCA National Office membership data

Club Racing drivers contribute to a fund that is used to reduce the membership dues of race workers who have reported their workdays through the national website A maximum of 12 days will apply with additional days being applied to other worker incentives such as a Volunteer Incentive Program hard card

Old Business Membership input is requested on

options for distribution of Top End (See the article in the January issue of Top End) Costs are about $3 per issue First class postage would add another $125 to that cost Several options were presented

Race Report Our guest speakers tonight are Glenn

Donnelly and John Lehmann They will be talking about Central New York Raceway Park wwwcnyrpcom located near Syracuse

Fun One Fun One 2011 suffered a small loss

due to entries being down by about 140 over last year Ways to reduce expenses such as eliminating T-shirts will be investigated

Westward HoFran McAllister and Dave Ciufo are

working with 2012 Westward Ho race chair Lew Giesy on this regional race They are looking at ways to control costs and increase entries with a goal of eliminating any losses Dave guaranteed that any loss would be covered

Rally Report ndash Alan Smith2012 Winter SeriesldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo the first

event in the Winter Series will start at the Yard of Ale in Piffard on January 7 Alan Smith is rallymaster This rally will again be the first event of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series We expect several national level rallyists will enter Alan is looking for a navigator for the

course-opening car

The second event will be ldquoThe 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rallyrdquo starting in Ithaca with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as organizers

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo will start at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 Jerry Kerwin and John Werner are rallymasters for this third event in the Winter Series

Further information can be found in the January issue of Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

STPRregThe Waste Management Winter Rally

is scheduled for Feb 11 Several teams are waiting for information to submit their entries Total entries are expected to be up this year Plans are to plow the course

Solo Report Brian Buchman reported that we

would no longer be using runwork at events held at Rochester Institute of Technology

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielAll bills have been paid Solo financial

activity for 2011 was provided to Jeff Colegrove to be used in preparing the 2012 Solo budget

The financial statements are available for review by request through Elizabeth The savings and investment data for 2011 will not be available until later this week

Guest Speaker Glenn Donnelly and John Lehmann

talked about the development of Central New York Raceway Park a facility being developed in Brewerton just north of Syracuse (See the following article by Lynn Randall Ed)

The meeting was adjourned at 926 pm on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Russell Jaslow

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingThe Toyota Celica that had a

lsquobiographyrsquo in the August issue of Top End has moved on Kurt Thiel has converted it to an ice racer and if we ever get cold enough to have good ice it should be out competing in another venue

Being first on an unplowed road in fluffy snow can sometimes result in difficulty knowing where the road goes When the snow covers the headlights it becomes hard to see where you are going

Several regions have joined the ranks of ldquono printed newsletterrdquo

Murphrsquos is noted for having great chicken wings Additional food and drink are available

Central New York Raceway Park By Lynn Randall

CNYRP representatives CEO Glenn Donnelly and facilities manager John Lehmann were guest speakers at the January FLR membership meeting This planned racetrack facility located off Route 81 between Brewerton and Central Square NY is slated to break ground in the spring of this year with a planned opening in the fall The ambitious undertaking will encompass 140 acres of land proposed to accommodate a two-mile road course half mile synthetic dirt track and a quarter- mile drag strip

When completed there will also be heated garage spaces with 56 garage bays Each garage will have a catwalk for crew members and spotters to view the course Grandstand stadium seating will have a restaurant on the second level with an opportunity to view the entire facility

Peter Argetsinger son the late

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 3: Top End - Feb. 2012

32012 February

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 10th 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 January Membership Meeting 4 - 5CNY Raceway Park 5 - 6December BOD Minutes 6 - 7FLR News 7 - 8 Meeting Location 7 Membership News 8National News 8 - 9Banquet Report 10 - 16Rally 17 - 21 Meeting Notes 17 Long Way Home Results 18 Event Fliers 19 - 21Classified Ads 21Membership Application 23Calendar inside back coverLast Pit Back Cover

Photo CreditsFront Cover pp 11-14 Top End Staff Pages 3 Back Cover Mike ToombsPage 10-11 14-15 Mike BrunnerPage 18 Rick Barnes

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 PhotoMike and Marsha Toombs were

awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) Presented by Scott Molor

Top End Staff photo Gotcha Mike (Brunner)

4 February 2012

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

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As I write this last night was the annual awards banquet It was nice to see everyone once again I would like to congratulate all of the award winners to be recognized by your fellow competitors and region members is always a good feeling Here I am speaking from experience Marsha and I were once again humbled to receive the Outstanding Contribution to the Region award

As well as the region awards I was also able to give Chris De Minco the Robert Stephens Award Each year the Glen Region gives this award to a NYSRRC competitor who exemplifies the phrase ldquoIn the Spirit of the Sportrdquo Chris truly exemplifies this and was a great help when he volunteered to chair the Glen National race last year

The winter is off to a bad start assuming that you are someone who likes to ice race Rallycross or run our Winter Rally Series The lack of snow and cold has been great for the commute

to work every day but this is winter in upstate New York and we are supposed to have cold and snow The most recent Rallycross was canceled because it was too muddy to run If the weather we are having right now continues we should be able to get back on the track in a couple of weeks

We are continuing to have problems delivering Top End to everyone in a timely manner I have always been a supporter of the monthly newsletter We currently are having the magazine printed by FedEx and then they mail it third class It used to be that we would print and mail it with arrival time to local members to occur just before the monthly meeting Most people received the January edition on the 14th two weeks after optimum arrival So we are looking at offering the option of opting out of the printed edition for our members If members would rather read the online version (which has more art and more color) they need to ensure that Carl Dresie knows their email address Carl would then notify you when Top End is available online and not send you a printed copy I am one of the old-school people and prefer the printed copy but if you are not please let us know

The National convention is in Las Vegas the first weekend of March Dave Ciufo and I will be attending it takes two people to cover all of the meetings during the three days I have never come back from the convention without learning something and I always enjoy seeing friends I only see at conventions Some of the most interesting things are just talking to other people to see how they run things Every region has their own problems and solutions and some of the solutions are things that we can use to better serve our members

Not sure if you are going to get this in time but I would be remiss not to mention that our monthly meetings are moving The February meeting is going to be at Murphs Irondequoit Pub at 705 Titus Ave just down the street from The House of GuitarsUntil next monthhellipMike

January 3 2012

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 814 pm

There were 28 members and guests in attendance at the Solo and general membership meetings

The following is arranged by topic and is not in chronological order

The November general membership meeting minutes were approved on a motion by Lynn Randall seconded by Mike Brunner

Activities ndash Barb LissowThe awards banquet will be Jan 14

at the Burgundy Basin Inn Cost will be $25 for adults $15 for children Barb is taking reservations More information is available in Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

Membership recognition will be moved to a later date Fran McAllister is heading up a group planning this event

Starting in February the Solo and general membership meetings will be held at Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMike reported that the region currently

has 410 members down four since Dec 5 2011 The total loss since April 2011 has been 42 Mike Toombs noted that we are the largest region in Area 10

Carl Dresie requested that all members having an e-mail address

52012 February

verify that their correct address is listed in the SCCA National Office membership data

Club Racing drivers contribute to a fund that is used to reduce the membership dues of race workers who have reported their workdays through the national website A maximum of 12 days will apply with additional days being applied to other worker incentives such as a Volunteer Incentive Program hard card

Old Business Membership input is requested on

options for distribution of Top End (See the article in the January issue of Top End) Costs are about $3 per issue First class postage would add another $125 to that cost Several options were presented

Race Report Our guest speakers tonight are Glenn

Donnelly and John Lehmann They will be talking about Central New York Raceway Park wwwcnyrpcom located near Syracuse

Fun One Fun One 2011 suffered a small loss

due to entries being down by about 140 over last year Ways to reduce expenses such as eliminating T-shirts will be investigated

Westward HoFran McAllister and Dave Ciufo are

working with 2012 Westward Ho race chair Lew Giesy on this regional race They are looking at ways to control costs and increase entries with a goal of eliminating any losses Dave guaranteed that any loss would be covered

Rally Report ndash Alan Smith2012 Winter SeriesldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo the first

event in the Winter Series will start at the Yard of Ale in Piffard on January 7 Alan Smith is rallymaster This rally will again be the first event of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series We expect several national level rallyists will enter Alan is looking for a navigator for the

course-opening car

The second event will be ldquoThe 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rallyrdquo starting in Ithaca with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as organizers

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo will start at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 Jerry Kerwin and John Werner are rallymasters for this third event in the Winter Series

Further information can be found in the January issue of Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

STPRregThe Waste Management Winter Rally

is scheduled for Feb 11 Several teams are waiting for information to submit their entries Total entries are expected to be up this year Plans are to plow the course

Solo Report Brian Buchman reported that we

would no longer be using runwork at events held at Rochester Institute of Technology

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielAll bills have been paid Solo financial

activity for 2011 was provided to Jeff Colegrove to be used in preparing the 2012 Solo budget

The financial statements are available for review by request through Elizabeth The savings and investment data for 2011 will not be available until later this week

Guest Speaker Glenn Donnelly and John Lehmann

talked about the development of Central New York Raceway Park a facility being developed in Brewerton just north of Syracuse (See the following article by Lynn Randall Ed)

