July 2004 Volume 04, Issue 6. SCCA Wichita Region

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1 Witches Wail July 2004 Volume 04, Issue 6 SCCA Wichita Region ReFlections Inside this issue: ReFlections 1 July BOD Minutes 4 YTP Participation Points 5 Event Calendar 6-7 Solo Results Rally Report 16 Picture Page 17 From the Editor 22 Special points of interest: BOD Meeting 7/14 Membership Meeting 7/28 Results, Calendars, and Schedules Mid Div Solo Salina Win a Prize! Ah half the year gone. Paul Sherman has resigned as Solo II Co Chairman as he needs to devote more time to the racing side of his agenda. We thank Paul for his leadership during the past two and half years and wish him the best of luck in his racing agenda. (I know for a fact racing takes a lot of time, and money.) Paul will still be helping Solo II with his knowledge. Hal Larcher will take over as Solo II Chairman. On another note Greg Laws has decided he cannot continue as our Solo II Steering Committee Monitor. He, too, has other commitments that are getting in the way. Bob Cummings will be our Steering Committee Monitor. He will be arranging the time, and location of the meetings and will guide the discussion and topics. If you RE Report have a topic you feel the steering committee should address, please contact Bob. Now on to our other items: One of the members of our region, Will Huxtable, is running for Direc- tor this year. The incumbent, Charlie Clark is running for a second term as Director. I m sure you will be hearing from them regarding this and all of you be sure to vote when the ballots come out in the fall. Speaking of ballots, we need to start thinking of who we want to be officers of our club next year. We need three board members, an RE, an Assistant RE, Secretary. We will need chairmen for our club activities Solo II, Rally WAIL, Web, etc. We need an Activity Director and the list goes on and on. If you are interested in running for an office or being a

2 Page 2 Witches Wail RE Cont. chair person or doing the WAIL, Web, or even if you are not really interested, but are willing to take your turn doing any of these things, please get with me or a Board member so we can get our slate of officers and appointments together. Please note your calendars to attend the MIDIV Convention in Tulsa in November, and also to attend the National Convention in January National Convention has made some changes to their agenda so we do not have to spend Wednesday night at the hotel, but can arrive Thursday morning and still attend all the convention. This will cut down on the money needed for the hotel, hotel parking and for food. Hopefully, this change will let the price be more reasonable and more members will be able to attend. If you have never been or even if you have been to a MIDIV and/or National Convention these are great meetings. They are informative with new ideas on how to do things. These conventions are NOT just for Racers as I often hear. They have seminars for Solo II, and rally also. They do not slight the Solo II program for the race program. So, think about, and then mark your calendars to attend these conventions. We will have fun and learn things also. We will honor our fellow members for their contributions to our club. We are going forward with the changes we have made in our Solo II program. The new drive through Tech is working and the new run/work order seems to be going well also. We have had to be very strict about the waivers for minors, but that also, seems to be going well. WICHITAREGIONSCCA WEBSITE

3 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 3 REGION OFFICERS CHAIRS / CONTACTS Regional Executive Charlene Bettinger betting@southwind.net (316) Asst. Regional Exec Greg Laws glaws@cox.net (620) Past Regional Exec Dave Geis dgeis@cox.net (316) SECRETARY Carolyn Laws (620) ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Linda Timmons (316) ASST. ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Amy Timmons (316) TREASURER John Houston jchouston@cox.net (316) MEMBERSHIP Bruce Bettinger bbetting@southwind.net (316) MERCHANDISE Jeff Dodds jstr101@yahoo.com (316) RACE COMPETITION CHAIR George Morrison gmorrison11@cox.net (316) RALLY CHAIR Bruce Sargent brucesarg@juno.com (316) SOLO II CHAIRMEN Kellie Barker BOARD OF DIRECTORS (316) kbcowgirl@hotmail.com Hal Larcher (316) hnkvlkswgn@earthlink.net WAIL EDITOR Hotline: If you need further information on any event listed in this calendar, call the Club phone ( ) and leave a detailed message. Someone will return your call and attempt to answer your questions. Membership Meetings: Membership meetings are held on the fourth (not necessarily the last) Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm. Our meeting location is the Red Mesa Grill at 756 N. Tyler - just North of Central on Tyler. Board of Directors Meetings: BoD meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30. The meeting location is at the Sedgwick County Zoo Education Center. Enter the Zoo at the entrance near the Administration Building. Anyone interested may attend any of these meetings. Solo II Events: Setup begins at 7:00 AM (please come help). Typically, registration is open between 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM, the drivers meeting is held at 9:30 AM and the first car is on the Lawrence Duty (316) waileditor@cox.net Jr. Karts: The Wichita region has a great Junior Solo Karts program. Pre-registration is required for al Junior drivers. Contact Rick Knapp ( ) for more information Interested in SCCA Road Racing? Call George Morrison at or attend a Membership Meeting and ask questions! Race workers are always needed and you can t get any closer to the action. Address Change? So you moved, changed your phone number, changed your address, whatever. Let us know!! Please notify the National office (in Topeka, KS), Charlene Bettinger ( , bbetting@southwind.net), and Lawrence

