2016 Year End Issue Banquet Big Success! Special Guest-SCCA Chairman John Walsh Election Results

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Member of the Year-Joel Donaldson and Regional Executive Sam Mehler Bill s BS........................... 2 Banquet Photos.

.......... 5 November Meeting Minutes............ 6 December Meeting Minutes............ 7 Membership Report.

1 2016 Year End Issue Banquet Big Success! Special Guest-SCCA Chairman John Walsh Election Results SCCA Chairman of the Board John Walsh Member of the Year-Joel Donaldson and Regional Executive Sam Mehler Bill s BS Banquet Photos More Photos Solo Championship Results November Meeting Minutes December Meeting Minutes Membership Report Sno-Go Rally Flyer Membership Application and Officers List Dates to Remember

Bill s BS 01/14/17 What a FANTASTIC banquet! SCCA Chairman of the Board, John Walsh joined over 50 Misery Bay members and guests at Bob Mazza s South Shore Wine Company for our annual Awards Banquet.

John Walsh gave us a short report on the state of SCCA. We then indulged in our infamous personal awards. To assist Sam in practicing dodging groundhogs, Joel presented him with a groundhog pylon.

Andy Ferrara also had some choice items to hand out.

2 Bill s BS 01/14/17 What a FANTASTIC banquet! SCCA Chairman of the Board, John Walsh joined over 50 Misery Bay members and guests at Bob Mazza s South Shore Wine Company for our annual Awards Banquet. We were also joined by Lake Erie Speedway s AJ Moore and his wife. After a buffet from Calamari s, libations from Mazza s, and cake from Deb Young, RE Sam Mehler reviewed our year. John Walsh gave us a short report on the state of SCCA. We then indulged in our infamous personal awards. To assist Sam in practicing dodging groundhogs, Joel presented him with a groundhog pylon. After all the cars, classes and car numbers that Andrew Donaldson used through the season, Logan reminded him with a Hot Wheels model after each other award. Andy Ferrara also had some choice items to hand out. In the real awards, major congratulations to our Member of the Year, Joel Donaldson, who like his driving, was all over the place, Solo Co-Chair, Rally volunteer, and so many other spots. Amazing! We had an incredible battle in Solo, with Sam winning the PAX Championship, but Justin Stull won Solo Driver of the Year. In all, we handed out 20 trophies. by Bill Stewart John Walsh REALLY liked our gift to help him get home to Rochester We finished up with our Chinese Auction with major items like a floor jack. Everyone got a door prize. Major thanks to Tim Mackey and Kathy Vanderwende. Bob Mazza was a fantastic host and provided the Sparkling Riesling for the class winners. The class winners also got a gift certificate from Tires 4 Less. Of course, Special Thanks to John Walsh for coming down from Rochester even after storm warnings. All in all, it s been a very good year! The weekend before, I travelled to Florham Park, NJ for the NorthEast Division Mini Convention. I was joined by Charlie Campbell. This was the most expensive Mini-Con I can remember with very few seminars. I understand the scheduling meeting was challenging. NEDIV will have SEVEN! Majors weekends. VIR, Summit Point, Pitt Race May 13-14, Pocono, Watkins Glen, Thompson, and NJMP. The awards banquet was nice with 3 different buffets and a good turnout from the winners. Phoenix American s Kurt Rezzatano won Driver of the Year. He won T-2 at the Runoffs in a Mustang. In December, I got a chance to go to the Performance and Racing Industry Show in Indianapolis. This is sort of like SEMA for just racing. WOW, thousands of booths and I can t believe all the folks I knew. There were seminars 2 With Randy Pobst at the PRI show too. I saw Lyn St. James and Amy Ruman at the Women in Racing. I spent most of the second day at the International Council of Motorsports Sciences seminars on track safety. I heard from the top folks in the nation an at lunch, Indy racer, James Hinchcliff talked about how serious his crash a year and a half ago at Indy was, how continued on p. 9

3 At the Banquet Solo Driver of the Year Modified Street Tire Champion Justin Stull Ken Jones Novice Champion PAX Champion Street Road Tire Champion Sam Mehler Always great to see Don Smith Joel had a special award for Sam, a groundhog pylon! Andy Ferrara won Street Touring 3

rehabilitation at the PRI Track Safety luncheon

2017 Officers Secretary - Joel Donaldson,

- Bill Stewart Assistant Regional Executive -

4 More Pictures TA 2 Mustang at PRI James Hinchcliff talked about his crash and rehabilitation at the PRI Track Safety luncheon Mobil 1 had a Porsche 919 on display at PRI Officers Secretary - Joel Donaldson, Treasurer - Kathy Vanderwende Member of the Board - Bill Stewart Assistant Regional Executive - Andrew Ferrara Regional Executive - Sam Mehler not present - Lance Dunn, Dave Michalak