The meeting was adjourned at 926 pm on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Russell Jaslow

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingThe Toyota Celica that had a

lsquobiographyrsquo in the August issue of Top End has moved on Kurt Thiel has converted it to an ice racer and if we ever get cold enough to have good ice it should be out competing in another venue

Being first on an unplowed road in fluffy snow can sometimes result in difficulty knowing where the road goes When the snow covers the headlights it becomes hard to see where you are going

Several regions have joined the ranks of ldquono printed newsletterrdquo

Murphrsquos is noted for having great chicken wings Additional food and drink are available

Central New York Raceway Park By Lynn Randall

CNYRP representatives CEO Glenn Donnelly and facilities manager John Lehmann were guest speakers at the January FLR membership meeting This planned racetrack facility located off Route 81 between Brewerton and Central Square NY is slated to break ground in the spring of this year with a planned opening in the fall The ambitious undertaking will encompass 140 acres of land proposed to accommodate a two-mile road course half mile synthetic dirt track and a quarter- mile drag strip

When completed there will also be heated garage spaces with 56 garage bays Each garage will have a catwalk for crew members and spotters to view the course Grandstand stadium seating will have a restaurant on the second level with an opportunity to view the entire facility

Peter Argetsinger son the late

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 4: Top End - Feb. 2012

4 February 2012

Mike ToombsRegional Executive

REPortMeeting MinutesFinger Lakes Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes

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As I write this last night was the annual awards banquet It was nice to see everyone once again I would like to congratulate all of the award winners to be recognized by your fellow competitors and region members is always a good feeling Here I am speaking from experience Marsha and I were once again humbled to receive the Outstanding Contribution to the Region award

As well as the region awards I was also able to give Chris De Minco the Robert Stephens Award Each year the Glen Region gives this award to a NYSRRC competitor who exemplifies the phrase ldquoIn the Spirit of the Sportrdquo Chris truly exemplifies this and was a great help when he volunteered to chair the Glen National race last year

The winter is off to a bad start assuming that you are someone who likes to ice race Rallycross or run our Winter Rally Series The lack of snow and cold has been great for the commute

to work every day but this is winter in upstate New York and we are supposed to have cold and snow The most recent Rallycross was canceled because it was too muddy to run If the weather we are having right now continues we should be able to get back on the track in a couple of weeks

We are continuing to have problems delivering Top End to everyone in a timely manner I have always been a supporter of the monthly newsletter We currently are having the magazine printed by FedEx and then they mail it third class It used to be that we would print and mail it with arrival time to local members to occur just before the monthly meeting Most people received the January edition on the 14th two weeks after optimum arrival So we are looking at offering the option of opting out of the printed edition for our members If members would rather read the online version (which has more art and more color) they need to ensure that Carl Dresie knows their email address Carl would then notify you when Top End is available online and not send you a printed copy I am one of the old-school people and prefer the printed copy but if you are not please let us know

The National convention is in Las Vegas the first weekend of March Dave Ciufo and I will be attending it takes two people to cover all of the meetings during the three days I have never come back from the convention without learning something and I always enjoy seeing friends I only see at conventions Some of the most interesting things are just talking to other people to see how they run things Every region has their own problems and solutions and some of the solutions are things that we can use to better serve our members

Not sure if you are going to get this in time but I would be remiss not to mention that our monthly meetings are moving The February meeting is going to be at Murphs Irondequoit Pub at 705 Titus Ave just down the street from The House of GuitarsUntil next monthhellipMike

January 3 2012

Location Burgundy Basin Inn 1361 Marsh Road Pittsford New York 14534

Regional Executive Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 814 pm

There were 28 members and guests in attendance at the Solo and general membership meetings

The following is arranged by topic and is not in chronological order

The November general membership meeting minutes were approved on a motion by Lynn Randall seconded by Mike Brunner

Activities ndash Barb LissowThe awards banquet will be Jan 14

at the Burgundy Basin Inn Cost will be $25 for adults $15 for children Barb is taking reservations More information is available in Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

Membership recognition will be moved to a later date Fran McAllister is heading up a group planning this event

Starting in February the Solo and general membership meetings will be held at Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit

Membership Report ndash Mike BrunnerMike reported that the region currently

has 410 members down four since Dec 5 2011 The total loss since April 2011 has been 42 Mike Toombs noted that we are the largest region in Area 10

Carl Dresie requested that all members having an e-mail address

52012 February

verify that their correct address is listed in the SCCA National Office membership data

Club Racing drivers contribute to a fund that is used to reduce the membership dues of race workers who have reported their workdays through the national website A maximum of 12 days will apply with additional days being applied to other worker incentives such as a Volunteer Incentive Program hard card

Old Business Membership input is requested on

options for distribution of Top End (See the article in the January issue of Top End) Costs are about $3 per issue First class postage would add another $125 to that cost Several options were presented

Race Report Our guest speakers tonight are Glenn

Donnelly and John Lehmann They will be talking about Central New York Raceway Park wwwcnyrpcom located near Syracuse

Fun One Fun One 2011 suffered a small loss

due to entries being down by about 140 over last year Ways to reduce expenses such as eliminating T-shirts will be investigated

Westward HoFran McAllister and Dave Ciufo are

working with 2012 Westward Ho race chair Lew Giesy on this regional race They are looking at ways to control costs and increase entries with a goal of eliminating any losses Dave guaranteed that any loss would be covered

Rally Report ndash Alan Smith2012 Winter SeriesldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo the first

event in the Winter Series will start at the Yard of Ale in Piffard on January 7 Alan Smith is rallymaster This rally will again be the first event of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series We expect several national level rallyists will enter Alan is looking for a navigator for the

course-opening car

The second event will be ldquoThe 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rallyrdquo starting in Ithaca with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as organizers

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo will start at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 Jerry Kerwin and John Werner are rallymasters for this third event in the Winter Series

Further information can be found in the January issue of Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

STPRregThe Waste Management Winter Rally

is scheduled for Feb 11 Several teams are waiting for information to submit their entries Total entries are expected to be up this year Plans are to plow the course

Solo Report Brian Buchman reported that we

would no longer be using runwork at events held at Rochester Institute of Technology

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielAll bills have been paid Solo financial

activity for 2011 was provided to Jeff Colegrove to be used in preparing the 2012 Solo budget

The financial statements are available for review by request through Elizabeth The savings and investment data for 2011 will not be available until later this week

Guest Speaker Glenn Donnelly and John Lehmann

talked about the development of Central New York Raceway Park a facility being developed in Brewerton just north of Syracuse (See the following article by Lynn Randall Ed)

The meeting was adjourned at 926 pm on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Russell Jaslow

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingThe Toyota Celica that had a

lsquobiographyrsquo in the August issue of Top End has moved on Kurt Thiel has converted it to an ice racer and if we ever get cold enough to have good ice it should be out competing in another venue

Being first on an unplowed road in fluffy snow can sometimes result in difficulty knowing where the road goes When the snow covers the headlights it becomes hard to see where you are going

Several regions have joined the ranks of ldquono printed newsletterrdquo

Murphrsquos is noted for having great chicken wings Additional food and drink are available

Central New York Raceway Park By Lynn Randall

CNYRP representatives CEO Glenn Donnelly and facilities manager John Lehmann were guest speakers at the January FLR membership meeting This planned racetrack facility located off Route 81 between Brewerton and Central Square NY is slated to break ground in the spring of this year with a planned opening in the fall The ambitious undertaking will encompass 140 acres of land proposed to accommodate a two-mile road course half mile synthetic dirt track and a quarter- mile drag strip

When completed there will also be heated garage spaces with 56 garage bays Each garage will have a catwalk for crew members and spotters to view the course Grandstand stadium seating will have a restaurant on the second level with an opportunity to view the entire facility

Peter Argetsinger son the late

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 5: Top End - Feb. 2012

52012 February

verify that their correct address is listed in the SCCA National Office membership data

Club Racing drivers contribute to a fund that is used to reduce the membership dues of race workers who have reported their workdays through the national website A maximum of 12 days will apply with additional days being applied to other worker incentives such as a Volunteer Incentive Program hard card

Old Business Membership input is requested on

options for distribution of Top End (See the article in the January issue of Top End) Costs are about $3 per issue First class postage would add another $125 to that cost Several options were presented

Race Report Our guest speakers tonight are Glenn

Donnelly and John Lehmann They will be talking about Central New York Raceway Park wwwcnyrpcom located near Syracuse

Fun One Fun One 2011 suffered a small loss

due to entries being down by about 140 over last year Ways to reduce expenses such as eliminating T-shirts will be investigated

Westward HoFran McAllister and Dave Ciufo are

working with 2012 Westward Ho race chair Lew Giesy on this regional race They are looking at ways to control costs and increase entries with a goal of eliminating any losses Dave guaranteed that any loss would be covered

Rally Report ndash Alan Smith2012 Winter SeriesldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo the first

event in the Winter Series will start at the Yard of Ale in Piffard on January 7 Alan Smith is rallymaster This rally will again be the first event of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) series We expect several national level rallyists will enter Alan is looking for a navigator for the

course-opening car

The second event will be ldquoThe 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rallyrdquo starting in Ithaca with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as organizers