4 Page 4 Witches Wail May BOD Minutes. BOD members present: Charlene Bettinger, Dave Geis, Greg Laws, Frank Diringer, Paul Sherman, Andy Timmons, Kellie Barker, Bill Preheim, and Tom Dupler. Non-voting Club Officials present: John Houston, Carolyn Laws, Amy Timmons, Robert Foster, Bruce Bettinger, and Hal Larcher. Visitors present: Lu Geis and Brian Meyer. Dave Geis called the meeting to order. Secretary s Report: May 12, 2004 Carolyn Laws presented BOD minutes. Andy Timmons moved for the minutes to be accepted. Seconded by Frank Diringer. Motion passed. WAIL Report: Lawrence Duty was out of town. Charlene Bettinger stated the directory and Wail have been mailed. Web Report: Robert Foster presented the report. Membership Report: Bruce Bettinger presented the report. 195 members with 168 voting members. Bruce Bettinger spoke of various ideas to promote the club. Bruce and Greg Laws will develop a membership recruitment flier for review by the BOD. Merchandise Report: Hal Larcher has the merchandise. Activities Report: Amy Timmons presented the report. Solo II events include: June12-13 Midwest Divisional in Oklahoma City. June 27 Solo Strother Field. July10-11 Midwest Divisional in Salina. July 25 Solo Boeing. Rally events: Ye Olde Loper Map Rally in June. Lopin-A-Long Rally on July 17. Hot Springs Rally on August 14. Club Racing: AVRG Firecracker Grand Prix XVII on July 3-4. AVRG Report: Frank Diringer presented the report. The Driver s School/Regional lost money however the Regional/National made money which allowed the AVRG to break even so far this year. Solo II Report: Charlene Bettinger stated that Hal Larcher has accepted the position of Solo II Chairman, with Paul Sherman becoming an advisor. Hal Larcher presented the report. The new run/work order has been accepted well. Greyhound Park is available for two Solo II events. Bob Cummings is working on obtaining permission to run at the Mid America Auto Auction lot. Greg Laws moved that the Solo budget for the missed Greyhound Park event to be transferred to be the event budget for a new event at the Mid America Auto Auction if that site becomes available. Seconded by Bill Preheim. Motion passed. Hal Larcher gave Divisional Solo report. Treasurer s Report: John Houston presented the report. Dave Geis moved to approve the Treasurer s Report. Seconded by Kellie Barker. Motion Passed. New Business: None Old Business: Brian Meyer presented information and demonstration regarding Solo II timing software program. He recommended the system be used for an event prior to decision regarding its purchase. Brian Meyer further recommended buying the ongoing system upgrade option but not the membership module. Brian gave a demonstration of the potential new system in the lobby after adjournment. Motion to adjourn was made by Greg Laws, seconded by Frank Diringer. Motion passed.

