Tell Tale. VOLUME 25, ISSUE 10 October 2015

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Tell Tale Team Continental needs you to run for a board position. Nominations open at this month s General meeting. How would you like to help guide the club in 2016?

We are just about into the time when race cars get torn apart and rebuilt, and we have a bit of that with the club to do this winter as well.

1 Tell Tale Team Continental needs you to run for a board position. Nominations open at this month s General meeting. How would you like to help guide the club in 2016? VOLUME 25, ISSUE 10 October 2015 Greetings TC, TC President's Message Hope you have had a great racing season, or are still having a great racing season. We are just about into the time when race cars get torn apart and rebuilt, and we have a bit of that with the club to do this winter as well. Now is the time to start thinking about board nominations and other positions that will need to be filled for the coming year. I d like to extend a big thanks to all those have stepped up to help this year on the board, and with committee work and other key roles. We especially in the short term, need someone to chair the banquet in January, and hopefully somebody that is looking to think outside the box for the format. I m excited to see us looking at some new format for s for keeping in touch with the membership moving forward. Great stuff! We have new jackets on the way, excited to see those too! Committees are working to figure out a strategy for next year, and hopefully we will have some strategies to share with you soon. Get your calendars out, we have started to fill up the spring and summer. Instructor training will be at ORP March 19, and Driver Training/Track Day March 20. We have tentatively reserved labor day weekend 2016 (September 3,4,5) for a race. Yours for the sport, Ben Weaver Team Continental President Merchandise Corner: New jackets have been ordered by those interested. We should have them in a few weeks. Thanks everybody who participated! Ben

2 October 2015 TELL TALE TEAM CONTINENTAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Ben Weaver president@teamcontinental.com Secretary Elizabeth (Lizzy) Peters secretary@teamcontinental.com Membership Director Dennis Roberts membership@teamcontinental.com Contest Board Rep Peter Linssen cboard@teamcontinental.com Vice President Scott Olsen vicepresident@teamcontinental.com Treasurer Valorie Starr treasurer@teamcontinental.com Race Chairman Pete Belfanti racechair@teamcontinental.com Communication Director Jeremy Plance communcations@teamcontinental.com Past President Duane Starr pastpresident@teamcontiental.com Driving Master Dylan Olsen drivingmaster@teamcontinental.com E-Board Rep Kevin Smith eboard@teamcontinental.com Team Continental Registrar Valorie Starr RaceRegistrar@TeamContinental.com Tell Tale Submissions: editor@teamcontinental.com Electronic submissions are preferred. Please don t spend a lot of time on formatting. The editor may edit all submissions for length and content. Kevin Smith, Editor The Tell Tale The Official Publication of Team Continental The Tell Tale is published monthly by Team Continental. All contents are Copyright 2015 by Team Continental. All material herein may not be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, electronic, mechanical, or other, without the express written permission of the Editor. The authors retain copyright to their original work, as do photographers retain copyright over their photographs. All reprinted articles within the Tell Tale, in whole or in part, are by permission or the author has been given appropriate recognition. Opinions expressed herein are those of the credited writer(s) and not necessarily those of Team Continental, its officers, members or the Tell Tale staff. Publication of ads, articles, photos, etc. are subject to available space. All items for print should be forwarded to the Tell Tale Editor. When possible, articles should be submitted electronically by . Ads should be submitted as scanned images or submitted photo ready. Photographs should be submitted as scanned images, but B/W or color prints are acceptable. The Tell Tale Editor cannot guarantee return of unsolicited articles, manuscripts, photos, graphics, or other submissions. Material in the Tell Tale may have been plagiarized, stolen, misused, etc. without the express written permission of the National Football League. MEETINGS General Meeting October 21st, 7 PM Mar s Meadows 9620 North Whitaker Road, Portland, OR Board Meeting November 4th, 7PM Laurelwood Public House 5115 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR Rule Change Voting Meeting November 9th, 7PM Columbia River Brewing 1728 NE 40th Ave, Portland, OR