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo will start at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 Jerry Kerwin and John Werner are rallymasters for this third event in the Winter Series

Further information can be found in the January issue of Top End and on the Finger Lakes Region website wwwflr-sccacom

STPRregThe Waste Management Winter Rally

is scheduled for Feb 11 Several teams are waiting for information to submit their entries Total entries are expected to be up this year Plans are to plow the course

Solo Report Brian Buchman reported that we

would no longer be using runwork at events held at Rochester Institute of Technology

Treasurerrsquos Report ndash Elizabeth ThielAll bills have been paid Solo financial

activity for 2011 was provided to Jeff Colegrove to be used in preparing the 2012 Solo budget

The financial statements are available for review by request through Elizabeth The savings and investment data for 2011 will not be available until later this week

Guest Speaker Glenn Donnelly and John Lehmann

talked about the development of Central New York Raceway Park a facility being developed in Brewerton just north of Syracuse (See the following article by Lynn Randall Ed)

The meeting was adjourned at 926 pm on a motion by Scott Moller seconded by Russell Jaslow

Respectfully submittedCarl F Dresie Secretary

Bench RacingThe Toyota Celica that had a

lsquobiographyrsquo in the August issue of Top End has moved on Kurt Thiel has converted it to an ice racer and if we ever get cold enough to have good ice it should be out competing in another venue

Being first on an unplowed road in fluffy snow can sometimes result in difficulty knowing where the road goes When the snow covers the headlights it becomes hard to see where you are going

Several regions have joined the ranks of ldquono printed newsletterrdquo

Murphrsquos is noted for having great chicken wings Additional food and drink are available

Central New York Raceway Park By Lynn Randall

CNYRP representatives CEO Glenn Donnelly and facilities manager John Lehmann were guest speakers at the January FLR membership meeting This planned racetrack facility located off Route 81 between Brewerton and Central Square NY is slated to break ground in the spring of this year with a planned opening in the fall The ambitious undertaking will encompass 140 acres of land proposed to accommodate a two-mile road course half mile synthetic dirt track and a quarter- mile drag strip

When completed there will also be heated garage spaces with 56 garage bays Each garage will have a catwalk for crew members and spotters to view the course Grandstand stadium seating will have a restaurant on the second level with an opportunity to view the entire facility

Peter Argetsinger son the late

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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

Subaru and Chevrolet cars SUVs trucks and vans while providing you excellent prices and helpful friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 6: Top End - Feb. 2012

6 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Camerson Argetsinger the founder of Watkins Glen motor racing is the chief road course designer Peter is currently a professional driving instructor and has coached famed drivers Damon Hill and Juan Pablo Montoya Peter has raced successfully in Europe for 14 years

In addition to the road and dirt tracks there will be a skid pad and room for autocross events SCCA will be given opportunities to run events at this new facility as well as be the worker body for those events

As per protocol as the sanctioning body SCCA will need to approve the facility for SCCA events to run here but when it is built and ready for racing this new facility will be a needed additional venue for road racing in the Northeast Let us hope this plan becomes reality Members of Finger Lakes will be watching the progress

December 27 2011

Location Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY 14617

Mike Toombs called the meeting to order at 738 pm

Officers and directors present Michael Toombs Regional Executive Carl Dresie Secretary Barbara Lissow Activities Director Dave Ciufo Fran McAllister and Charles Tanck Directors

Officers and directors absent Scott Moller Assistant Regional Executive Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer Marl Eksten Director

Others present Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair Chris DeMinco Glen National Race Chair

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

The minutes of the November 29 2011 board of directors meeting were approved on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Barb Lissow

Activities Report ndash Barb LissowThe Awards banquet at the

Burgundy Basin Inn on Jan 14 will start with an open bar at 6 pm Dinner will be served at 7 pm Information is in the January issue of Top End and on the website wwwflr-sccacom A membership recognition meeting will be held sometime in the spring

New BusinessJohn Lehmann Vice President

Central New York Raceway Park will be at our January meeting to talk about the track

The general membership meeting will be held at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit starting with the February meeting

The issues with Top End delivery were presented A description is printed in the January issue of Top End Member input on the options is needed An e-mail notice covering the availability of Top End on the website which includes the December meeting minutes and the reminder about the January meeting speaker was sent to

those with valid e-mail addresses

Charles Tanck requested that we schedule time to discuss what we want to accomplish in 2012

Old BusinessThe Solo trailer has been written off

as the trailer was destroyed by a tree falling on it

Race ReportFormula First has expressed an

interest in running both of our regional races in 2012

Fun One 2012The expenses associated with the

Fun One need to be reviewed for 2012 in an effort to balance the event budget Several options were discussed

Westward Ho 2012 Fran McAllister reported that a

committee has started working on Westward Ho They will meet again in early January

Rally Report ndash Tom LangdonTom presented the proposed Year-

End Awards

A rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run in conjunction with STPRreg

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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

Subaru and Chevrolet cars SUVs trucks and vans while providing you excellent prices and helpful friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 7: Top End - Feb. 2012

72012 February

FLR NewsMeeting LocationSolo and general membership

Starting Feb 7 the Solo and general membership meetings will be held in the back room of Murphrsquos 705 Titus Ave Murphrsquos is near the east end of a small strip mall at the corner of Titus and Cooper just east of Hudson Ave in Irondequoit Additional parking is in back of the building (See map below)

Food and a full bar are available (the wings are thought to be some of the best in town) Come out and enjoy the company of like-minded car enthusiasts

Driving directionsFrom the west Exit Keeler St Expressway at Hudson Ave then turn left Straight (north) to the end of Hudson and turn right onto Titus Stay in the right hand lane to go straight at Cooper (1st light) Turn right immediately at the east end of the strip mall Park in back door is on your right

From the east Exit Keeler St Expressway at CarterHudson Straight to Hudson then right and follow the above

RallyCrossMike Toombs reported that we have

cones in storage They will be made available to the RallyCross events Excess cones could be donated to the ice racing effort

Winter Rally SeriesRallymasters have been named

for four events in January through early March The first rally running Jan 7 is part of the WINTR (Winter INTernational Rally) Series By drawing national level rallyists it will reflect positively on our region

Tom Langdon noted that the Winter Series Road Rally budget would reflect an increase to $75 from $50 for rallymaster expenses and an allowance of $5 for worker expenses The first to cover fuel expenses incurred during several checks of the approximately 200-mile route The second is primarily to cover after rally food but not all workers utilize this payment Concerns were expressed regards payment to volunteers It was noted that race workers have available a reduction in membership dues through a program run out of Topeka

Excess race trophies will be used for trophies

Fliers for the first three events in the Winter Rally Series were published in

the January issue of Top End and are on the website

Solo Report Jeff Colegrove is working on

changes to the Solo series A schedule is being defined Venues are needed

Treasurerrsquos Report - Elizabeth Thiel asked that Mike

Toombs report that all bills presented prior to the meeting have been paid Elizabeth will be at the membership meeting Jan 3 2012

Chris DeMinco has one final minor mailing for the Glen National Race to be paid

The deposit for the 2012 Fun One race is due to Watkins Glen International by April 1 The deposit for Westward Ho at Nelson Ledges has been paid

Executive SessionThe meeting went into executive

session to discuss and approve the awards to be given at the Jan 14 banquet

The meeting was adjourned at 911 pm on a motion by Dave Ciufo seconded by Charles Tanck

Respectfully submitted Carl F Dresie Secretary

8 February 2012

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

Subaru and Chevrolet cars SUVs trucks and vans while providing you excellent prices and helpful friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

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18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 8: Top End - Feb. 2012

8 February 2012

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

Subaru and Chevrolet cars SUVs trucks and vans while providing you excellent prices and helpful friendly service At Doyle Chevrolet Subaru Price and Service Are Why We Sell

Membership News and InformationWelcome to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA

Garrett M BriggsRegularSoloWeb Site

Joseph A and Theresa K CarozzoniFamilyRallyWeb Site

David F Crowley and Nancy Parks-Crowley

FamilyPro RacingWeb Site

Dont forget to renewKeith Kristen Lydia and Elliot Guthrie

John Lyndi Joshua and Ethan Bosch

SCCA Announces Reorganization to Solo Rally DepartmentsTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash With an eye on program development enhanced customer service and improved operational effectiveness the Sports Car Club of America today announced a reorganization of the RallySolo department in the national office

Still headed by Howard Duncan SCCA Vice President of Rally Solo and Special Programs the reorganization features a number of faces familiar to both programs with changes in responsibilities

Deena Rowland has been promoted to RallySolo Administrative Coordinator Rowlandrsquos duties will expand from her role as Solo Administrative Specialist to include being the primary liaison to the RoadRally Board and community additional budget support duties increased support role for the Tire Rack National Solo program and taking a greater role in the RallyCross and Solo National Championship events Rowland has been at SCCA since the move to Topeka in late 2002

Brian Harmer joins the Rally and Solo department after working for four years in the SCCA Technical Services department

National News

concentrating on vehicle compliance for Solo events In the new role Harmer will be the primary liaison to the Solo Events Board and the RallyCross Board provide assistance in developing programs to help the Regions grow participation oversee safety programs provide assistance for the Tire Rack National Solo program serve as the project leader for the RallyCross and Solo National Championships and assist with administrative matters such as budget development and monitoring