5 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 5 YTD Participation Points EVENT Rank total Person IROC Solo BoD Meeting Race Rally Wail Duty, Lawrence Larcher, Hal Geis, Dave Bettinger, Bruce Urbanek, Tom Sherman, Paul Bettinger, Scott Cope, Tony Geis, Lu Roytas, Rob Heston, Lonnie Timmons, Amy Morrison, George Dupler, Tom Foster Robert Jones, Bryan Zickuhr, Tom Bettinger, Charlene Braun, Mark Diringer, Frank Sargent, Bruce Anderson, Jerad Anderson, Kevin Barker, Kellie Braun, Lolena Cummings, Bob Laws, Greg Well, sorry it s taken me so long to get Worker s Points all straightened out and compiled. My genius method of creating an easy to use spreadsheet turned into a nightmare. So instead I turned to the good old VLOOKUP function to get er done. I think everything is correct. If you can t get a trophy by being fast, might as well pitch in and get a Worker s Trophy. That s my plan! Tom

6 Page 6 Witches Wail JULY EVENTS 2004 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESD AY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY RNI/HMRC/ AVRG 4 RNI/HMRC/ AVRG 5 Solo Steering Solo Midwest Div Salina / Wichita Salina 11 Solo Midwest Div Salina / Wichita Salina Rally Steering Wichita BOD SRC/HPT/KVRG SRC/HPT/ KVRG Rally Loping-A-Long Solo II Boeing Wichita Membership Meeting

7 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 7 AUGUST EVENTS 2004 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESD AY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 RNI/GIR/St. L RNI/GIR/St. L Solotime (KS-Topeka) Divisional Championship 8 Solotime (KS-Topeka) Divisional Championship Wichita BOD Rally Hot Springs RNI/MAM/MVRG RNI/MAM/MVRG Solo II - WGP Wichita Membership Meeting

8 Page 8 Witches Wail Rally Event Date April 24, Saturday July 17, Saturday August 14, Saturday September 22, Wednesday Event Name - Chair(s) 2nd Annual Road Dog - Greg Laws Loping-A-Long - Bruce Sargent {Ye Olde Loper} Hot Springs - Keith & Judi Pfautz Challenger - Bruce & Charlene Bettinger ClubRacing Hallett Motor Racing Circuit April 17-18, Saturday/Sunday May 15-16, Saturday/Sunday July 3-4, Saturday/Sunday Sept 20-26, Monday/Sunday AVRG Regional/Drivers School at Hallet Motor Racing Circuit AVRG Regional/National at Hallet Motor Racing Circuit AVRG Regional/National at Hallet Motor Racing Circuit Valvoline Runoffs - MidOhio

9 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 9 1/2 8/9 15/16 22/23 29/30 M RNI/MMP/MS A RNI/GIR/St. L RNI/HMRC/AVRG Solotime Y (STL-Madison,IL) (Mother's Day) (Memorial Day) 5/6 12/13 19/20 26/27 J RNI/HPT/KVRG Solotime U (Ok Region) Mirror Khana XXX N (Ok City) (Salina) (Father's Day) 3/4 10/11 17/18 24/25 J U RNI/HMRC/AVRG Solo time SRC/HPT/KVRG L (Wichita-Salina) 31/1 7/8 14/15 21/22 28/29 A U RNI/GIR/St. L Solotime RNI/MAM/MVRG G (KS-Topeka) (Divisional Championship) 4/5 11/12 18/19 25/26 S Valvoline Runoffs E RNI/HPT/KVRG Solo II Nationals MidOhio P Topeka, KS (9/20-26/04) (Labor Day) (9/14-17/04) 2/3 9/10 16/17 23/24 30/31 O C SRC/MAM/MVRG HPT/KVRG SR*C/MMP/MS RR/GIR/ST T (Pro Event) 6/7 13/14 20/21 27/28 N O V MidDiv Convention Tulsa, OK S = Drivers School Solotime=Divisional Solo II ProV = ProVee R = Regional (MidAm) r = Regional (non-points) I = IT Tour R* = Bonus Regional (MidAm) N = National C = HPCCC GIR - Gateway International Raceway - St. Louis, MO HPT - Heartland Park Topeka - Topeka, KS HMRC - Hallett Motor Racing Circuit - Hallett, OK MMP - Memphis Motor Sports Park - Memphis, TN

