The Events of April 2013 Gary Neckers Memorial Solo Success Nick Simon FTD Dale Kunze wins PAX Simon & Kelly Impress at Pitt Race Nick Simon in his VW GTI last year at LES WNY s Dale Kunze in his trusty Honda Civic Bill s BS........................... 2 April Pictures........................ 3 Gary Neckers Memorial Solo Results....... 4 April Meeting Minutes................ 6 Membership Report.................. 8 Finance Report...................... 8 Membership Application and Officers List... 9 Dates to Remember.................. 10
Bill s BS 05/028/13 Somebody up there likes us, and his name is Gary. Our Gary Neckers Memorial Solo was a tremendous success. Unbelievable weather, at least until the end, and 71 entries. We expect that we will be able to donate about $2,000 to a scholarship fund in Gary s honor. Major Thanks to everyone! by Bill Stewart I started out with a BMW Drivers Education event at Mid-Ohio. Good weather, good students, poor turnout. I don t think that anyone expected decent weather. The next Saturday was the annual Nelson Safety Day with fires and the flipper. Great simulations out at the turns. I went to Neohio s Solo planning meeting. They have a new group that is very eager to have 4 Solos at Lakeland Community College at the Mentor exit on I-90. Their first event is June 9th. Put it on your calendar. Steel Cities, Charlie Campbell, Dave Hammer, Mark Swick, and I had a busy, but very cold weekend at Pitt Race. Charlie raced in the regional races, help instruct in the drivers school, and was an SIT(Steward in Training). Dave worked with me in pit lane while Mark froze out on the corners. The wind with occasional snow was downright painful. The new owners are making lots of improvements. A new garage was going up while we were there and they have cleared the trees for the South extension. Very encouraging. I can t say or write enough about our Gary Neckers Memorial Solo. Good weather for April, lots of fun at the Saturday test & tune. A few minor first event glitches. We wish more folks would have preregistered online at motorsportreg.com. PLEASE PRE- REGISTER! It makes it so much faster and easier. Seventy One entries!!! A huge thank you to all the Weastern New York folks! 13 Novices! Kathryn Bell was having a blast as she learned her way in her Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Nick Simon and Dale Kunze were as impressive as ever. I don t know his name, but there was one young man who I think wore out his sneakers chasing cones. Unfortunately, the rain slowly came in and dampened the awards ceremony. I was so glad that Gary s wife Sandy, his mother, and his daughter could make it. A group from the Chautauqua Corvette Club stopped in before lunch. They are planning on doing a road rally with us in Gary s memory to earn money for the scholarship. Just a great event. Thanks again! 2 Dave Hammer gives Charlie Campbell his first flag of the year at Pitt Race The NEDIV Majors weekends started off at Summit Point with a 28% increase in entries. Nelson regulars Amy Ruman, Scott Rettich, Jacek Mucha, and Sedat Yelkin won their races. There was a fantastic Misery Bay turnout for Mahoning Valley s John McGill Memorial Regionals, PDX, and Club Trials. Full report next month. MVR had to cancel their Street Survival at the last minute when the site s management company overruled the owner. We are looking for a new site. I have done 3 DEs(Driver Education) weekends now at Mid- Ohio with the Porsche and BMW clubs. They are like our PDX, more expensive, but with more track time. All cars are welcome. May ends with a Majors weekend at Michigan International Speedway, the first use of the road course in years. June starts with me off to New Jersey Motorsports Park and their SCCA Majors weekend. And, there is another Majors at Mid-Ohio. I will miss our second Solo at LES. It sucks, just not enough weekends! I know many of you are busy with graduations and weddings, but try to come out. We need your help and support if just in set-up and registration. We have a nice group of novices and they deserve our attention.the forecast is sunny and 71. Be there! Trans-Am returns to Watkins Glen, running at the SVRA weekend. You could join me at Nelson June 14-16 for the Porsche Club 944 Fest and DE, or you might venture to Mid- Ohio for the Grand-Am Rolex, Continental, Playboy MX-5 Cup, Lamborghini Trofeo, and SCCA IT/Miata Shootout weekend. continued on p.5
April Pictures Andrew Aul won the Novice Class Aaron Kaczar on the LES banking Israel Vosburg tries something small, a lot smaller than his station wagon Logan starts our new member Kathryn Bell in her Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3