Sandi Brown will continue as an independent contractor expanding her existing role of administration chief of the National Solo program to become the National Solo Operations Manager Brown will tap into her years of experience and contacts within the SCCA community to provide enhanced coordination with the host Regions for events on the Tire Rack National Solo calendar and to better serve participants by managing the on-line registration for these events Brown will also have a role in the RallyCross National Championship

In addition to the changes on the staff Heyward Wagner will continue in an independent contractor role as the Solo Communications Manager including responsibility for the programrsquos e-newsletter SoloMatters

CRB Statement on 25 Rule and Class Realignment

At the December Board of Directorsrsquo meeting in Topeka the Board voted to suspend the 25 class participation rule

Full Address information

Street address telephone numbers and e-mail addresses are available from the membership chair the regional executive or the secretary

Changes should be made by logging into your information area at wwwsccacom (log in is on the upper right hand corner of the screen) and making corrections See page 12 for further instructions on how to access your information

Again please note the necessity to provide an active e-mail address

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

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18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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For Sale 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

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For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

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For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

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232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 9: Top End - Feb. 2012

92012 February

for two seasons They then asked the Club Racing Board to prepare a plan to actively manage the classes They have directed that the CRB present a proposal for alignment of classes with an overall reduction in the number of National classes The proposed goal is 24 or less national classes

So suspension of the 25-rule does not mean that classes with low participation numbers will automatically continue in the National racing program

The CRB in turn has asked the Advisory Committees to start working on how to make this happen Although the Touring and SS Committee has been working on this for some time all classes are now included The BoD has directed that the proposal be presented to them at the National Convention on March 3rd

SCCA Announces New Club Racing Majors ProgramTOPEKA Kan (January 16 2012) ndash Sports Car Club of America announced today a new top-level Club Racing program dubbed the ldquoMajorsrdquo launching as a pilot program in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions in 2012

Focused on providing fresh enhanced opportunities for National-level classes within a geographical racing area the Majors offer a new format race weekend focused on clustering competition and providing greater value for racers

The Majors concept comes from a two-year planning committee directive from the SCCA Board of Directors to evolve the top level of SCCA Club Racing with the changing times For decades ldquoNationalrdquo racing has served as the top Club Racing level providing a path toward both Divisional Championships and the National Championship Runoffsreg

ldquoBy definition in the SCCA General Competition Rules National racing has not changed for decades but many of these events have evolved away from their true purposemdashto provide a high level event for the most serious competitorsrdquo SCCA Chairman of the Board Jerry Wannarka said ldquoThe Majors program does just that not unlike the Tire Rackreg SCCA ProSoloreg Series does for the autocross communityrdquo

A Break from the NormThe most significant philosophical and

structural change from the current Club Racing model deals with treating competition classes

differently from one another at select events Classes in the Majors program are placed in one of two groupsmdashInvitational or Showcase The highest subscribed classes in a particular geographic zone will be included in the Invitational program with the remaining classes comprising the Showcase group Both the Invitational and Showcase classes will have special opportunities throughout the season

The 2012 Majors Pilot ProgramFor 2012 the Majors program will coexist

with the current Regional and National programs in the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions These three Divisions will be combined to make up the Majors ldquozonerdquo The Majors Championship will be comprised of six weekends two being geographically held in each Division including the three BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and three Invitational class-only events (one per Division) Additional opportunities will be planned on separate weekends for Showcase classes

While all 29 National classes will be part of the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events the Invitational weekends will be a special opportunity for the highest-subscribed classes based on combined participation numbers within the Zone Limiting classes for the Invitationals allows organizers to target two classes per race group allowing for split starts to cluster like-classed cars together on the racetrack

All six Majors races in 2012 including the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour events and the Invitationals will feature a common pre-event registration process chief steward and management team from the National office for continuity and consistency while still being operated by the local Regions to provide the local flavor and atmosphere The idea is to take the best elements of the Club Racing experience and meld them with some components often found at professional events Making events better than and different from other events is a key focal point

EventsEach of the events will feature a pair of

ldquopointsrdquo races toward the Majors Championship (for the Invitational classes) that will also count toward the existing National and Divisional Point Championships At Invitational events drivers can expect to be on track two to three times per day for no less than 20 minutes each For two-day events Saturday will feature traditional timed qualifying followed by a 45-mile points race Sunday will grid cars based on the fast laps from Saturdayrsquos race for a brief qualifying race which

will set the grid for Sundayrsquos feature 45-mile points race based on finishing position

A New Championship and Path to the Runoffs and Super Sweep Award

Combining participants from the Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions for the six Majors events creates a new opportunity for a meaningful Championship Not only does a driver need to better the competition from his own Division but also those from the neighboring Divisions as well

A driver will count his or her best eight finishes (out of 12 possible) toward their respective class Championship using the GCR Points schedule established for Divisional Championships Along with the prestige and prize package to be announced later the Champions will be recognized as having met the second leg (Divisional Championship) of the four-legged Super Sweep award

The Midwest Rocky Mountain and Southwest Divisions were grouped into the pilot zone based on the ability to travel out of Division within for the most part one dayrsquos tow Additionally the average entry counts of each Division could benefit greatly with the incentive for drivers from the neighboring divisions to participate in one or more event outside of their own Division

Showcase EventsShowcase Events are for the National-

level classes in the program not covered in the Invitational program For the Pilot program this will include 19 classes which makes up just over 30 percent of the total entries based on 2011 participation numbers Showcase classes will have additional racing opportunities at other events likely a Bonus National in 2012 This program could also include festival events anniversary races or marque-specific opportunities

Future ExpansionThe 2012 Pilot program is designed to both

provide the Majors opportunity and experience for those within the Pilot Zone but also be a test-bed for a coast-to-coast rollout targeted for 2013 While the Invitational program will initially include approximately 10 classes there is nothing locking the program into one set of Invitational weekends per Zone If more than 10 classes within a Zone can support the concept of clustering competition and providing good car counts at each event then that number can and will evolve as needed

(More information can be found at wwwsccacom)

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 10: Top End - Feb. 2012

10 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region 2011 Annual Awards Banquet January 14 2012

(Note Not all remarks were captured and some have been reworded for clarity My apologies for misquoting you CFDresie Secretary)

Opening Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoI donrsquot have a lot of jokes

(Sound of clapping) But I do have to say there was one thing if people read the Saturday morning Democrat and Chronicle

I thought Pickles this morning was hilarious Pickles is an older couple for any of you who donrsquot read the comics The wife comes home and the husband is in his lounge chair She says ldquoI just had the worst ride home ever I ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection and people were honking at me and cussing me out They were wanting me to get the car out of the intersectionrdquo And he says ldquoWhat did you do about itrdquo She says ldquoI came home and told yourdquo ---ldquo

ldquoWe have a couple of door prizes ---ldquo

ldquoThatrsquos my emceeing Now for my opening remarksrsquo

ldquoWell a little more emceeing Last year I made a pitch for mechanic of the year At the February meeting I was awarded this trophy I know many of you did not see it It is the FLR Three-quarter Mechanic of the Year I won it based on the fact that I torqued 15 of the 20 lug nuts on my car when I put the snow tires on my car Thatrsquos why I got frac34 mechanic I had some issues a couple of weeks ago I was successful on earning this trophy for another year I could have sworn on a stack of bibles that all the lug nuts were torqued I know they were torqued But something wasnrsquot right $^)$ I had only missed two or three of the lug nuts So I did much better than last year But I didnrsquot take it to the dealer and ask what was wrong with my car I earned this award last fall and again this yearrdquo

ldquoEverything I said in the past still applies this year It still takes a lot of people to keep this organization running There are no unimportant people when it comes to putting on our events From the tech inspector to the Rally safety steward pre-checking the rally course every job is an important part of the club We are lucky to have a region that has four very active groups race Solo RoadRally and RallyCrossrdquo

ldquoThis past year we put on two races the Glen National and the Fun One I need to thank the chairs for each of these events Chris DeMinco and Rich Smith for the national Russell Jaslow and Wilma Giesy for the Fun One The Glen National took a lot of extra effort this year because it was one of the two double nationals in the Northeast Divisionrdquo

ldquoThe Solo program had eight events and helped put on the Northeast Divisional Championships Brian Buchman continued to look after the local program and pushed it forward with the support of a countless number of people The Divisional Championship was put on by the division and Tina Reeves a member of our region was

one of the chairs

Then there were the chairs for each of the events three at Rochester Institute of Technology and five at Seneca Army Depot These people spent hours designing and setting up the course for each event Once again it looks like we have lost the Seneca Army Depot as a Solo site for this year There are still a couple of avenues being looked at to get back in there and I am hoping to return to my home county but itrsquos not looking goodrdquo

ldquoThis year we put on our fourth Street Survival School Dave Avery continues to chair a fine event Each year we gain a little knowledge on running it and hopefully help some young drivers live to be old drivers We need to maintain our commitment and continue running these events We also need more people to help so please consider coming out and helping this yearrdquo

ldquoThe RoadRally program put on their usual night rallies once again Deb and Tom Langdon did a fine job of not chairing the Rally program for another year As well as the night rallies during January and February there were summer rallies for a little extra fun The rally event chairs spend a lot of time laying out the rallies checking out the mileage and checkpoint locations so that every one running the rally can have fun The one thing I have found out by working the rallies is that there are always a lot of stories that come out of each eventrdquo

ldquoTony Zanni joined the region and instantly took over the RallyCross program We owe thanks to Bruce Perry for continuing to allow us to put on events on his property We are still looking for other sites and if you happen to have a big field that you donrsquot mind people driving in let Tony knowrdquo

ldquoSTPRreg LLC continues to be efficiently run by the three managers Lew Giesy Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Each year they strive to make STPR a better event Last year the added

