September Miscellaneous Ramblings - Joe Podsybochem NSSCC Sponsors

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1 September NSSCC Sponsors Thanks for supporting NSSCC Madd Matt s Auto Darien, IL (630) maddmattsauto.com Bond Corp Chicago, IL (800) bondcorp.com Blackhawk Farms Raceway Rockton, IL (815) blackhawkfarms.com Autoban Country Club Joliet, IL (815) autobancountryclub.com Pegasus Auto Racing Supplies New Berlin, WI (800) pegasusautoracing.com Advanced Autosports Beloit, WI (608) advanced-autosports.com Under the Hood: Misc. Ramblings 1-3 BOD Meeting 3-4 Some sort of Sign 4 MATT S BACK 4 Classifieds 5 Miscellaneous Ramblings - Joe Podsybochem 1- Membership Meeting Remember that it has been moved to the third Thursday of the month, this month on the 20 th, and will be held at the Ritzy s Café & Backerei, 2765 Algonquin Road, Rolling Meadows. The meeting will start at 7:45 pm and will be preceded by a Board of Directors meeting at 7:00 pm. All members are welcome to come early and sit in the BOD meeting. Ritzy s is a family style restaurant and has daily specials. 2- Racing also remember that North Suburban is the sponsoring club for the Crystal Tack Cloth Twin Challenge at Road America on Saturday and Sunday the 22 nd and 23 rd this month. Bring your car out and run on the most famous racetrack in the United States plus bring you body out and help put the race on. Give Lynn Serra a call at (815) and let her know which days that you can help out. 3- Race Results NSSCC W2W Podium Finishers 8/26 Can You Beat the August Heat - Blackhawk Farms First Place: ITA Mike Backus, SSC Steven Burns, SSB James Fogerty, GT1 Phillip Daus, SP John Scott Miksula, GT5 Mike Piecko Sr., GP Richard Larson, SREN Neil Rodgers, FA Rudy Mazzeo, ASR Leonard Welch, CS2 Dale Madsen, CFF Richard E Doc Plank Second Place: GT3 Ron Olsen, EP Richard Olsen, ITS Charles Peterson, FC Steven Lemke, CFF Scott Durbin Third Place: ITA Matt Lagessie, SP Walter Kelley, EP David Bralich, SM Jason Stiplosek, GT5 Dan Sowinski, S2000 Bob Wismer The Clubs congratulations to all of our Podium Finishers. 4- The Mini-Enduro 8/26 A great time was had by all that attend the Mini-Enduro at Blackhawk Farms that was put on by SCCR The general feeling about the event are best expressed by North Subs Peter Anderson: CONGRATS to SCCR on a very well planned and executed ENDURO race on Sunday Aug 26th, Note - I also had a lot of fun in the prior Sprint race. :-) The weather steward did an outstanding job. Temperatures were moderate and the track was dry. I decided to run my SREN in the sprint race earlier in the day and share the Enduro driving with my friend Mark Wild (#98 S2000 Dark Blue). As my co-driver was racing in group 6, I was to start the Enduro. The Steward had given us express instructions to be 'good' on the first two laps - and we were. We started about 27 cars. All types of cars - everything from two GT1 cars to a V/H entry. Several SRENs were in the race. I was girded 14th due to a stellar (NOT) qualifying run for the Sprint race. Note to self - next time make sure the vac advance line is connected before the qualifying session. Two years of not racing and four years since being in this car DID show in my performance. It was very important to watch your mirrors and be extra aware of what was happening around you. The speed differences of some of these cars was very large. It seems we were able to co exist on the same track as the whole idea was to have fun and we did! A side benefit of the Enduro actually turned out to be the mandatory pit (Continued on page 2)

2007 Officers Chairman of the Board Jim Waldman jlawaldman@comcast.net President Lynn Serra leserra@msn.com Vice President Matt Lagessie matt@maddmattsauto.com Treasurer Frank Skweres fskweres@msn.

org Race Chairperson ACCN Lynn Serra Race Chairperson RA Robert Dudek team_dudek@msn.com Web Master Jeremie Toma jeremie.toma@sbcglobal.net Rod Knock Editor David LeGare rodknockedit@comcast.

