Coming Up: Die Hard Special I & II, September 19 20

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1 REDWOOD SPORTS CAR CLUB Volume 50, Issue 9 September 2009 Message from the President ~ Autumn is Upon Us! It s September, we have only three points events left, and the competition for the end of the year trophies is going strong. You can check out the standings on the Website ( and remember that bribes are considered. They probably won t help but the money would be great. The next event is on September 19 and 20. Oliver Taylor and Jenna Tronti will be co-chair the Die Hard Specials. It should be interesting. Let s give Hubbard s German Auto a big round of applause for being our sponsor for the weekend. Thank you! In November, our annual awards ceremony takes place and this year it is planned for November 21. We can start showing up to socialize around 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be around 6:30 p.m.. This year we will be at the Elks Lodge in Eureka and will be trying a buffetstyle dinner. Thank you to Pete Day for setting this up for us! Mark your calendars for a fun evening with your friends. See you all soon, ~Tina Johnson, President Annual Awards Banquet Saturday, November 21, 2009 Where: The Elks Lodge, 445 Herrick Ave, Eureka CA When: November 21. Cocktail/social hour: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.(no host bar) Buffet style dinner start: 6:30 p.m. Cost: $17.50/member; $25.00/member s guest (limit one guest per Club member) Menu: Buffet-style with main course of beef, chicken, veggie pasta options, plus salad, side dish and desserts. RSVP by: November 7 We need to know beforehand how many people are comming, so please, no last-minute decisions plan ahead. We are giving you plenty of notice, please return the favor. Payment is due at the door (cash and checks only, please). After-dinner Activities: Last event awards. Yearend awards. White elephant gift exchange (three steal maximum). Questions? Call Mike Hendriks at Coming Up: Die Hard Special I & II, September 19 20

2 2 Redline Fun in the Sun! The Hutchins Grocery-sponsored 2009 Back-to- School Special autocross weekend is in the books! Saturday, August 15 was a non-points event. The Sunday, August 16 event results counted towards the year-end championship. The weather both days were sunny and warm! On Sunday we had TEN (10) timed competition runs! Plus fun runs! The course design was a challenge for this event, as an airport improvement project prevented the use of the area south of the gate. As most people know, the north area is somewhat tight, being completely fenced in, and it has areas of bad pavement that cannot be included in any course layout. My goal in designing the course was to create an intermediate to advanced level challenging course, in the style of a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Tour autocross event. I also wanted to maximize the use of space without making the course difficult to follow, and without making it too tight. I didn t want to hear anyone whining about it being a Miata course. Lastly, I wanted the course to be a traditional autocross featuring a single run through the course with separate start and finish lines. On both Saturday and Sunday, the courses included a late apex corner with a wide-open entry, but tightly defined exit using a wall of cones. The driver had to decide how wide to swing and where to turn-in, to be rewarded with a good exit line. The exit lead directly into another turn, so a bad line through the first corner, just compounded the issue going into the second. Boohoohaha! (Dr. Evil laugh) Another challenging feature I included was a 180-degree sweeping turn that I made to look like two, tight 90-degree turns connected by a short straight. I caught several RSCC regulars driving it as two turns! Boohoohaha! Boohoohaha! I had yet another trick up my sleeve! Hey, Hutchins Grocery, owned by none other than Shantaram the magician, sponsored the event, so it was appropriate Continued on page RSCC Club Officers President: Tina Johnson Vice President: Mike Hendriks Treasurer: Pete Day Secretary: Jenna Tronti RSCC Board of Directors Doug Batt Jesse DeJager David Price Doug Pulver Oliver Taylor Terry Jones (alternate) Area Code 707 unless otherwise noted Redwood Sports Car Club Post Office Box 478 Eureka, CA Sept Die Hard Special, points/points Oct Nov Events REDLINE is a publication of Redwood Sports Car Club, 2009 RSCC Liz Petersen, Editor/Graphic Production David Price, Reproduction Octoberfest I and II, non-points/points Annual Awards Banquet Day of Event Schedule 7:30 a.m. Gates Open 7:45 8:30 a.m. Registration 7:45 8:45 a.m. Tech Inspection* 7:45 8:55 a.m. Course Open for Walking 9:00 a.m. Driver s Meeting Mandatory 4:30 p.m. (approx.) Gates Close *All vehicles must be race-ready at tech inspection. This includes Annual Tech cars. Cars must have race tires mounted and interior must be clear of all loose objects. Event Fees $10 first time drivers $12 RSCC club members $20 non-club members