Mike Toombs Regional Executive and Master of CeremoniesMike Brunner Photo

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

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OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 11: Top End - Feb. 2012

112012 February

the one-day event in February with plans for it happening again this year This year the Waste Management Winter Rally is scheduled for February 11rdquo

ldquoThere are also a lot of people working in the background helping keep the region running Carl Dresie spends a lot of time putting together Top End every month I have always felt and continue to feel that a monthly newsletter is very important I would like to say we will continue to put one out but Irsquom beginning to wonder that myself Our mailing has become more erratic So we will have to look at that in the coming year as to whether we want to continue spending that money MaryAnne Shults continues to keep our web page up to date She is also the person who did the program for tonightrsquos festivities And the Solo board the Rally board and the Club Racing board are always there to make sure that each program continues to run wellrdquo

ldquoI also need to thank the board of directors for their support and help this year The officers were Scott Moller Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Barbara Lissow Activities Director The directors were Dave Ciufo Charlie Tanck Mark Eksten and Fran McAllisterrdquo

ldquoNext year is looking like it will be another good year Brian Buchman has decided to step down as chair of the Solo program but luckily for me he found his replacement before he left Jeff Colegrove is chairing the Solo program and Deb and Tom are continuing to not chair the Rally program Dave doesnrsquot know this so donrsquot anyone tell him but Dave Avery will chair the Street Survival School again Tony Zanni will chair the RallyCross program againrdquo

ldquoWe are going back to Nelson Ledges this year Westward Ho is back on the NEDiv schedule We are looking at some ideas to help make this event profitable I say profitable but letrsquos be realistic we hope to make this event not a big money loser I understand from Fran

McAllister that Dave Ciufo has promised to make up any difference The Hoosier Tire Formula First championship has put both of our races on their schedule for this coming year They are excited about running Westward Ho as well as the Fun Onerdquo

ldquoNext yearrsquos board of directors looking to pick up the challenge of running the region once again The officers are myself (Mike Toombs) as Regional Executive Dave Ciufo Assistant RE Carl Dresie Secretary Elizabeth Thiel Treasurer and Mary Hartman Activities Director The directors are Fran McAllister Mark Eksten Charlie Tanck and Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoThis will be my seventh year as Regional Executive fifth consecutive year Irsquom not saying I wonrsquot do it again I would like to see someone not necessarily in this room but someone in the region might think about stepping up It would be helpful for merdquo

ldquoSo thatrsquos all and hopefully I will see everybody at some point during the yearrdquo

ldquoOK now on to our awards Now as many of you may have noticed we are not doing our membership recognition tonight Membership will be taken care of at a later point in the year Wersquore thinking June or July in conjunction with a membership meeting and would be a picnic much like we did last October probably in a park somewhererdquo

ldquoSo back to emceeing Brian Buchman will now present the Solo awardsrdquo

Solo Awards presented by Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairBRIAN ldquoThank you Mike Before

I start the awards I would like to thank everybody for a great Solo program this past year With our challenge to find adequate sites for the year I would like to thank everyone that helped out however big or small the effort We appreciate

everything that everyone does We are a member-run organization and without all of you this couldnrsquot happen Without further ado itrsquos on to the awardsrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO CONTRIBUTOR ndash (Marv and Eunice Brudno Trophy)

Awarded to a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the Regional Solo program

ldquoThe first award chosen by the Solo board this award is bestowed upon a driver who has made an outstanding contribution to the regional Solo program This yearrsquos recipient is a

Brian Buchman 2011 Solo ChairMike Brunner Photo

Tina Reeves Outstanding Solo ContributorStaff Photo

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 12: Top End - Feb. 2012

12 February 2012

fixture in our region She is a great driver and an extremely dedicated worker and advocate for Solo She stepped up to co-chair Divisionals this past July which is a huge responsibility in itself but even more importantly she was instrumental in allowing the Finger Lakes Regions Solo program to have a season last year What many people may not know is that she nearly single-handedly negotiated with the Seneca County Economic Development Corporation to allow us to use the runway at the Seneca Army Depot This consumed many hours of her already busy life and probably gave her her first gray hair Our region cannot convey how much we appreciate what she has done this year as well as in years past Hopefully this award will show a fraction of the gratitude that we have for everything she does so I would like to give the Outstanding Solo Contributor Award to Tina Reevesrdquo

OUTSTANDING SOLO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during their first full season of Solo competition The person shall also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award also chosen by the Solo board is given to a

driver who shows the greatest degree of promise during his or her first full season of Solo competition He or she shall also be a credit to the region This yearrsquos recipient started with our novice school at RIT in April From that day she was hooked The amount of enthusiasm she showed for autocross was staggering She finished 25th out of 30 at the novice school and then came back just the next day to our first regular event to finish 9th out of 19 novices She attended 7 more events throughout the season and continued to improve She brought friends with her to watch and to compete and could always be found chatting with someone either about how much fun she was having or how to improve her driving For just her first year she shows amazing promise which is why I would like to give the Solo Rookie of the Year Award to Gillian Pielowrdquo

SOLO IMPROVED DRIVER Awarded to the driver who has shown

the greatest improvement in hisher driv-ing performance over the course of the season This driver will also be a credit to the Region

BRIAN ldquoThe next award is given to the driver who has shown the greatest improvement in hisher driving performance over the course of the season The driver will also be a credit to the region This years recipient is no stranger to autocross having competed fairly regularly over the past few seasons He regularly finished mid-pack and occasionally in the trophies Always considered a good driver he worked the car and the course equally well This year was different though At the first event he had a good showing with a 6th place finish out of 20 in Road Tire good enough for a trophy Apparently that was not good enough for him though At every single local event he attended after that he placed first for a total of seven first-place finishes and then secured the Road Tire season title in a field of very skilled competitors The best part of this story is that all this was accomplished in a car that was owned by another Road

Tire competitor This is why the Most Improved Solo driver award goes to Andy Cocilovardquo

SOLO DRIVER OF THE YEAR Instituted around 1994 and was

determined to be awarded to the FLR Solo driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a driverrsquos performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a National Championship Some consideration may be given to a driverrsquos performance and contributions during the season to the FLR Solo program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in his her driving competition

BRIAN ldquoThe final Solo award tonight is given to a driver who demonstrated exemplary skill in hisher driving during the season Consideration is given to a drivers performance at the divisional and national levels of competition This award may be given to a driver who wins a national championship Some consideration is to be given to a drivers performance and contributions during the season to the regions program as well The winner will represent the Finger Lakes Region with dignity as well as excelling in hisher driving

Gillian Pielow Outstanding Solo Rookie of the YearStaff Photo

Brian Buchman recognizing Andy Cocilova as the Solo Improved DriverStaff Photo

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

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For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

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232012 February

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_______________________________________

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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

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Applicants Signature____________________________________________ Date __________________________

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

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Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 13: Top End - Feb. 2012

132012 February

competition This yearrsquos recipient fulfills all of these requirements and more In our local Solo series he placed first in his class in five out of the eight events he attended When he was first in class he also was first in overall PAX PAX is a multiplier meaning that if everyone was in the same car he would have been fastest In the rare instance he was not first in class and PAX he was second only to his equally competitive brother This is all very impressive but the real success came when he attended nationals in Lincoln Nebraska Not only did he win he class there he also beat the nearest non-sibling competitor in his class by a staggering 25 seconds and placed second in overall pax out of over 1100 drivers in attendance As you can see he is used to leading on the track For 2012 though he will also lead off the track taking over my role as Solo chairman This years winner of the Solo driver of the year award is the same winner as last year making him to only person in the history of our club to win two consecutive years in a row Congratulations Jeff Colegroverdquo

MIKE ldquoThank you Brian --- Next up we are going to do our club racing awards Rich Smithrdquo

Club Racing Awards presented by Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board Chair

RICH ldquoWelcome everybody Tonight I have two awards to give out Most Improved Driver and Driver of the Year We are a pretty small group when it comes down to it So when it comes down to looking at peoplersquos credentials it is easy to figure out who is where in the crowd I was going to come up here with a whole bunch of fake credentials and watch the blank facesrdquo

MOST IMPROVED DRIVERAwarded to the Finger Lakes Region

driver who has shown the greatest improvement during the season Usually not awarded to a beginning driver who shows great promise but to a license holder whose improvement over the previous season has resulted in a greatly improved competition record He shall have been a credit to the region on the race course

RICH ldquoThis year our Most Improved Driver is an individual who at the July Sprints qualified third but managed to finish seventh out of 17 in the race Improved at the Fun One by finishing fourth then third out of 20 Improved greatly at the Last Chance race by qualifying in the pole position and

taking first in class Later that weekend at the Pro IT race actually broke the track record but unfortunately was one-upped by the person that took first place This driver was also second in NYSRRC this year The most improved driver this year is Bruce Perryrdquo