10 Page 10 Witches Wail Solo Schedule Event Date Location Event Chair(s) Solo Safety Steward May 30, Sunday Raytheon Hal Larcher Edwin Martens June 6, Sunday Boeing Kevin Anderson / Jared Anderson Brian Meyer June 27, Sunday Strother Field - Winfield Bill Preheim / Bruce Sargent Bruce Bettinger July 25, Sunday Wichita - Boeing N-Lot Frank Janssen Paul Sherman Aug 22, Sunday Wichita Greyhound Park Bob Cummings / Darrin Teeter Jim Harrison Sept 19, Sunday Raytheon?? Jim French Oct 3, Sunday Strother Field - Winfield?? Dave Geis Oct 17, Sunday Wichita Greyhound Park?? Jim Pernice Nov 7, Sunday Wichita - Boeing N-Lot Bruce Sargent / Bill Preheim Robert Foster Policy: The Witches Wail is the official publication of the Wichita Region SCCA. Contributions are requested and welcome. All manuscripts, drawings, and photographs should be identified as to event, time and place, persons involved and the name of the submitter. Material will be returned only when requested. The editor reserves the right to decline or condense material. All material published may be reprinted provided it is clearly credited to the author, the Wichita Region SCCA and the Wail. Letters to the editor should be signed. Articles and/or advertisements published in the Wail do not necessarily express the viewpoint of the Wichita Region SCCA or the editor. The Witches Wail c/o Lawrence Duty 12 Cedar Drive Newton, KS All articles may be submitted electronically by , CD, or diskette - contact the editor for details. Deadline for submitting articles is the 23 rd day of the 2004 Wail Advertising Rates Per Month Per Year Small (1/4 page) $15.00 $ Medium (1/3 page) $20.00 $ Large (1/2 page) $25.00 $ Yearly rates are for one calendar year. We typically print 11 issues per year, but not less than 10. Free text-only ads will be printed for club members on a space available basis. Picture ads or guaranteed space will be billed at one half of the above rates for club members.

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12 Wichita SCCA Summary Results, #5 - Strother Field - 06/27/2004 Total Entries: 61 Car # Driver Car Model Time Diff. From 1st 'Super Stock' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 10 Patrick Flynn 2003 Chevrolet 'A Stock' Total Entries: 3 1Tm 18 Jim French 1989 Chevrolet m 65 Dave Gird 1991 Chevrolet m 24 Tony Cope 2002 BMW M 'B Stock' Total Entries: 3 1T 66 Ken Neeley 2000 S m 45 Rob Roytas 2004 Mazda Miat Ken Neely 2000 Honda S200 DNS 'C Stock' Total Entries: 2 1T 35 David Guilliams 1999 Mazda Miat Robert Mayle 2001 Mazda Miat 'D Stock' Total Entries: 2 1T 32 Beau Boggess 2003 Subaru WRX Aaron Kilgariff 2004 Dodge SRT 'E Stock' Total Entries: 2 1T 11 Matt Brown ZX Bennie Rogers ZX 'F Stock' Total Entries: 2 1T 67 Terry Nunemaker 1998 Ford Musta Phillip Strauhs 1983 Mercury Ca 'G Stock' Total Entries: 2 1Tm 40 Tom Dupler 2002 Mini Coope m 74 Jim Schoonover 2002 Ford Focu 'H Stock' Total Entries: 4 1Tm 13 Lawrence Duty 2002 Mazda Prot Tm 27 Gary Bryant 1988 Honda Prel Bobby Clair 1991 Honda Civi m 8 Lonnie Heston 1999 Saturn SL 'C Street Prepared' Total Entries: 3 1Tm 43 Gary Blessing Sr 1980 Fiat 124 S Gary Blessing Jr Fiat 124 S m 44 Chad Kellums 1992 Mazda Miat 'E Street Prepared' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 47 Paul Foster 1997 Chevrolet 'F Street Prepared' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 5 Bill Prehem 1969 Austin Hea 'C Prepared' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 42 David Estes 1987 Ford Musta 'E Prepared' Total Entries: 2 1Tm 28 Mike Herrick 1986 Honda CRX m 69 Mark Braun 1988 Honda CRX