2 2007 Officers Chairman of the Board Jim Waldman President Lynn Serra Vice President Matt Lagessie Treasurer Frank Skweres Secretary John Churchill Membership Chairperson Lynn Waldman Program Chairperson Dave Bralich Race Chairperson ACCN Lynn Serra Race Chairperson RA Robert Dudek Web Master Jeremie Toma Rod Knock Editor David LeGare Assistant Editor Ray Kollock Competition Director/Club Steward John Bolt W2W Competition Director Gary Weis AX/TA Competition Director Robert Dudek V/H Competition Director John Saccameno W2W Members-at-Large Ron Olson Rich Olson Phil Daus Rick Canalupo AX/TA Members-at-Large Bill Marquardt Scott Lampe Rich Deron Dave Lopina Bill Minor V/H Members-at-Large Dave Wilbert Kelvin Palmer Alex Christopher John Wheeler (Continued from page 1) stop. It gave my crew members a chance to really be a part of the race contest. We had to work out a pit strategy and then execute it. Our car required that the rear panel be removed to be fueled. Then the front panel had to come off so the pedals could be moved as the second driver is a lot taller than I am. To make it easier for my old eyes to see I had a crew member with a pit board go out to the wall when my time was up and show me the sign to "#26 - PIT NOW'. But due to extreme concentration on the car in front of me (at least that s what I told the crew chief), I missed the pit board twice! When I entered the pit lane there were a lot of cars pitting - as it was about 1/2 way through the race. It was great that my crew chief had a sign on a pole to let me know where my pit area was located. I did not want to get out of the car and have to push it back to the fuel cans and fuel jugs. The pit stop went off without a hitch - except maybe trying to handle a socket wrench nuts and bolts with racing gloves and a helmet still on. Anyway - my co-driver got in the car and finished without incident and matched my lap times. He had never been in the car before so I applaud his extra efforts. We finished mid pack and had a great time at the after race celebration. NOTE to SCCR - if you do this event again - COUNT ME AND MY CREW IN! Mini-Enduro Winning Car Being an Enduro the finishing positions were overall position instead of class positions. The Podium finishers were: in First Place Dan Nicotera and Dave Knaack driving a GT1 Grand Prix, in Second Place Ed Mecum Sr. and our own Mike Piecko driving a Thunder Roadster and in Third Place Chad Ironman Hallonquist driving solo in a Spec Miata. Our congratulations to the Podium finishers and to all that drove in the event plus our congratulations to SCCR for a well put on and fun event. 5- Blackhawk Farms - Sold!! News Release from Blackhawk Farms Raceway August 31st, 2007 Blackhawk Farms Raceway, a Stateline racing fixture for 30 years, changed ownership on August 31st, Paul Musschoot, owner of General Kinematics Corp. of Crystal Lake, Illinois, has purchased and will take over track operations from Raymond Irwin, current proprietor and facility operator. Blackhawk Farms raceway was built in 1967 by Tito and Marcia Nappi on a 219 acre farm just west of South Beloit with the original track layout designed by local racing legend Jerry Dunbar. Since being built, Blackhawk has hosted events for sports cars, motorcycles, karts, and > other racing venues. Although not a long track, Blackhawk is very challenging technically, and the "family" atmosphere of the facility is nationally known as one of its most endearing features. Since it was built, Blackhawk has challenged many of the most famous names in road racing: (Continued on page 3) Page: 2

3 (Continued from page 2) the Andretti s, Sterling Moss, Paul Newman, Walter Payton, Boris Said, and Alan Jones (F1 Champion) to name a few. Mike and Raymond Irwin bought the facility from the Nappis in 1986 and made many improvements over the next 20 years, including renovating many of the buildings, and resurfacing the track itself several times. In 2005, Mike retired and Raymond assumed operations with the help of Paul Depirro and Cindy Robinson. Raymond Irwin also owns and operates Heartland Park Topeka in Topeka, Kansas. The new owner of Blackhawk Farms Raceway, Paul Musschoot, has been involved in the racing industry since the late 70's. Starting as a technical inspector for the SCCA, Musschoot went on to campaign cars in > SCCA GT-1 and Trans-Am racing into the early 80's. Taking a break from racing, Musschoot helped build his current business into a global player in the materials handling industry, of which he is currently President and CEO. Returning to racing in the GT-1 class in the late 90's, Musschoot has spent a significant amount of time at racing at Blackhawk Farms. He plans to continue the family friendly atmosphere the track provides, while taking a fresh look at facilities and the overall track experience. 6 Rule-A-Thon The annual Rule-A-Thon for proposed rule changes was held at Blackhawk Farms on Saturday 8/25. The results are posted on the Council forum web site, for review and comment by all members. Please read them over and sent whatever comments that you have to our two club representative to the Rule-A-Thon; for W2W John Boldt at 2jw9boldt1@comcast.net and for HSAX Robert Dudek at ooldguy@att.net. Keep your cards, letters and s coming. Thanks to Sheryl Rakowski for the many photos of the Enduro and all of the Council races.. Your Roving Reporter. Joe NSSCC NSSCC Board Meeting Minutes August 16, 2007 Ritzy s Café Rolling Meadows In Attendance: Robert Dudek, Bill Marquardt, John Saccameno, Lynn Serra, Gary Weis 7:15pm Called to Order Lynn Serra Minutes from July 26, 2007 meeting were approved.(m & 2 Marquardt and Dudek) Treasurer s Report Frank Skweres Balance due to Road America now. Report was approved. (M & 2 Dudek and Weis) Steward s Report Gary Weis (The following are highlights from the MC BOD meeting of August 9, Please refer to complete minutes There was a discussion about raising entry fees for the Drivers Schools as there has typically been a significant loss of revenue for these events. The self-insurance fund has been deemed to be used for things such as Council property; may be able to submit claims to K&K for track damage. Bruce Hazelton discussed options for getting race sponsorship and the need for a PR person to coordinate such activities for Council. Members were assigned tracks to contact for 2008 dates; June 21 st would not be a good date as the Safety Team will be unavailable. Eric Hoffman has accepted the Director of HSA position. There was some discussion about car groupings for next year; numbers of cars per group will be a major determining factor. Rod Knock David LeGare No report, however it was commented that the last issue was the best ever. General Membership Meeting Dave Bralich No report submitted. The meetings have found a permanent home at Ritzy s Café in Rolling Meadows. The meetings will be at 7:45pm the third Thursday of every month preceded by the club s board meeting (7pm) at the same location. All members are invited to attend both meetings. Membership Lynn Waldman No report submitted. Awards Banquet Lynn Waldman No report submitted. It was noted that any suggestions for a venue be submitted to Lynn W. for consideration. Road America Robert Dudek, Race Chairman Everything is zippin along. Will need all our members to step forward and participate in race staff duties. (Continued on page 4) Page: 3