DRIVER OF THE YEAR ndash (John and Emily Castle Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region driver who has compiled the most outstanding record in SCCA race participation Caliber of races attended and competition in class are considered as well as record of success Recipient shall have been a credit to the Region at the racecourse

RICH ldquoI also stand here not 100 percent knowing a little bit of information but Irsquom going to share it anyway The next award is Driver of the Year and Irsquom not sure if the Pro 1600 Formula Series is SCCA- sanctionedrdquo

[From the crowd ldquoIt isrdquo]

ldquoGreat then Irsquom going to keep talking This person competed in two different events two different tracks and didnrsquot have staggering numbers Sixteenth out of 22 and 23 and 14th out of 21 But taking in mind that the top eight competitors were faster than the track record I think it is rather remarkable Also third at Mid-Ohio

Jeff Colegrove Solo Driver of the YearStaff Photo

Rich Smith 2011 Competition Board ChairStaff Photo

Bruce Perry accepting the Most Improved Driver award from Rich SmithStaff Photo

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 14: Top End - Feb. 2012

14 February 2012

and two consecutive seconds at Watkins Glen with really great races Irsquom happy to report that Erik Shepard is Driver of the Yearrdquo

ERIK ldquoI would like to say that things wouldnrsquot go so well if it wasnrsquot for the help of my lovely wife Carolyn and my good friend Rick White who were with me the entire wayrdquo

MIKE ldquo--- Next up Mr Langdon will be presenting whether hersquos ready or not will be presenting Rally awardsrdquo

Rally Awards presented by Tom Langdon 2011 Interim Rally Co-Chair

TOM ldquoI did notice a problem with the program here It says ldquopresented by Tom Langdon Rally Chairrdquo and we all know that is not true It also lists a lot more awards than we haverdquo

ldquoA quick overview of the Rally program This year we did five events total we did four winter rallies We attempted several times to do a daytime rally spring summer and fall It finally got done in the fall Rick Barnes kept recycling the event until it was done It was quite successful and we wound up with 16 cars and everyone had a good time Other than that one of the things is that we have a lot of Rally meetings which by the way are quite a lot of fun if you happen to have an open Tuesday evening you want to wasterdquo

ldquoWhen you set a rally up it is a double-edged sword Number one it takes forever to set one up with up to 200 miles of driving several times to get the route done

The other thing is that you canrsquot run all four of the events in the winter series What we have done for our rally contributor of the year the Rally board has decided that the rallymasters should get this award for the time and effort involved and not being able to run the event Not many of them are here tonight they are all out setting up ralliesrdquo

OUTSTANDING RALLY CONTRIBUTOR ndash (John Robinson Outstanding Rally Contribution Award)

Recipients are selected by the Rally board and may be competitors workers organizers or any combination thereof in the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program FLR membership is required

TOM The rallymasters and award winners are Marnie Soom and Cory Kuhns for ldquoIs This A Roadrdquo Alan Smith for ldquoThe Long Way Homerdquo I canrsquot believe he gave up the opportunity to be here to take his son to Disney World That was an excellent event and

part of the WINTR series and as such drew in a number of nationally ranked competitors The Winter INTernational Rally series consisted of six events run in the Northeast

Next in our Rally series is the well named ldquoIthaca Winter Rallyrdquo with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters Then we have a first-time event as rallymasters with Scott Grinnell and Jamie Hayslip writing ldquoCabin Feverrdquo

ldquoI received a rather panicky phone call on Friday before the event from Jamie where on Friday the weekend was a mud bath but had frozen up by Saturday Up to 400 pounds of mud were picked up by the VW during a pre-run Jamie is here tonightrdquo

ldquoThe last rally was the ldquoFall Colour Tourrdquo with Rick Barnes as rallymaster A very well thought out laid out event As a reminder they are serving cake at Kenny and Beckyrsquos wedding next door After this Irsquom going over there and enjoy the cake and bandrdquo

ldquoA couple of more quick notes on Rally anyone that would like to be rally chair speak up we are always looking for a person to chair the rally effort Rally chair is not as big a problem as the rallymaster for the charity rally run with STPR We can provide all the help you would ever wantrdquo

Mike and Rich giving Erik Shepard the keeper and rotating trophiesStaff Photo

Tom Langdon Rally awards presenter - Mike Brunner Photo

Jamie Hayslip accepting the Rally Contributor award for himself and all of the 2011 rallymastersMike Brunner Photo

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 15: Top End - Feb. 2012

152012 February

RALLY WORKER OF THE YEAR ndash (Steve Kittelberger Trophy)

Recipient selected by the rally board from the Road Rally andor Performance Rally program Usually a member of Finger Lakes Region but in some rare instances may be from outside the membership

TOM ldquoMoving along the other award is for Rally Worker of the Year or the Steve Kittelberger trophy This particular individual took a spot that I wouldnrsquot have taken sort of a thankless job requiring a lot of dedication Making great strides even trying a night event that was well thought of But we get more entrants in RallyCross from Western New York than we do from our region Our Rally Worker of the Year is Tony Zannirdquo

Special Region AwardsMIKE ldquoItrsquos only nine orsquoclock and

we are down to our last four awards Usually we would be around ten orsquoclock --- We are now up to our special awards I will call the Regional Executive up to give out those awardsrdquo

MECHANIC OF THE YEAR AWARD ndash (AAMCO Transmission Trophy)

Awarded each year to a member in good standing of SCCA who has worked without financial gain as a primary motive Success of the supported team

should be strongly considered The winner should normally come from Club Racing but mechanics that work on Solo or Rally teams are not excluded The winner shall be a credit to the sport There shall be no repeat winners Nominations should be made by the Rally Solo and Competition Boards and the Road Racing Drivers Club with final selection being made by the Board of Directors

Mechanic of the Year (AAMCO Transmission Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe description of the award is in the program I wonrsquot read the description This is one of the more difficult awards to give out as you cannot receive it more than once It was not given out last year but it is the one I was campaigning for ndash but got the frac34 mechanic award instead If you see someone that may qualify let a member of the board know The board may not see everyone that qualifies This yearrsquos winner co-drove with Gary Lippert Gary had an incident with the car that required a lot of work to get it back together The mechanic of the year is awarded to Keith Guthrie He is not here tonight

OUTSTANDING WORKER AWARD ndash (Gene Dinkel Trophy)

Awarded to the Finger Lakes Region member who has devoted a notable amount of his or her time as a worker at motorsports events sponsored or sanctioned by the Finger Lakes Region The accumulated working points recorded in the Regionrsquos High Points for that year will be considered Primary consideration will be given to individuals who have worked in general worker categories not as chiefs of specialties or as chairpersons of events The individual must have worked in at least two different motorsports areas at least once worked on at least one public service activity if the region has conducted such and been a true credit to the region

Tom Langdon presenting the Rally Worker of the Year award to Tony ZanniMike Brunner Photo

Outstanding Worker (Gene Dinkel Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe Outstanding Worker Award has a large number of outstanding names It takes a lot of work to keep the region together Earlier Irsquove given the names of a lot of people that have done a lot of work There is one individual this year as well as in previous years who has done a tremendous amount of work for the region Anyone that needed help this individual was there to help never looking for anything in return I know personally I appreciate what this individual has done to help me It is a deserved award This years outstanding worker is Elizabeth Thielrdquo

SPORTSMANSHIP ndash (Alix Lafontant Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has most consistently exhibited the attributes of sportsmanship throughout the year and whose participation in SCCA events has been a credit to the region The term sportsmanship implies that the award goes to a true ldquosportsmanrdquomdashone who competes in a race or rally competition seriously and who consistently places the ideals of sportsmanship above his own personal gain

Sportsmanship Award (Alix Lafontant Trophy) presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoThe next award is the Sportsmanship Award Here again is

Elizabeth Thiel accepting tne rotating trophy for Outstanding Worker from Mike Toombs Staff Photo

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 16: Top End - Feb. 2012

16 February 2012

Rallyanother award that sometimes people just sometimes jump right out at you (not literally) but sometimes you will hear a story about a person that is deserving of this award Here again we are looking for input so if sometime during the year you see somebody deserving this award let me know This yearrsquos recipient is someone who has always been there to help when anyone needs help He has done a lot to help and so I will let it go at that He has worked a lot at helping people with their cars This yearrsquos recipient is Kurt Thielrdquo

TOP END AWARD ndash (Finger Lakes Trophy)

Awarded to a Regional member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general

Top End Award presented by Mike Toombs

MIKE ldquoCarl asked me to present this award We may be here awhile (showing several sheets of paper taped together) Actually most of this was already in Top End

Awarded to a Finger Lakes Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to motorsports in general In general is meant to extend the contribution to activities outside of the Finger Lakes Region and the Sports Car Club of America Activities can include competitor official worker and reporter as printed in Top End This represents a broad swipe and not all can be included The recipient is selected by the TOP END editor and staff

Past recipients have been recognized for efforts in the Performance Rally field representing the region to the rest of the racing community leading an effort that shows our region at its best competing in an internationally recognized event ndash and reporting the event in Top End