5 Misery Bay 2016 Solo Championship Results Street Road Tire Class Results Place & Name Class Car Total Points Points with Drops 1st Sam Mehler BS Honda S nd David Griffin GS Volkswagen GTI rd Jon Rausch SS Lotus Elise th Alec Slomski HS Honda Civic Si th Keith Schneider ES Mazda Miata Note: James Turner would have finished fourth if he had renewed his membership Street Touring Class Results 1st Andy Ferrara STR Mazda Miata nd Pushkar Joshi STX Scion FRS rd Lance Dunn STF Acura RSX-S A-Spec th Kate Bell STU Hyundai Genesis Coupe Modified & Prepared Street Tire Class Results 1st Justin Stull SM Scion FR-S nd Gary Layden SM Volkswagen R rd Aaron Young ESP Ford Mustang GT th Henry Young ESP Ford Mustang GT th Charles White ESP Cadillac CTS-V th Andrew Donaldson multi Multiple Note: Marvin Alvarado would have finsihed fifth if he had renewed his membership Race Tire Class Results 1st Bill Stewart SSR Porsche Cayman R nd Deb Young KM Kosmic Kart Novice Class Results 1st Ken Jones HS Honda Del Sol SI nd Joel Donaldson BS Chevrolet Corvette rd Sam Kritikos STX Mazda RX

6 Misery Bay Region SCCA Cornerstone Bar & Grill November 3, 2016 Members in attendance: Sam Mehler, Kathy Vanderwende. Bill Stewart, Rich Hall, Nick Schneider, Andrew Ferrara, Henry and Deb Young, Logan Flaherty, Ron Madurski, Dave Hammer, Joel Donaldson, and Justin Gibala. RE Sam Mehler called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM. Nick Schneider moved and Rich Hall seconded a motion to approve the September minutes. The motion passed. Committee Reports Treasurer: Kathy Vanderwende reported that our current balance is $12, She handed out the finance and bank account reports. We made $301 on the Covered Bridge Rally. Solo: The season is over, Bill Stewart reported that the NEDIV Mini-Con will have a Solo Safety Steward Seminar. It is in Florham Park, NJ. Registration is $150. Tech: Sam reported nothing new. Rally: We had our Covered Bridge Rally last Saturday with 14 entries, the most in recent memory. We had a tie for first with only 12 points. We had a lot of out of region folks, the furthest was from South Bend, IN. It was part of the Great Lakes Division Championship. We ended up at Crowley s again. Bob Mazza helped with the Sparkling Riesling. Bill was rendered almost speechless when Bob and Brenda Nick presented him with the original Covered Bridge painting done by Bob s mother. Membership: Bill reported that we have 94 members with 4 overdue. Carl & Gloria Fuller, Marvin Alvarado, and Paul Smith from Endeavor. Pit Signal: Bill has been distracted by other things, like the rally, but will have an issue for the banquet. Trophy: Dave Hammer reported that we have 14 First Places, 8 Second places, 10 Third Places, 9 tumblers, 3 FTD coasters, and zero FTD mugs. Dave displayed an engraved beer tumbler that a member has offered. We will wait until next year to make a decision. The year end trophies have been ordered. Old Business Bill reported on the Runoffs. He got a last minute promotion to Assistant Pit Chief. Charlie Campbell was Third in F Production and 25th in Spec Miata. We had almost 600 racers and almost 500 volunteers. Bill celebrated his birthday that Saturday with 1,000 of his friends including the Ded Bull Racing Team. Next year it will be at the Indianapolis Speedway. Dave Hammer reported that he had a great time. Great weather and great racing. All the races are online at scca. com. Dave had some Runoffs trinkets to give out. Bill arranged for us to donate 3 goody bags to the Runoff workers with a bottle of Erie Brewing Mad Anthony Ale, a bottle of Mazza wine, a box of Peggy Gray thin mints, and a t-shirt. New Business Logan reported that he is having problems scoring Andrew Donaldson in the year end championships as he ran a different number and a different car and class in almost every event. Bill has sent out all the ballots, by for most. He sent out 20 by post. Nick Schneider reported that every candidate has received at least one vote so far. 6 Continued on p.7