4 (Continued from page 3) Bylaws Jim Waldman No report submitted. British Car Show Dave Bralich No report submitted. Dave will supply the British Car for our booth and is looking for members to help staff the booth. The event is on September 9 th this year. Please contact Dave if you have a couple hours on a Sunday morning to help. You ll also get to see hundreds of really cool cars, too. David_Bralich@gbophb.org Website Jeremie Toma No report submitted. Jeremie is looking for pix and vids of racecars for our website. Please forward your pix and vids with driver bio to jeremie. toma@sbcglobal.net Mentor Program Matt Lagessie Is This Some Sort of a Sign - By Don Behm Emu shows up at West Bend Wal-Mart West Bend Employees of a Wal-Mart Supercenter here corralled an Emu with shopping carts outside the store at 6 a.m. today, police Lt. Gus Unertl said. Though the big bird did get into the store at 1515 W. Paradise Drive, a manager fed him grapes and apples while inside the makeshift enclosure in an attempt to calm the Emu. A coyote likely chased Myron, a 3-year-old male Emu, from his home, the Meadowbrook Market and Pumpkin Farm at 2970 Mileview Road, said the bird's owner, Richard Takacs. Emus cannot fly but Takacs said he was not surprised when MADD MATT S BACK - Vice President Matt Lagessie WELL, I WAS ABLE TO GO BLACKHAWK FARMS AFTER THE DOCTOR CLEARED ME TO DO SO. I HAD A BLAST IN THE SPRINT RACE AND THE EN- DURO DRIVING ROY CUENCA'S BACK UP HONDA CRX. SO VACATION TIME IS OVER AND THE BUSINESS OF GETTING BACK TO RACING IS ON! I WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE LAST 3 MC EVENTS THIS YEAR AND THE 64 MALIBU IS ALREADY LOADED AND READY FOR ROAD AMERICA, I CAN HARDLY WAIT! I WANT TO THANK JOE PORCELLI, JARED CROMAS, ANNA BUDER AND OF COURSE ROY CUENCA FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RACE. IT FELT GOOD TO GET BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND AFTER ONE SESSION I WAS READY TO GO! MY KIDS LOVE DISNEY WORLD AND WE HAD CINDERELLA'S CASTLE WHILE ON VACA- Page: 4 No report submitted. Barrington Car Show Lynn Serra Upon investigation this looks like a top end show and may be by invitation only. The board had no interest to pursue. Bill Marquardt mentioned that Maryville Academy had a car show recently to benefit the nuns which drew 100 s of spectators. Special Awards Gary Weis Gary has offered to put together a complete list of the NSSCC Special Awards so that the membership can begin to submit their nominees rather than doing this at the last minute. Adjournment 8 pm M&2 Marquardt and Dudek Minutes taken by Lynn Serra, President, and transcribed by John Churchill, Secretary NSSCC West Bend police contacted him from Wal-Mart, nearly two miles north of the farm. "They can run 40 miles an hour, so that was just a quick sprint for Myron," Takacs said. Two other emus at the farm also bolted from their pen when the suspected intruder entered the farm about 3 a.m., he said. The pair was found in a nearby pumpkin field. After Takacs retrieved an obviously frightened Myron from Wal-Mart, he placed the bird by himself in a pasture so he would feel safe and relax. Myron is one of six emus in an animal petting area open to school children and other visitors to the pumpkin patch and haunted corn field, Takacs said. TION BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR SCHOOL AND RACING WITH RACING BE- ING THE KEY WORD HERE! HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT ROAD AMERICA BE- CAUSE WE DO NEED THE HELP! YOUR VICE MADDMATT