3 Redline 3 Fun in the Sun! Ccontinued from page 2 that I threw in a few tricks. Nobody noticed (or at least mentioned it to me), but I deliberately did not space the slalom cones evenly. The cones were spaced 42, 46, 50, and 54 feet apart (in that order). Boohoohaha! Boohoohaha! Boohoohaha! On Saturday, fun was had by all! The pressure was off as it was a nonpoints event, but everyone was still trying hard to lay down quick times. On Sunday, Mathew Pulver piloted his kart to a best time of seconds. Chelsea Pulver drove her Toyota Corolla to a best of seconds. We had three Mustangs participate, driven by Dan Linton, Chad Villiados, and Shawn Johnson. All are new to autocross and made a great effort in cars primarily set up for drag racing. We hope to see these guys again. Trent Huffman s best time in his kart was seconds. Marvin Goss showed everyone his expert driving skills by piloting his Nissan Sentra, classed in H-Stock, the slowest class of all the autocross classes, to a best time of seconds. That time put him just above the mid-point in the results. Nice work, Marvin! Loren and Marsa Fisher both competed in their recently completed Mercedes-Benz-powered MG-B, with Loren finishing with a best time of seconds, between Mike Hendriks with a and Oliver Taylor with a Watch out for the B! Oliver Taylor had engine trouble with his A-Stock Corvette and had to go back to his 2008 PAX championship winning E-Stock Mazda Miata this weekend. This puts Oliver behind Dan Rhoads in the A-Stock points race. Oliver being back in the Miata brought back the E-stock rivalry between he and Don Roberts in the MR2. Don ended up ahead at the end with a second run. Tina Johnson, Dan Rhoads, and myself battled it out for Top Door Slammer Time of Day, with the best time going back and forth several times until the ninth run, in which I clicked off a second time. Finally, Top Time of Day went to Bill James in an 80cc shifter kart. He turned a 29.96! I d like to thank Hutchins Grocery for sponsoring the weekend and everyone who participated and/or worked to make the event a success. There is lots of work that goes on behind the scenes for every event, as well. Nobody gets paid for doing it, so please remember to be nice to everyone you meet at our events, especially those who volunteer and don t even compete! See you September 19 and 20 for the Die Hard I & II points events! ~ Brett Gronemeyer, Event Chairman SPONSOR CONTACT INFORMATION Arcate Used Tires & Wheels 437 G Street, Arcata FedEx Office of Arcata 1618 G Street, Arcata Frank Jorge Excavating German Motors of Arcata 1065 K Street, Arcata Hubbard s German Auto 235 W Grant Street, Eureka Hutchins Grocery 1644 G Street, Arcata Leon s Car Care Center 929 Broadway, Eureka McCrea Nissan 601 7th Street, Eureka RE/MAX Humboldt Realty 2222 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka Robinsons Signs Please support our Club Sponsors!

4 4 Redline Special Discount on Pete Hylton books Many of you may have read Pete Hylton s books and articles on racing history, or heard him speak at regional and national events. His newest book, More Ghost Tracks will be released in November. We are making a special 15% club discount available on the purchase on any of his books. Club members can get an additional 15% off of their online purchase of Pete Hylton s books on sports car racing history. To get the discount, apply the following code in the promotion code box at checkout: CARCLUB15 The SCCA historian and archivist has written Ghost Tracks (2007), The Gentlemen s Club (2009), and More Ghost Tracks (Nov. 2009). All books are available at pre-release discounts at With the additional savings, club members can buy all three books for only $55, a 45% discount off of MSRP. The discount applies to any purchase of $65 or more. Thank you for helping make Pete s books a success. Information on the author and his books is available at RESULTS Back to School Special, August 15, 2009

5 Redline 5 RESULTS Back to School Special, August 16, 2009

6 Redwood Sports Car Club Post Office Box 478 Eureka, CA Thank You to Our 2009 Sponsors: Arcata Used Tires & Wheels FedEx Office of Arcata Frank Jorge Excavating German Motors of Arcata Hubbard s German Auto Hutchins Grocery Leon s Car Care Center McCrea Nissan RE/MAX Humboldt Realty Robinsons Signs For information on sponsoring an event, please contact us at or