13 'Street Open' Total Entries: 12 1Tm 56 David Avard 1990 Mazda Pro Tm 62 David Green 1999 Mazda Miat Tm 75 Julie Avard 1990 Mazda Prot Tm 31 Bryan Jones 1995 Chevrolet m 1 Hal Larcher Chevrolet S m 79 Richard Sirokman 2001 Mazda Miat m 70 Brent Coppock 1995 Ford Musta John Lewis 2003 Ford Musta Gary Hovnanian 1999 BMW Z Greg Brink 1996 Chevrolet m 52 David Finley 1997 Lincoln Ma m 53 Matt Finley 1993 Ford Super 'E Modified' Total Entries: 1 1T 4 Howard Cravens 1984 Nissan 'Street Touring (Tire)' Total Entries: 5 1Tm 55 Tom Urbanek 1992 Saturn SC Tm 61 Tim Harmon 1999 Ford Conto Chris Lawrie 1995 Acura Inte Todd Heath 1995 Honda Civi Matthew Sosa 1995 Mitsu Ecli 'Street Touring 2' Total Entries: 2 1Tm 19 Jared Anderson 1991 Mazda Miat m 39 Kevin Anderson 1991 Mazda Miat 'Street Touring X' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 71 Robert Foster 1988 BMW 325is 'Street Modified II' Total Entries: 4 1Tm 20 Richard Prestage 1999 Chevrolet Tm 51 Darrin Teeter 1995 Toyota MR m 12 Paul Gutierrez 1996 Chevrolet Chris Gutierrez 1996 Chevrolet 'F125 Shifter Kart' Total Entries: 2 1Tm 41 Rick Knapp 1999 Shifter Ka m 22 Bob Cummings 1999 Shifter Ca 'Junior Kart 4' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 17 Blake Teeter Tony Kard DNS 'B Stock Ladies' Total Entries: 1 1T 25 Chrissy Brown 2004 Mazda Miat 'C Stock Ladies' Total Entries: 2 1T 48 Sandra Mayle 2001 Mazda Miat Carolyn Mayle 2001 Mazda Miat 'E Prepared Ladies' Total Entries: 1 1Tm 80 Lolena Braun 1988 Honda CRX 'Fun Run' Total Entries: 2 1Tm 63 Rob Roytas 2002 BMW M m 64 Tony Cope 2004 Mazda Miat Top Time of Day: F Rick Knapp

14 Page 14 Witches Wail June 6 th Solo II Boeing Before I start writing about the event I want to thank everyone who arrived early to help Jared and I set up and start the Solo at 10AM sharp! It was a great team effort! It s amazing how much work you can get out of people for a few donuts. Also, a big thanks for posting the results and a lot of great pictures on the web site before I even made it home Sunday. I do apologize for the short runoff after the finish, but several of us missed that and it won t happen again on a course that we design. This being our first event to chair or co-chair I ll chalk that up as a rookie mistake! Even though we arrived at Boeing at 6AM sharp, Dave and Lu Geis (Early Birds) still beat us by a few minutes. The day started off really nice with morning clouds and a cool breeze. Later in the morning the clouds disappeared and left us with a beautiful sunny day, but not to hot. The course was hot though, in regards to the fast times. But the fast times enabled everyone to get in an extra lap, which I didn t hear any complaints about. We tried to design a course to reward the talented drivers, and yet leave room for error for those of us who are less skilled. I think everyone had fun and there were only 7 DNF s and 103 cones out of 322 laps. It also appears that the course evened out the playing field between classes with the eight fastest cars all being from a different class. Dave Geis on his third and final lap won FTD. Unfortunately for Lu, Dave broke the car. :-( FTD for a car with fenders was Ron Williams driving a Honda CRX in CSP. And Tina Williams was only two seconds behind for a 12 th overall fastest time. That CRX looks like a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the orange 66 Mustang driven by Mike Bundy. It looked and sounded great and at his expense, provided us with some entertainment at the start of his third lap where the pony bucked and kicked out its heels, knocking down 4 cones. Easy on the spurs Mike. Including Ron and Tina Williams we had several drivers that drove quite a few miles to Boeing. Joe Silva of Manhattan ran an impressive in his ES Toyota MR2, and Mark Hill of Lawrence was driving a power steering-belt-spitting Neon. Hopefully Mark gets that belt problem fixed and comes back again. Mark Dilts also from Salina (I think) got some serious oversteer on his first lap in his SO 1981 Chevy PU. After that first lap he reined it in and got his best time of the day on his last lap. We also have several members that drive a pretty good distance to attend every Solo and we appreciate their extra effort. One of the highlights of the day for me was that after much discussion, Jared talked his mom into riding with him on her first-ever parade lap. And then with the finesse of a conman, or a child sweet-talking his momma, Jared actually got her to ride one lap with him. I guess other than a couple of muffled screams she handled it pretty well. Maybe someday we ll get her to chick school. When that time comes, I will obviously leave the convincing to my more talented sweet-talking son. Jared and I had a great time chairing the Solo and working with everyone. The only downside to the day was that as hard as my wife and I have worked to raise our son right, I think we missed a lesson on manners. I had to remind Jared that it s not polite to beat dad in his own car. I ll have to assign him extra chores for that. ;-) Thanks everyone, see you at the next Solo! Kevin Anderson 91 Miata