7 November Meeting Minutes continued Henry Young is storing the trailer and asked that we do an inventory before the snow flys. We also need to trash the obsolete helmets and clean the good ones. Banquet: The awards are all settled. Registration is up on motorsportreg.com. Tim Mackey is buying the Chinese auction items. Bill has door prizes. We have invited our sponsors, Scott Bonnell of Bonnell s Collision and Michael Schick from Tires for Less. We have also invited AJ Moore from Lake Erie Speedway. Dave Hammer moved and Justin Gibala seconded that we invite SCCA Chairman of the Board, John Walsh. Motion passed. Drink and Chinese auction tickets will be $2. We discussed membership awards. Andrew Ferrara moved and Rich Hall seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed. Dave Hammer won the The meeting was adjourned at 7:51. Bill Stewart Secretary Misery Bay Region SCCA Cornerstone Bar & Grill December 1, 2016 Members in attendance: Sam Mehler, Kathy Vanderwende, Dave Hammer, Andrew Ferrara, Logan Flaherty, Ron Madurski, Justin Gibala, Joel Donaldson, Dave Michalak, and Bill Stewart RE Sam Mehler called the meeting to order at 7:09. Logan Flaherty moved and Justin Gibala seconded that the November minutes be approved. Motion carried. Committee Reports Treasurer: Kathy Vanderwende reported that our current balance is $10, We have not received our banquet payments from motorsportreg.com and we still have some banquet bills to pay. Our preliminary loss on the banquet is $ Solo: Tech: Andy Ferrara reported that we had a great season. Sam moved this to New Business. Rally: Bill Stewart mentioned that Finger Lakes Region has a Winter Rally Series of 4 rallies from now to February. They also have a Winter RallyX Series, but the first event has been cancelled because their site was just too soaked. Membership: Bill reported that we currently have 95 members listed, with 5 overdue. Please welcome Aaron DeWalt, Dr. Peter Olszewski, Sam Kritikos, and David Strong. Carl & Gloria Fuller, Matt DeLacy, Lance Dunn, and Marvin Alvarado are overdue. Pit Signal: Bill reported that the Events of October issue was handed out at the banquet. The next issue will cover November and December. Continued on p.8 7

8 December Meeting Minutes continued Trophy: Dave Hammer reported that there had been a communication glitch for the banquet. He presented Joel Donaldson with a Second Place Novice award. Andrew Donaldson gets a Seventh Place Street Modified trophy. He has more trophies to send out. KV provided several engraved beer mugs for FTD next season. Old Business Sam Mehler reported on the banquet. It was a raging success. We had a fantastic venue at Bob Mazza s South Shore Wine Company. Great wine, good food, fantastic atmosphere. Surprise appearance by a safety orange groundhog. Our Special Guest was SCCA Chairman of the Board, John Walsh. Kathy mentioned that we should plan on a big 50th anniversary in 2019 with getting as many of our former REs as possible. Bill complemented Sam, Logan, Andy, and Joel on their over the top presentations. Sam does need to practice with his PowerPoint technology. Logan mentioned the possibility a video during the cocktails. Dave Michalak thought it was fantastic to have John Walsh and we need to work on getting on a special guest every banquet. Jack Burrows, our new Area 2 SCCA Board Member, has expressed interest in attending. AJ Moore, Lake Erie Speedway s Operation Manager was also a guest with his wife and both were very complementary. Bill mentioned that Bob Mazza provided the Sparkling Reisling prizes. He has been very generous. Major kudos to Tim Mackey for all his hard work organizing the banquet. Future charges and Chinese auction ideas were discussed. Logan has not told motorsportreg to process the banquet charges. We will put a notice out that charges will be processed shortly. Bill reminded us that we need to inventory the trailer. Dave Michalak will tuneup the generator. We need to check and clean our helmets. We probably need to replace most of them. Several vendors were mentioned. We need to send our sponsors a formal thank you. Bill reported on the NEDIV Mini-Convention the previous weekend at Florham Park, NJ. He found it disappointing, particularly after the Spring Roundtable had been discontinued. It was expensive and few training sessions. He went to the Solo Safety Steward Seminar. Topeka is planning on some webinars next year. Rick Myers from Topeka reminded us that the regions need to include their by-laws when they apply to renew their charters. Rick also suggested social activities, particularly car museum visits, during the off-season. Pay to advertise on Facebook. Next year there will be Majors weekends at Pocono, Thompson, Watkins Glen, Pitt Race, Summit Point and New Jersey Motorsports Park. New Business The National Convention will be in Las Vegas, January 19 to 21. SCCA will provide a free registration for a region sending 3 members. Bill suggested taking a break at the Las Vegas Speedway and renting a Ferrari for a few laps. Logan volunteered to investigate a charity event. Maybe Toys for Tots in October. Sam proposed that we buy a Farmtech wireless timing system on sale from Solo Performance for $ We need to verify how compatible it is with our laptop and Axware. Sam will follow up and take it to the board for approval. We need green cones. Joel suggested social rally possibilities. SCCA has special rates for charity events. Logan suggested a Lake Erie or Snowbelt Solo series. Bill moved and Dave Hammer seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 8:29. Joel won the He donated it all to the region. Bill Stewart Secretary 8