This years TOP END award goes to a region member who has done it all in the region and taking on a new position other road racing groups and

even working in pro efforts As written in the January issue of TOP END we recognize Chris DeMincordquo

ldquoChris also won an award at the NYSRRC banquet the Robert W Stevens in the Spirit of the Sport presented by the Glen Regionrdquo

ldquoScott Moller is going to come up and do the last trophy presentationrdquo

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUITON TO THE REGION - (George B Merwin Trophy)

Awarded to the member who has contributed the most to the region during the past year All areas of the club activities are taken into accountmdashracing rallying concours publicity community services etc Participation is considered as well as working The recipient should represent the best the region has to offer the sport

Outstanding Contribution to the Region (George B Merwin Trophy) presented by Scott Moller

SCOTT ldquoThe last award is the Outstanding Contribution to the Region the George B Merwin Trophy again to someone who has contributed most to the region during the past year with all areas of activity taken into account This yearrsquos co-recipient award winners have names that are familiar to you These people are present in all aspects of what the region does Even if we canrsquot offer

specifics they are here for us seems like every year nearly every event whether itrsquos working registration being Regional Executive helping timing and scoring stepping to handle registration for the national race Too many instances to list This yearrsquos award goes to Mike and Marsha Toombsrdquo

(Photo on front cover Ed)

MIKE ldquoI can tell you that this award barely fits in the rear seat of an Isuzu We need to find a way to refinish the top of this trophyrdquo

Closing Remarks ndash Mike ToombsMIKE ldquoThere are a couple of other

things that I would like to mention I would like to remind everybody is that our meeting has moved We will be meeting at Murphrsquos in Irondequoit instead of here at the Burgundy Basin Inn The Solo meeting at 7 orsquoclock the membership meeting at 8 They have a bar and good food

Tomorrowrsquos RallyCross has been postponed for two weeks we are hoping for better weather The next event in the Winter Rally Series is next Saturday starting in Ithacardquo

ldquoI do want to say that I got my car washed Thursday before the last rally and got it washed for free after the rally Delta Sonic offers a free re-washrdquo

Top End delivery concerns were mentioned The desire to have a monthly newsletter and the option to opt out of a hard copy were among the points brought up

MIKE ldquoLew is still looking for help with Westward Ho Volunteers are wantedrdquo

ldquoThere are Christmas-related tags on some of the chairs If you are on one of those chairs the centerpiece for your table is your door prizerdquo

ldquoThanks to everyone who came tonight I hope to see you all sometime during the yearrdquo

Chris DeMinco accepting the Top End award ant the Robert W Stevens arard from Mike ToombsMike Brunner Photo

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 17: Top End - Feb. 2012

172012 February

RallyTom LangdonInterim Rally Chair

Rally Meeting NotesJanuary 10 2012

96 Church Street Victor NY

These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order

The following six RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present Rick Barnes Carl Dresie Ben Gilmore Jerry Kerwin Tom Langdon and John Werner

RallyCross SeriesThe next RallyCross is scheduled for Jan 15 at Perryrsquos Park

The forecast for cold weather should make the field solid enough to run the event

Winter Rally SeriesA budget for the series will be presented at the next Finger Lakes

Region board meeting

The Long Way Home had 19 teams entered Three of the teams do not normally run our winter series Results are on the website (httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012WRS_Event1_Resultshtml) and will be printed in Top End Alan Smith is writing an article The repurposed race trophies looked pretty good

The 3rd Annual Ithaca Winter Rally running Jan 21 is in good shape Start and finish is at Manos Diner Lodging is available across the street from the diner Gary Thomas needs one more checkpoint crew

Herbiersquos Revenge 2 will start and end at MacGregorrsquos in Canandaigua on Feb 4 More information is available at httpwwwflr-sccacomrally2012HerbiesRevenge2012_flierpdf Carl Dresie agreed to ride along with Jerry Kerwin to do a rally safety and pre-check

The Feb 18 rally will be based on John Wernerrsquos 2009 event The Eiserdrsquos Elves committee will be organizing the rally The date is in conflict with the Ohio Winter Rally

Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the last March 3 event Information for a flier is to be provided for Top End and the website

STPRregA rallymaster is needed for the charity rally run as part of the

Performance Rally weekend

Waste Management Winter RallyEntries are open for the Feb 11 winter rally in Wellsboro

Miscellaneous Discussions John Werner has purchased and mounted a set of Falken snow

tires Expect a report on the traction of these stud less winter tires

Manettirsquos in Canandaigua is being reopened as a Mexican restaurant They do not yet have a liquor license

John Werner stated that Mickey Finnrsquos in Victor is willing to be our ending location

Tom Langdon noted that the new VW Rs will be available in March

Tom Langdon talked to Steve McKelvie regarding Rally Safety Steward training We need qualified instructors

Miscellaneous topics of discussion included deer damage auto insurance dog diets (popcorn meat on a string and alcohol) dog names (and why) misuse of retirement funds in plant retirement shifting a car with a bum right shoulder and driving through traffic in a snowstorm

78 Bennington DriveRochester NY 14616

585-621-8200wwwekstenautoworkscomCLUB RACING AND TRACK EVENT PREPARATION

FULL IMPORT MAINTENANCEMACHINE SHOP SERVICES amp FABRICATION

ENGINE BUILDING AND CUSTOM CYLINDER HEAD WORKDYNOMAX CHASSIS DYNO BY LAND-AND-SEA

10 Off Labor to Club Members5 Time HSR 4 Hours of Sebring Class Winner

2006-2010

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 18: Top End - Feb. 2012

18 February 2012

OA Cls Factored Raw Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Leg 13 Leg 14 Leg 15 Leg 16

11Equipped

BRon JohnstonbaughJack Von Kaenel

SubaruWRX 1 1 175 14 1 -1

05 TA 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 1 -1 1 0 3 -1 0

2Equipped

AMark EverettSteve McKelvie

AudiAllroad 8 2 27175 225 0 38

05 TA-54

05 TA 100 -8 1 0 2 -1025 TA -1 -2 0 -1 -3 -4 -1

5Equipped

ARuss NortonJoe Signor

FordFocus 10 3 455 455 9 49 8 -25 20 12 32 -32 9 -56 99

25 TA 12 -30 -41 -14 7

7Equipped

ADan ThielTodd C

Volvo142 11 4 579 579 10 -34

05 TA -29 -26 -1 -27 -71 -232 5TA -22 -57 14 -44 -33 -35 -74 -79

8Equipped

ARich SmithTony Zanni

HondaCRX 18 5 1154 1154 -58 50 -10 -7 -44 11 200

15 TA -15 -18 -2 80 16 20025 TA 48 200 195

1Limited

AKarl HaltinerMac McCann

SubaruWRX 2 1 62 62 0 20 3 4 -2 -3 -6

15 TA -9 -2 3 -1 -3 0 -6 0 0

9Limited

APaul BatmanMatt Rhoads

SubaruForester 3 2 157 157 25 -18

05 TA-38

022 TA -4 -1 0 -1405 TA -5 -9 12 -17

45 TA -5 -3 -3 015 TA

-315 TA

14Limited

BGeorge ModlinShaun Hallam

SuzukiSX4 6 3 2057 187 0 69 -3 -1 -22 -21 -5 -5 -16 -15 -4 -8 0 -9 -5 -4

13Limited

BJerry KerwinLynn Pease

MistubishiEVO 14 4 825 750 -22 -56 0 -6 -16 -51 -101 10 6 -50 104 13 -11 -23 95 186

3Limited

AKarl HughesMark Laitenberger

BMW325ix 17 5 11437 1133 13

05 TA 70 -1005 TA 31 -43 -19

35 TA -9 5 88 131 4735 TA 76 104 -97 -193 -197

6Stock

AJim PerrinLee McElhinny

SubaruImpreza 4 1 187 187 13 39 1 7 -23 10 2 4 9 10 1

15 TA 49 6 3 7 3

12Stock

BJamie HayslipGretchen Kriesen

VWJetta 5 2 1925 175 5 26 -6 -2 18 -17 -6 -3 -6 -3 -4 0 -5 -64 5 5

15Stock

BDave GuertinNeil Guertin

BMW325ix 7 3 2167 197 4

05 TA75

05 TA -23 -6 5 -715 TA 2 1 10 -2 1 1 11 5 -35

05 TA-9

0 5TA

4Stock

ABryan ScheibleKyle Garrett

AudiSS 12 4 705 705 49 85 7 159 64 -15 123 2 4 -13 -120 5 22 -16 -9 -12

16Stock

CChristopher HopeAmy Grove

SubaruImpreza 13 5 755 604 16 31 -7 -6 26 13 -29 21 0 -37 -92 -28 -56 -61 -92 -89

18Stock

CAndy CocilovaGreg Turner

ChevyCobalt 15 6 9775 782 -74 9 -45 -46 -42 -13 -162 6 -20 -10 -2 -21 -18 -20 -146 -148

10Stock

AMichael McGinnisRyan Hallock

Nissan240SX 19 7 1395 1395 -91 44 -3 5 -60 -8 -60 -21 -43 -200

55 TA 200 -50 -10 200 200 200

19Novice

CPatrick SmithJesse Luce

SubaruImpreza 9 1 279 279 15 25 -13 -25 -25 -7 -34 -13 5 -6 -28 3 -30 -18 -15 -17