15 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 15 June 27th Solo II Strother If we don't count the Polish Autocross (gimmick gymkhana) I chaired at Raytheon circa 1994, then this was my first attempt at laying out an autocross in nearly thirty years. When I moved to the desert southwest in 1974, we made a brief run at reviving the Wichita Region satellite club in Garden City. We did have several autocrosses at Leoti, Liberal, Hugoton, & Garden City, but drawing Solo II entries off the left edge of nowhere is difficult. I digress, back to the present. There were sixty some entries at Strother Field, for what was supposed to be Maintaining Momentum or Isn't Lateral Acceleration Fun. However it wound up being The Least Crappy Option. I believe there were at least three of us who did not like the course, but mostly I heard polite pleasant comments. Shifter carts are COOL! Bondurant's web site claims their 125cc, 6-speed shifters corner at 2.5 G's and do in ten seconds. Hell, I remember when Ken Miles ruled the world with a 427 Cobra by doing in thirteen seconds. WOW! Of the street legal regulars, the fast guys were still fast. Richard Prestage and Jim French traded FTD with each successive run. Jim must be one hell of a shoe, that blue 'vette doesn't even have a clutch! Go figure. Congrat's to both. GOOD SHOW! The weather/rain/storms that were forecast at a seventy percent probability, didn't show up till long after we were done. They did deter a few entries from coming out to play, however. A group of us sat through a real down-pour at a Pizza Hut in Derby on the way home. Had a chance to visit with new (to Wichita Region) solo participants, David and Julie Avard. They are fast, personable, and loaded with southern California experience. We could learn a lot from them. Hope they join us on a regular basis. I showed up at Strother at 6:00 am. Ready to go, organized, check list, everything. Bruce Sargent was already there. Hal, Kim & Kim arrived a few minutes later with the equipment trailer. As I walked through the weeds hiding the traps on the concrete I panicked, I spaced off organized, the check list, everything. With the help of Bruce, Bruce, and Tim, we salvaged the course by using the Least Crappy Option method. It was 10:00 am and time for the Drivers Meeting and the first heat. Lo and Behold, everything was set up and ready to go operational. I was overwhelmed. I don't have a clue how to start thanking everyone individually. THANKS TO ALL! Bill Preheim

16 Page 16 Witches Wail Rally News Monday July 7:00pm RRSC Meeting Torre's Pizzaria in Old Town Wichita, 131 N. Rock Island Saturday July 17 1:00pm Lopin-A Long Road Rally 21st and Amidon in Wichita SE Corner at 1 PM Registration. First car out at 2 PM. Ends at Benton, Kansas about three hours later. Good Food and Refreshments there and Interesting 'things' to look at or even buy! Come out and have a good time and meet and greet. This is a simple road rally that roams around a while before arriving at Benton. You have a few questions to answer as you go, too. Is it a history lesson? I will let you be the judge of that. Saturday August 14 Hot Springs Road Rally Lake Afton on the West side. You can not get lost on these two! Well, maybe not. Bruce Sargent

