Rod Knock Club & Racing News Your Photo s in the Rod Knock! A Member Tribute Our photo archives don t cover all events or all classes. Using event results, we tried to get most W2W & HSAX members in this final RK tribute issue. But HPDE folks didn t appear as much. Sorry. Mitch s Challenger: naked Mitch s Challenger: clothed Pete Anderson at BHF Clint Billimak at speed Scott s Tiga entering BHF turn 3 Steve Burns waiting for green Spy photo: Dave Bralich touring Michael Baumet grid, 2016 Greg Donlan Family = Team Walt Kelley Getting it done in 2017 Proud Papa Eric Barnes Brian Donlan from Mitch Lelito & Lynn Serra & Bill Oakes & the RK Editor & the Drivers submissions too.. Continued on Page 4 Glenn Stazak Page 1
2017 Year-End Awards Banquet Courtesy of Scott Durbin and Mitch Lelito Rob & Nancy manage the Raffle Prize table Joy Joy Joy! Page 2
Chuck Our 2017 Champions Mitch Lelito Daniel Eric Scott Lynn Chris Rob Dave Edwin Enthusiasm Award President Mike Chris Special Recognition Award John Special Recognition Award Our 2017 Award Winners Chris Rookie of the Year Eric Enthusiasm Award Page 3
More Member Jim Shanel There! There! Did you see that?? Let s take off one more fender. John Wierz Robert Hall Kurt Williams Robert Boyce (Cheetah as raced at RA in 2016) Rob Roderick (2016) Tim Richmond (2016) Jason Ostrowski Larry Noble (2016) Chuck Peterson (2016) Dave Fitcher (2016) Lynn Serra (2016) Scott Freitag Dave Farnsworth John Wheeler Rudy Mazzeo John Saccameno 10/8/2017 McCarter Cup Matt Farnsworth (2016) Bill Oakes John Davis Page 4
More Member Robert Dudek in a What? Robert Dudek Scott Lampe. in a What? Bob Mitchell BFR Turn 3 Chris McGuire Scott Reif RA Turn 5 John Tennant Gus Rubio Scott Durbin Robert Hall We Gotta have a better view Oh Yeah, 2016 s February Speed Show John Qualich Kieran Gobey Spy Photo of John Davis at Drivers School #1 @ BFR Joshua Morar (2016) Mike in 2003 Mike Palmer has been Club President for 2 years, and hung up his racing keys during that time - just too busy. Hopefully that ll change now he s Vice-President. We re anxious to see what weapon Another previous ride he ll pick to terrorfor Outgoing NSSCC ize the track. President Mike Palmer Thanks Mike. A special thanks goes to Advanced Autosports for professional services offered to NSSCC drivers such as John Davis, Matt Drab, and others.. Page 5
Rod Knock Member Tip: How about info to help SHIP WHEELS? Thanks, Pete Anderson Hint: First, go shopping at your local home repair store for a surprisingly simple & common sense protection solution! Pete writes of his experience: I recently shipped some wheels across country. My concern was of course for them to arrive safely. So I packed them using pipe insulation around their edges to keep them safe. Cheap (Ed... and effective) material for this purpose. Other club members may appreciate this tip does this constitute a hack shipping method? In a very good way, Yes! (Ed.. Seems to me that the water heater I bought for my house a few years back included 2 of these dark grey split foam tubes for my installation pleasure. They turned out to be light sabres for my 6-yr-old grandson s play, though.} Rod Knock How-To Tech Tip: There. Now it s ready for Asia Just waiting for a head s-up display to arrive from the mail order catalog. In the meantime, just shout out rpms and speed, dear. Oh, and you might have to do the turn signal thingy Best Buddies Forever 1. cap: a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus son Telemachus 2. a: a trusted counselor or guide b: TUTOR, COACH men-tor-ship \-,ship\ NSSCC Mentor available: \ men-to(e)r, ment-er \ n [L,fr.Gk Mentor] n 3. a: colloquial v NSSCC usage i.e., [to mentor] of or pertaining to darn valuable insight and assistance of mind, body, and vehicle to promote safe, fast, fun racing b: a strong breath mint n Mentor@nsscc.org can connect you with an experienced club member that can answer, obfuscate, and open horizons. Page 6
Oh Yeah, One Last Thing Club members celebrating the 2017 racing season at our December 2nd Awards Banquet held the election for 2018 Board members that night. The only elected position left open was Secretary. Are you busy next year?? Your new officers are listed at the right of the photo of your new president entertaining the paddock between busy track times. It takes a village to run an event New Opportunities Remember to keep the perspective that NSSCC is a 100% voluntary effort. Each officially elected and front line titled task is done out of pure love of the sport and desire for track activity safety and correctness. Two things then: Thank responsible individuals more than complain, and Participate constructively if you feel we re off course. Thanks for 2016, Y all! Mitch offered color commentary during NSSCC s October HSAX weekend Control. This is corner 6! 2018 NSSCC Board President, Mitch Lelito President@nsscc.org Vice President, Michael Palmer VicePresident@nsscc.org Treasurer, Scott Durbin Treasurer@nsscc.org Secretary, Your Name Here?? Secretary@nsscc.org Competition Dir./Club Steward, John Saccameno W2WSteward@nsscc.org HSAX Competition Director, Eric Barnes Autocross@nsscc.org V/H Competition Director, Jason Ostrowski Vintage@nsscc.org Membership Chairperson Jim Kane Membership@nsscc.org Rod Knock Editor Your Name Here?? RodKnock@nsscc.org Council contingency programs: is the official news publication of The North Suburban Sports Car Club. The publication is provided to North Suburban Sports Car Club members as part of the annual membership deliverable and commitment from the Club. material published herein may be reprinted provided that usage is credited to the author, and North Suburban Sports Car Club. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Board of Directors of North Suburban Sports Car Club, the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs, or it s Bod. Article submission is encouraged and accepted in MS Word format via email. When submitting photos or artwork, please request the material to be returned if that is desired. Electronic copies of photos should be sent as attachments. Questions and comments should be directed to the Rod Knock Editor: RodKnock@nsscc.org. Page 7