3 October 2015 TELL TALE 3 Books and Movies for Folks that Love Racing and Cars After seeing this article in the September Tell-Tale, Brian Bogdon sent me a list of movies he had put together for this local movie theatre, that would appeal to car enthusiasts. Brian s list was more all-encompassing than mine, so I ve included it here, but with the ones already mentioned in September s article culled out. Brian s list had very nearly everything I had on my list, but also has many others. Here is Brian Bogdon s list of Movies for Petrol Heads : The Greasy Hands Preachers (2014) Out of Nothing (2013) Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt (2011) The World s Fastest Indian (2005) Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans (2013) Love The Beast (2005) Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015) Cars (2016) Steve McQueen: The Man & Lemans(2015) Bullitt (1968) Red Line 7000 (1965) The Hollywood Knights (1980) Demon On Wheels (2015) Snake and Mongoose (2013) Heart Like a Wheel (1983) The Quest Documentary - About search for 1960 #3 class winning Corvette. The Impossible Glory: The Story of America s Greatest Racing Effort By Kevin Smith The Last Great Road Race / La Carrera Panamericana 2013 Dust To Glory (2005) Road To Baja, Documentary on Racing the Baja 1000 Two Roads to Baja (2007) The Love Bug (1968) Gone in 60 Seconds(1971) Gone in 60 Seconds(2000) Fast and Furious (all 7, #8 expected in 2017) The Fast and The Furious (1955) Smokey and the Bandit (1977) Stroker Ace(1983) Hooper(1978) Rendezvous short film (1976) On Any Sunday (1971) On Any Sunday - The Next Chapter (2014) One Man s Island (2003) That is a great list Brian. Some of these I have seen, quite a few I had never heard of, and they all look very interesting and fun. Brian s inclusion of Stroker Ace reminded me to add another to the list: Greased Lightning (1977). Hope you will check some of these movies out, and have enjoyed the lists. TC Rule Change Vote Meeting I would like to invite all TC licensed drivers to attend TC s ICSCC rule change vote meeting for The meeting will be held at Columbia River Brewing 1728 NE 40 th Ave Portland OR., on Monday November 9th 2015 at 7PM. Thank You, Peter Linssen Team Continental Contest Board Representative

4 October 2015 Show Us Your Race Car TELL TALE 4 By Kevin Smith Dennis Roberts, #02 VP Mustang, PIR Jeremy Place, #50 Pro3 BMW E30, PIR Jon Wilson, #72 ITS Datsun 240Z, The Ridge Pete Belfanti, #4 Club Rabbit, Mission Kevin Smith, #03 AS Firebird, Pacific Rob Rissberger, #80 AS Camaro, Pacific Ben Weaver, #43 Spec Miata, ORP Tony Kihlstadius, #111 GP Volvo, ORP

5 October 2015 TELL TALE 5 More Show Us Your Race Car Peter Linssen, #00 FIP Opel, PIR James Gator Hudson, #109 ST Subaru, The Ridge Brian Rissberger, #391 SPM Capri, PIR Jim Larfield, #07 Super Seven, ORP James Haile, #362 ST BMW, The Ridge Peter Linssen, #57 SPM Volvo, PIR Ben Weaver #451 GP Volvo, ORP John Rissberger, #10 AS Camaro, PIR

6 October 2015 TELL TALE 6 Team Continental- General Meeting Minutes Date: August 16th, 2015 Location: Mars Meadow Chinese Restaurant Meeting was called to order by President Ben Weaver at 7:00pm. President: Ben Weaver, Past President: Duane Starr, Treasurer: Val Starr, Vice President: Scott Olsen, Driving Master: Dylan Olsen, Secretary: Elizabeth Peters, Membership Director: Dennis Roberts, Executive Board Rep: Kevin Smith, Race Chairman: Pete Belfanti, Contest Board Rep: Peter Linssen, Communications Director: Jeremy Plance, Merchandise Director: Ben Weaver Board Member Reports (No reports not present): President (Ben Weaver): Would like to put on a silent auction fundraiser for the banquet. We need a lead chairman for the banquet. Are we going to hold it at home or in Bend? Just one evening or a weekend? Race Chairman (Pete B): Pete is stepping down from race chair next year but will be helping with casting trophies and instructing. Executive Board Rep (Kevin S): Talked to insurance to adjust the rate since we had one less event. All club rates went up so we got back a lot of our money but not all of it. Treasurer (Val S): Container money went out and was delivered to ORP (Very close to where we made our pad). The insurance money has been adjusted from our change in not having the Oct. 3rd event. Contest Board Rep (Peter L): No rule change proposal. Membership (Dennis R): 177 TC members to date. Communications Director (Jeremy P): Not present but requested refund from MAVTV. Committee Reports: Merchant Director (Ben Weaver): Jackets now available for pre-order on MSR. There are men's and women's sizes. Old merchandise will be going on clearance. Old Business: * Thank you for everyone who came down to ORP and volunteered your time!! The pad for the container turned out great. Unfortunately the delivery trucks transmission failed as they were trying to place it. It's very close but not on the pad. * Pete B. is kindly donating shelves for the container, Thank you! New Business: * went out as a notice that the Oct. 3rd event was canceled. * Mary Hill climb this weekend. * Fire extinguishers need to be picked up at ORP before the second weekend of October in fear that they will freeze. Call and arrange with ORP. Motion to adjourn at 8:23pm by Ben Weaver, motion second by Jim L., motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Peters, TC Secretary B/S and Boner discussion: * Dylan: Started a new auto body business, Gresham Collision Center Inc. On 150 NE Kelly Ave, Gresham, OR, come on down and check it out.