17 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 17 PICTURE PAGE Lawrence Duty RR Gila Wonder how fast I could do that on my bike? Built from scratch car hauler Mr. Cooper Giddy-Up

18 Page 18 Witches Wail Candidate Will Huxtable of the Wichita Region announces his candidacy for the SCCA Board of Directors seat for Area 6. Ballots will be coming in September to a mailbox near you. Please choose to exercise your right to vote. Will's background includes a variety of positions within the Wichita Region over the past 20 years. Past offices held include RE, Assistant RE, Activities Director, Board Member, Assistant Activities Director, Ark Valley Race Group board member, Flag Chief. He is currently serving as the the Vice Chairman of the Midwest Division. While Will is best known as a flagger at many of MiDiv's club racing events, he has also competed as a soloist. Primarily warming tires for fellow Wichita region member Greg Laws, he managed to finish 4th in FSP at the recent Gateway to the Nationals Solotime event in St. Louis. He's been registrar for the last two Solotime events conducted by the Wichita Region. Rally can sometimes be an overlooked activity within our club, but Will's managed to participate in that program as well. Despite Will's driving skills, his brilliant navigator (and wife) has managed to lead the team to several good finishes over a number of years. When not actively rallying, Will can be counted on to help work checkpoints as well. Anyone remember the Witches' Ryde and the Huxtable family all dressed in costume? Contact Info: Will Huxtable will_huxtable@yahoo.com (316) (prior to 9:00 PM, please) Campaign Manager: Kelley Huxtable

19 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 19 FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP Symbol of Superior Service FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP OF COMPANIES KENNETH R. HIPP Insurance Agency Auto - Home - Life - Commercial 240 N. Rock Rd., Ste. 210 Wichita, KS Business: (316) Residence: (316) Fax: (316) WOW!! Have you seen ST & BOB s NEW WEB SITE?? Check it out at East First Street

20 Page 20 Witches Wail BIG TOOL STORE FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED FOR 17 YEARS Wichita s Largest Tool Store At the Corner of K-15 & 63rd St. S. Derby, KS Outside Wichita: HAND TOOLS AIR TOOLS POWER TOOLS PRECISION TOOLS AIR COMPRESSORS SAND BLASTERS TOOL BOXES TRUCK BOXES WELDING SUPPLIES AUTOBODY TOOLS & SUPPLIES K-15 STORAGE & AUTO/TRAILER SALES Single Axle Utility Trailers from 4 x6 Tandem Axle Utility Trailers Car Haulers & Tilt Car Haulers Enclosed Cargo Trailers Gooseneck Trailers & Receiver Hitches

21 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 21 FOR SALE: 1996 White Geo Tracker, 94k, New Warn front hubs, tires, 5 speed., 4 x 4. 4cyl., Ice Cold Air. Call Kelly Duty $3,000 FOR SALE: 1993 Maxum 19.5 Open Bow, Chevy V6, 4.3L 175hp, Alpha 1, Merc Cruiser I/O, Full canvas, less than 300 hours, custom trailer. $7500 Call Lawrence Duty AUTO PARTS& MACHINESHOP 140 S.Laura Engine Rebuilding & Balancing PrecisionBlock & Head Milling Aluminum Head Straightening Ring,Pin & Bearing Service Reboring & Pin Fitting Crankshaft Grinding Glass ShotPeening CompleteAuto MachineService GrantRing Distributors