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5 For Sale: 2002 Mazda 626 Beautiful Dark Green 2002 Mazda 626 with fuel efficient 4 cylinder engine, sun roof, AM/FM radio stereo with CD player, all electric sun roof, Tan interior, driving lights, new tires last year, full power, full factory equipment and only 61K miles. Asking $ For further information contact Anne Pobgee, Ph (608) For Sale: 2006 Palomino pop-up Travel Trailer Like new, used only 6 times Sleeps 8 with extra front storage up locker, AC, LP Gas heat, refrigerator, LP Gas stove, sink, propane or plugs in. Asking $ Call Annie or Dan Pobgee (Chief of Safety and Rescue) (608) or Annie s cell (608) For Sale: "Big Bore" throttle body conversion kit Manufactured by WEBER, for Datsun 280Z & ZX / 1975 to 1978 (new old stock). It is made for engines that came with fuel injection and is a direct mount kit, Priced to sell at only $ Contact Ron at (630) or ronprixpts@aol.com For Sale: 1966 Corvair Monza Vintage and Production Legal, 3 Sets of Wheels and Tires Some Spare Parts, 3.55 Ring Gear for Spider Posi Double Close Ratio Gear Box Fuel Cell, Fully Instrumented A Winning Race Proven Car that is Ready to Race New Reduced Reduced Price of $ 14, For additional information contact MADDMATT at MATT@MADDMATTSAUTO.COM or call (630) FOR SALE: 1981 West Coast Cobra 625bhp, fuel injected, automatic trans (race prepped) - too much fun. Built for touring / driving. Much more info at This is a $66K car, will sell for $52K. Call: E. Mike or emike@emike.or For Sale: 1986 TOYOTA MR2 SSC/street New rods/main bearings, rings, clutch, water pump and timing belt Full cage, harness, fire extinguisher, Konis and camber bolts Many spares: drive train, suspension, extra set wheels, two extra sets of tires Paint fair, interior good except steering wheel and shift knob 123k miles - $ Scott Durbin or rscottdurbin@earthlink.net FOR SALE: 15 Owens Open Trailer Full width 32 X 34 cargo compartment with a double tire rack and hydraulic brakes Ideal for a British car or a Miata Pull it away for $ 1, Ron Ph (630) or ronprixpts@aol.com Prix Parts, PO Box 39, Wasco, IL Page: Page: 11 5

6 R o d K n o c k 1008 Juniper lane Darien IL, First Class Mail Phone: (630) The Rod Knock is the monthly newsletter of North Suburban Sports Car Club, an affiliate club of The Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs. Visit us at Classified ads are free to NSSCC members. Commercial ad rates: Quoted Upon Request Race and Event Schedule Date Location Event September 20 Ritzy's Cafe & Backerei General Membership and Board of Directors Meeting September Road America W2W Races October 6-7 Autobahn CC South HSAX / W2W Race October 18 Ritzy s Café & Backerei General Membership and Board of Directors Meeting October Blackhawk Farms The Looong Race Last W2W Races for 07 November/December TBA Award Banquet and Membership Meetings Illinois Tollway I-355 South Extension Opening Announcement November 11, Dedication Ceremony Bridging Communities and Connecting Lives The excitement over the completion of this new roadway connecting I-55 south to I-80 will culminate on Sunday, November 11th with a Grand Opening Celebration. The celebration features a ceremony to dedicate the North-South Tollway (I-355) as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, and includes a veterans charity 5K run/walk/roll, a 20-mile community bicycle ride and several community fall festivals. The $730 million mile I-355 South Extension is part of the Illinois Tollway s Congestion-Relief Program: Open Roads for a Faster Future. The I-355 South Extension will serve Will County, one of the fastest growing counties in Illinois. This new roadway will reduce travel times by 20 percent and provide a more direct route between residences in Will County and areas where jobs are more plentiful, such as the O Hare area, therefore benefiting the entire Chicagoland region. To learn More About the I-355 Opening Ceremony, register For Salute Inc. Veterans Memorial Tollway 5K Run/Walk/Roll or register For Roll the Tollway Bike Ride please visit the Tollway web site,

In addition to the members usual conversation and exchange of ideas/comments we also had the pleasure of two speakers.

In addition to the members usual conversation and exchange of ideas/comments we also had the pleasure of two speakers. October 2007 2007 NSSCC Sponsors Thanks for supporting NSSCC Madd Matt s Auto Darien, IL (630)-323-2599 maddmattsauto.com Bond Corp Chicago, IL (800)-253-2663 bondcorp.com Blackhawk Farms Raceway Rockton,