9 Bill s BS continued difficult his rehabilitation was, and how grateful he was for the rescue team, his surgeons, and the rehabilitation trainers. In the afternoon we saw extracations from a variety of race cars. I went to the Trans-Am seminar, and then the surprising Pirelli World Challenge one. They are leaving SCCA!! and will be sanctioned by USAC. The Formula 1600, 2000, and FA are gone too! We still do have the new F4 series. Well, I am packing up for the SCCA National Convention. It promises to have lots of help about running regions and there is a ton of fun things to do in Las Vegas! I went to the North American International Auto Show last weekend. Always lots of shiny new cars and shiny models too. It s still going on this week. Worth the trip to Detroit. The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona end January. It looks like the Ohio Winter Rally has been cancelled after 50 years. Greg Lester could not find someone to take it over. Our Erie Auto Show starts February. I always like the custom cars on the outside. Our annual Sno-Go Rally will be coming up all too soon and I will need lots of help! Both Crowley s and the Burger King on Sterritania have closed, so I will have to hustle. I m thinking it s time to visit New York again. Keep watching on Facebook and our web site. I will be sending out s too. February ends and March also begins with the huge Cleveland Auto Show at the IX Center. So think about the neat things we can do next year. Pitt Race keeps growing and Nelson Ledges may just come back too. Lots of planning to do! We have new wireless timing coming! The Runoffs will be at Indy! In the meantime, keep warm, but--- Membership Report January 31, Full Members 2 Renewals Overdue Please Welcome Aaron DeWalt Brian Gibbs WE REALLY MISS Rob Cox Ken Hoovler Andy Stevenson Matt Baseler Frank Victor Scott Spangenberg Jason Maher Ian McCune Nick Kelly Adedayo Ademowore Jeff Britton James Turner October Renewals Paul Smith Matt DeLacy Marvin Alvarado December Renewals Kevin Burkholder Michael Rubino Get Out and DRIVE! Bill January Renewals Jim Lorenz Bob Mazza You can check your status and renew online at SCCA.com 9

The Misery Bay Region of the Sports Car Club of America Presents the Sno-Go Road Rally Drive Away Those Winter Blahs &

Exit 29 Hamot, Parade St. A Road Rally is a contest of driving and navigation skill on public roads.

Any licensed driver may compete in any state inspected vehicle. A navigator is required but may be a minor.

10 The Misery Bay Region of the Sports Car Club of America Presents the Sno-Go Road Rally Drive Away Those Winter Blahs & Blast Away the Snow Sunday, February 26th, 2017 Registration Opens at 1:00 PM Drivers Meeting at 1:30 Wendy s I-90 & PA 8 Exit 29 Hamot, Parade St. A Road Rally is a contest of driving and navigation skill on public roads. A driver and navigator are given a set of directions including required legal average speeds. Any licensed driver may compete in any state inspected vehicle. A navigator is required but may be a minor. Often whole families compete in minivans and SUVs. Contact Bill Stewart Home(814) cell(814) bstewart@sccaonline.net Misery Bay Region Sports Car Club of America mbrscca.com

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12 January February March 5 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill 6-8 SCCA Majors Races Homestead-Miami Speedway SCCA Majors & Hoosier Super Tour Sebring International Raceway 14 Son of Snow*Drift Tour Rally South Lyon, MI North American International Auto Show Cobo Center, Detroit, MI SCCA National Convention South Point Hotel, Las Vegas NV IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona Daytona International Speedway 2 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill 2-5 Erie Auto Show Bayfront Convention Center Pittsburgh Auto Show David Lawrence Convention Center Canadian International Autoshow Metro Toronto Convention Centre 19 Finger Lakes Winter Rally Sprint Wellsboro, PA 24-3/5 Cleveland Auto Show IX Center 26 MBR Sno-Go Rally Erie, PA 2 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill 2/24-5 Cleveland Auto Show IX Center 3-5 Trans-Am & SVRA Sebring, FL SCCA Road Atlanta Majors Braselton, GA WDC PDX/Club Trials Summit Point, WV IMSA 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring, FL WDC Driver School Summit Point, WV

Drew Bickel wins a PAX Christian Peehler Dominates

The Events of June 2015 Drew Bickel wins a PAX Christian Peehler Dominates Misery Bay visits a wet WNY Campbell & Mazza going to Glen Majors Drew Bickel won the PAX at our Solo #2 at Lake Erie Speedway