7 October 2015 TELL TALE 7 Team Continental- Board Meeting Minutes Date: October 7th, 2015 Location: Laurelwood Brewery Meeting was called to order by President Ben Weaver at 7:04pm. President: Ben Weaver, Past President: Duane Starr, Vice President: Scott Olsen, Treasurer: Val Starr Membership Director: Dennis Roberts, Race Chairman: Pete Belfanti, Driving Master: Dylan Olsen, Secretary: Elizabeth Peters, Executive Board Rep: Kevin Smith, Merchant Director: Ben Weaver, Communication Director: Jeremy Plance, Contest Board Rep: Peter Linssen Board Meeting Minutes (No reports not present): President (Ben Weaver): 15 jackets ordered to date. Heat transfers were paid out of my pocket but got a free sample in return. Selling jackets at cost price, so we re not making money but not losing any either. Treasurer (Val Starr): $1,755 paid towards chatterboxes out of Baggs fund. Container is paid for. Conference is paid except a $200 membership fee. Two radios were lost after the last event. We got a bill from Rick F. To replace them. Did these radios get mixed in with ORP's radios? Ask Rick if we can identify ours different to see if we left them behind and contact ORP. Did they really need to be replaced? Membership Director (Dennis Roberts): 177 members to date. Nov 1st MSR open registration for membership. New cards need to be made for next year. Driving Master (Dylan Olsen): no report; Ben: Any early date ideas for next year? Kevin: Fall meeting is November 14th and they just need our best guess at a date. But needs to be finalized in spring. Peter L.:Doesn't want to repeat history and thinks it's best to focus on one DT and one race event. Kevin: An off season rate driver's training worked well. Instead of a DT before Labor Day we could do a test and tune. Conference requires one school and one race event. Dylan will have a motion for dates by General meeting. Eboard Rep (Kevin S): November 14th is the Fall meeting and is looking for an alternate. Possibly Jon? Needs dates for future events. And membership dues are due before meeting. Still looking for a storage area for the fire extinguishers from ORP. Committee Reports: Tell-Tale (Kevin S): Looking for pictures of you and your race car to feature in the Tell-Tale! Meeting minutes and President s are due by Thursday. Old Business: * MAVTV Refund: Aaron missed the deadline with MAVTV so the show was cancelled. MSR is taking the lead on a class act lawsuit. Several clubs have had the same issue as us; We had no hostess, he double booked himself, offered a discount but hasn't responded since. The club can either join the class act or go on their own to make a small claim. Either way we are not looking at getting our money back soon. The club could settle for just getting the footage of the event. * The container still hasn t quite worked it's way onto the pad. * Banquet needs a committee of volunteers. (Continued on page 8)

October 2015 TELL TALE 8 (Continued from page 7) * Continue Board meetings at Laurelwood?

New Business: * Bill M: Looking for some paid instructors for some winter course control &

, motion second by Kevin S., motion passed.

8 October 2015 TELL TALE 8 (Continued from page 7) * Continue Board meetings at Laurelwood? * Board Members need to be nominated! New Business: * Bill M: Looking for some paid instructors for some winter course control & safety training this winter at ORP. Motion to adjourn at 8:32pm by Jeremy P., motion second by Kevin S., motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Peters, TC Secretary Still More Show Us Your Race Car Brian Bogdon, #57 ST Mustang, PIR Dylan Olsen, #13 AS Mustang, ORP Brian Rissberger, #18 AS Camaro racing hard with Brian Bogdon, #57 ST Mustang, PIR

9 October 2015 TELL TALE 9 TC Networking Send your business card to the TT editor. We will publish it so other club members know what it is you do to support your habit and they can refer you additional business.

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Tell Tale. VOLUME 27, ISSUE 4 April 2017

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