17Novice

CMike HarveyEd Helling

SubaruWRX 16 2 1057 1057 -11 -3 52

15 TA21

15 TA -129 -36 -200 -38 -38 -88 20015 TA -17 -54 -132 -13 -25

Place Score Leg number - Score - Time Allowance takenCarNumber

ClassSpeed

DriverNavigator Marque

The Long Way Home lsquo12 Results

Gathering before venturing out into the night Rick Barnes photo

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 19: Top End - Feb. 2012

192012 February

Herbiersquos Revenge 2

Saturday February 4 2012Event 3 of the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos

Winter Rally Series

(Note Herbie the white VW Bug has been replaced by Herbie 2 a 2010 Mitsubishi Evo MR)

Although Herbie no longer rallies his spirit still lingers on One of his old rallies is being revived It is about 150 miles on mostly unpaved roads in the Southern Tier of New York State

Entry fees are $35car for SCCA members and $45car for guests There is a 35-car limit so pre-registration is recommended Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Snow tires are recommended (all-season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) Tow

StartFinish location MacGregorsrsquo Grill and Tap Room 759 South Main St Canandaigua

Registration 300-400 PMNovice School 330 PMFirst Car Starts 431 PM

First car Finishes 1030 PM (About)

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsJerry Kerwin jerrykerwinhotmailcom or (585)-425-4210

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 20: Top End - Feb. 2012

20 February 2012

The Wrong Way Home

Finger Lakes Region SCCAPresents Event 4 of the Winter Rally Series

Organized by Eiserdrsquos ElvesFebruary 18 2012

If you have any questions contact the committee chairCarl F Dresie at cfdresiecscom or (585) 544-6482

A RoadRally of approximately 13728 +- 10 mileseast and south-east of Rochester NY

Entry fees are$35car for SCCA members $40car for guests

Post rally buffet - $10Series classes are Equipped Limited Stock and Novice

Speed groups are A - 45 B - 40 C - 36 mph

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group) tow ropestrap 90 minutes of fl ares or

a DOT triangle are required

Start Burger King 20 Muar St (just off Rt 20)Canandaigua NY

Finish Cheap Charlies Restaurant and Lounge8 Elm St (Route 444) Bloomfi eld NY

Schedule Registration 315 to 415 pm Novice School 345 pm Driverrsquos Meeting 420 pm First car starts 446 pm First car fi nishes about 1015 pm

Come join fellow driving enthusiasts in a tour over mainly paved roads (there are a few pieces of dirt that the committee may fi nd and use) through northeastern Ontario county northern Seneca county and southern Wayne county

The roads are used infrequently for the Finger Lakes Regionrsquos Winter Rally Series So you will be experiencing new roads with fewer instances of high adrenaline fl ow

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 21: Top End - Feb. 2012

212012 February

The Route of All EVO VMarch 3 2012

A rally of approximately 150 ldquointerestingrdquo miles using paved and unpaved roads in the New York Southern Tier In keeping with the winter rally series format

this is an evening TSD rally run at speeds within the local speed limits

Snow tires are recommended (all season tires may limit your speed group eligibility) tow ropestrap and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are required to compete

Rally start Charlie Riedels Restaurant Canandaigua NY Routes 5 amp 20 (Eastern Blvd) Finish location MacGregors Grill and Tap Room Canadaigua NY Lakeshore Blvd

$35car for SCCA members $45car for guestsEquipped Limited Stock and Novice classes

Schedule Registration 300 to 400 PMNovice school 330 PMDriverrsquos Meeting 410 PMFirst car starts 431 PM

Contact the rallymaster to pre-register and for answers to questionsKarl Haltiner

HaltinerKMaolcom(585) 425-4569

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 22: Top End - Feb. 2012

22 February 2012

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 Web site 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 1995 Neon Sport DOHC engine cold air intake header Flow master coiloverrsquos with adjustable Konirsquos camber plates all four corners with polished strut tower braces braided SS brake hoses Hawk pads on drilled and slotted discs quick shift Momo steering wheel Recaro front seats brand new Bridgestonersquos on the car with one set of rain tires and 2 sets of DOT race tires (older ones still have life in them) The car was originally set up for track days The car has never been in snow brought it here from Virginia Car is always garaged and looks great no rust Includes an extra set protane bushings original steering wheel and seats and a complete spare DOHC engine and correct transmission $3500 for all call Paul at 698-4257 (212)

For Sale Miata 2000 dark blue California car 149000 5 speed cruise AC KYB shocks Harddog rollbar new radio front converter replaced with 2001 header pipe Racing Beat intake with K amp N filter new windshield tires all new hoses and alternator air horns uses no oil between changes no check engine lite purchased 2012 Miata last month $4600 Located in Ithaca 607277-0501 or garygeorgethomasgmailcom (212)

For Sale Roberto Lorenzuttirsquos Datsun 1600 Roadster roller with logbook Lots of spare parts but not limited to two (2) stock motors three (3) each 5-speed transmissions Fiberglass hood Fiberglass front fenders two (2) rear axles Front suspension components two (2) ea aluminum and iron cylinder heads three (3) crankshafts five (5) flywheels two (2) clutch assemblies three (3) Racer Brown camshafts Accusumps carburetors boxes of new and used parts for carbs and brakes This is your chance to own a piece of history Asking $8000 but will negotiate any reasonable offer Visit httpwwwmshultsnetdatsun to see photos history

of the car and downloadable flier Tim Barge 585-739-1624 tim4437aolcom (1211)

For Sale 1978 MGB 62000 miles Came out of heated storage Engine has been completely overhauled SUrsquos re built Have all records Good running car Call 585-289-8007 or 585-233-3769-cell Will sell for $480000 Syl Barlow (1011)

For Sale RacePro Engineering has sold our race-winning 1995-based Mustang Cobra A-Sedan We still have literally thousands and thousands of dollars in SPARES including two complete sets of alloy wheels (one set with Hoosier slicks one set with Hoosier rains) a nose a wing Koni struts 2-way adjustable various rate Eibach amp Hyperco springs Baer rotors amp calipers (need rebuilding) racing radiator Holly jets motor parts ignition parts suspension parts - everything that can wear out or break Complete list upon request Located in Watkins Glen NY $ 17500 for quick sale Ed LoPresti (607) 535-4237 (611)

For Sale (13) Volvo 240 TurboVirgo wheels 15 used in good condition all roll straight 6 have center caps (1) Volvo 740 turbo 5 spoke wheel 15 in good condition with Hankook Optomo Plus tire mounted on it new no center cap $50000 takes it all Call Mark at (585) 202-7520 or maudino2rochesterrrcom (511)

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)

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 Call for reduced price Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (1110)

Wanted Information on the method by which Nationwide connected a traditional desk phone with handset in the inverted Taurus (Let alone the gyrations needed to keep from spilling the coffee) (446) 672-6687 (212)

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 23: Top End - Feb. 2012

232012 February

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

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 24: Top End - Feb. 2012

24 February 2012

Finger Lakes Region Bulletin Board and Websites Website wwwflr-sccacomFacebook wwwfacebookcomflrscca - YouTube wwwyoutubecomuserflrscca - Twitter twittercomflrscca

Yahoo Groups Solo - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupflrsolo RoadRally - sportsgroupsyahoocomgroupFingerLakesRally

Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes RegionFebruary 20124 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 3

ldquoHerbiersquos Revenge 2rdquo - 300 pm MacGregorsrsquo 759 South Main St Canandagiua NY (Contact Jerry Kerwin (jerrykerwinhotmailcom(585)-425-4210)for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

7 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

11 Waste Management Winter Rally STPRreg LLC Meridith Croucher (meridith1cmsncom)

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

18 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 4 ldquoThe Wrong Way Homerdquo Conducted by Eiserdrsquos Elves (Contact CFDresie (cfdresiecscom(585)-544-6482) for further information)

19 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR)

28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27 RallyCross Perryrsquos Park (FLR) Weather date March 5

March 20121-3 National SCCA Convention South Point Hotel Casino and

Spa Las Vegas NV

1-4 Rochester Auto Show Convention Center Rochester NY

3 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Event 5 Canandaigua NY (Contact Karl Haltiner (HaltinerKMaolcom(585)-425-4569) for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

6 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

10-11 PDX Summit WDC

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

17-18 NEDiv Roundtable Training Meetings The Inn Pocono Manor Pocono PA

18 RallyCross Summit WDC

23-25 Driverrsquos School Summit WDC

27 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

31-41 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

April 2012331-1 Driverrsquos School New Jersey Motorsports Park

3 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

3 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

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

15 RallyCross Summit WDC

21-22 National Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race New Hampshire (NER) (Rational)

21-22 Regional Race MARRS Summit Point (WDC)

24 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 730 pm Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

27-28 12 Hour Enduro New Jersey Motorsports Park

May 20121 FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 700 pm

ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

1 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 800 pm ndash Murphrsquos Irondequoit Pub 705 Titus Ave Irondequoit NY (Contact reflr-sccacom for further information)

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business

Page 25: Top End - Feb. 2012

TOP ENDFinger Lakes REGION SCCA INC

The LAST PIT

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

Social hour before getting down to the Awards Banquet business