22 Page 22 Witches Wail From the Editor I know that sometimes the rain gets tiresome but I cannot complain about the temps. Been very lucky at all the events I have attended so far. Went to OKC for the Divisional and had a great time. Great course, wonderful hosts, and a very well run event. And the weather was cloudy but that saved us from frying. Been very busy at work flying all over the country, and working on all my cars. I have seven now, hmmm please someone buy the one in the For Sale section, oh and my boat too please. As a matter of fact will make a great deal on both as a package. Was hoping to go to Hallett this weekend but don t think that is going to happen now. Soon I will get down there, as someday I hope to progress to be able to participate in a road race. I enjoyed the Solo at Strother, just my kind of course, the grocery getter loves the twisties. I was already to go to Nebraska and sign up for the Open Road Race there, but dang it they were all full up already. Will have to sign up earlier next year. It sounds like the new software is working great in the trailer, at least I did not hear of anything going wrong and only nice things. Still think we need the short range FM like the drive-in so we could hear times on our car radios. Went to a car show at Rock Away Beach near Branson, it was a Rod show and they had over 100 cars there. The one thing that really caught my eye was a car carrier built from scratch out of old pickups shells, it was a mid-engine, four door crew cab, custom interior and paint. (See pix on picture page). I cannot imagine the time it took to build this monster. The Hot Rod Power tour went through near my mom and dad s, they said traffic was backed up for miles and miles. Next year I would like to get a group of us to attend that, if anyone is interested please let me know. Been working on the Mazda P5 to see if I can learn more about tuning a car. In HS we don t have a lot to work with, but have been researching shocks. I know I need to learn more about tires, pressures, temps, etc. Hmmm maybe we need a clinic for us new guys, any volunteers? This will probably be my last year for HS though, I am either going to modify the P5, and it won t be eligible, or I may even purchase something else to run, that can also be a road racer. Please no calls trying to sell me your cars, (see above). Just now started to post on the SCCA web boards. Some interesting info there, would anyone be interested in having our own forum, I am sure I could get that hosted for us if there is enough interest. I think it is easier to exchange ideas and comments that way, tell me what you think. Last and not least, I think when I retire, and that may be soon, I might go to Mac College and enroll in auto restoration, man I could save a ton of money. Once again please send your contributions and pictures for the Witches Wail, it has been slim pickings lately, I am getting down to maybe having to post pictures of my vacation soon. Lawrence Duty

23 Volume 04, Issue 6 Page 23 Top 30 Pax Final Results, - Strother Field - 06/27/2004 Pos. Car Driver Car Model Time Factor Pax Tm Lag Tm From 1st 1m SS 10 Patrick Flynn 2003 Chevrolet Corvette *0.836 = m AS 18 Jim French 1989 Chevrolet Corvette *0.828 = m AS 65 Dave Gird 1991 Chevrolet Corvette *0.828 = m AS 24 Tony Cope 2002 BMW M *0.828 = BS 66 Ken Neeley 2000 S *0.826 = m BS 45 Rob Roytas 2004 Mazda Miata Turbo *0.826 = BS 82 Ken Neely 2000 Honda S2000 DNS *0.826 = 8 CS 35 David Guilliams 1999 Mazda Miata *0.811 = CS 29 Robert Mayle 2001 Mazda Miata *0.811 = DS 32 Beau Boggess 2003 Subaru WRX *0.794 = DS 46 Aaron Kilgariff 2004 Dodge SRT *0.794 = ES 11 Matt Brown ZX *0.804 = ES 7 Bennie Rogers ZX *0.804 = FS 67 Terry Nunemaker 1998 Ford Mustang Cobra *0.803 = FS 6 Phillip Strauhs 1983 Mercury Capri RS *0.803 = m GS 40 Tom Dupler 2002 Mini Cooper S *0.781 = m GS 74 Jim Schoonover 2002 Ford Focus SVT *0.781 = m HS 13 Lawrence Duty 2002 Mazda Protege *0.776 = m HS 27 Gary Bryant 1988 Honda Prelude *0.776 = HS 3 Bobby Clair 1991 Honda Civic *0.776 = m HS 8 Lonnie Heston 1999 Saturn SL *0.776 = m CSP 43 Gary Blessing Sr 1980 Fiat 124 Spyder *0.837 = CSP 68 Gary Blessing Jr Fiat 124 Spyder *0.837 = 0.000

24 Wichita Region SCCA The Witches' Wail 12 Cedar Drive Newton, KS PRSRT STD US Postage Paid Wichita, KS July 2004 VOL ISSUE 6