Misery Bay Solo #1 Lake Erie Speedway April 28, 2013 Stock Class Results Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX Bruce Wesley BS Honda S2000 38.641 45.730 4 Ryan Wypych HS Mini Cooper 38.856 48.329 5 Nick Kelly CS Subaru BRZ 39.190 46.991 6 Anthony Cuzzacrea HS Mini Cooper 39.404 49.010 7 Aaron Kaczar DS Infiniti G35x 39.515 47.840 8 Mike Ball HS Mini Cooper 39.681 49.355 10 Dave Kum DS Audi TT 40.270 48.753 15 Tom Hall BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 40.466 47.889 17 Drew Bickel GS Honda Civic Si 40.664 49.834 19 Matt Curry BS Honda S2000 40.666 48.126 20 Jason Amistadi ES Pontiac Fiero 40.740 49.204 21 Jay Dumbeck BS Honda S2000 41.290 48.864 27 Alec Slomski GS Honda Civic Si 41.572 50.947 31 Tim Demetrio BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 41.793 49.460 35 Zoltan Deak BS Porsche Boxster S 41.945 49.640 36 Eric Confer GS Acura TL 42.244 51.770 39 Bill Stewart SS Porsche Cayman R 42.286 49.228 40 Nate Lord ES Mazda Miata 42.539 51.376 41 Gary Kum HS Volkswagen Jetta 42.675 53.079 43 Mark Swick DS Subaru Outback XT 42.683 51.675 44 Casey Doolittle ES Mazda RX-7 43.264 52.252 47 Dennis Roesch DS Audi TT 43.335 52.464 48 Ben Heald BS Pontiac Soltice GXP 43.515 51.498 50 Derek Smith GS Chevrolet Camaro 43.759 53.627 52 Kevin Burkholder GS Ford Mustang 44.954 55.091 57 Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 44.972 54.314 58 Jordan Rimpela GS Mercury Grand Marquis 46.340 56.790 63 George Lyons DS Mercedes C350 51.046 61.800 67 Curt Smith FS Chevrolet Monza 51.122 61.593 68 Mark Lyons DS Mercedes C350 DNF 70 Norman Thomas HS Ford Focus DNF 71 Street Touring Class Results Dale Kunze STC Honda Civic Se 37.128 45.059 1 PAX Brian DePietro STX Mazda RX-8 38.346 46.368 3 Lance Dunn STF Acura RSX Type S 39.737 49.984 11 Megan Biddle STX Mazda RX-8 39.877 48.219 12 Jeremy Sagala STX Volkswagen GTI 40.219 48.633 14 Andrew Aul STS Mazda Miata 40.926 49.368 23 Cory Pompelia STR Honda S2000 41.223 49.134 26 Chris Learn STU Chevrolet Camaro SS 41.294 48.811 28 Daniel O Neil STR Toyota MR-2 41.642 49.633 32 Dan Goodell STR Mazda Miata 42.092 50.170 37 Chad Adams STR Honda S2000 42.907 51.141 45 Class Results continued on page 5
Street Touring Class Results continued Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX Paul Campbell STX Honda Civic Si 43.125 52.147 46 Matt DeLacy STC Acura Integra GS-R 43.864 53.233 53 Israel Vosburg STS Toyota MR-2 43.979 53.051 54 Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 44.555 53.876 55 Jim Bettinghouse STX Eagle Talon 45.031 54.451 59 Eric Laynnan STX BMW 328 45.183 54.635 60 Matthew Smith STU Audi S4 45.207 53.437 61 Tom Addair STS Toyota MR-2 46.506 56.099 64 Taylor Ball STU Subaru Impreza 48.086 56.840 65 Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 48.134 58.204 66 Modified & Prepared Street Tire Class Results John McGeary SM Audi A4 40.893 48.129 22 Tim Mackey ASP Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 41.105 48.434 25 Jason Maher SM Chrysler Conquest 41.392 48.716 29 Brady Kapp SMF Eagle Talon 41.536 49.747 30 Justin Stull SMF Chevrolet Cobalt SS 41.670 49.907 33 Alex Decker SM Subaru WRX 42.194 49.660 38 Nicholas Patterson SMF Acura Integra GSP 42.614 51.038 42 Richard Niemic DSP Acura Integra 44.641 53.278 56 Modified & Prepared Class Results Nick Simon SMF Volkswagen GTI 37.799 44.366 FTD 2 Jon Rausch CSP Toyota MR-2 39.601 45.995 9 Ben Rausch CSP Toyota MR-2 40.202 46.693 13 JD Wagner SMF Mini Cooper 40.332 47.339 16 Bill Cantley SSM Chevrolet Corvette Z-06 40.543 46.020 18 Alexander Nieto SM Volkswagen GTI 41.066 47.366 24 Andy Stevenson SM Subaru WRX 41.705 48.103 34 Justin Holtz ASP Subaru WRX 43.503 50.235 49 Aaron Woloszyn ESP Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 43.636 51.397 51 Kenny Hoovler CM Macintosh Formula Vee 45.712 50.233 62 William Emo SMF Mitsubishi Eclipse 51.345 60.265 69 Novice Class Results Andrew Aul STS Mazda Miata 40.926 49.368 23 Nate Lord ES Mazda Miata 42.539 51.376 41 Justin Holtz ASP Subaru WRX 43.503 50.235 49 Ben Heald BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 43.515 51.498 50 Aaron Woloszyn ESP Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 43.636 51.397 51 Matt DeLacy STC Acura Integra GS-R 43.864 53.233 53 Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 44.555 53.876 55 Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 44.972 54.314 58 Jim Bettinghouse STX Eagle Talon 45.031 54.451 59 Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 48.134 58.204 66 George Lyons DS Mercedes C350 51.046 61.800 67 William Emo SMF Mitsubishi Eclipse 51.345 60.265 69 Mark Lyons DS Mercedes C350 DNF 70 5
Misery Bay Region SCCA General Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar and Grill April 4, 2013 Call to order: 7:21pm. April meeting minutes approved by motion from Tim Mackey and a second by Jay Dumbeck. Attendance- Rob Cox, Tim Mackey, Terry Witherow, David Michalak, Jeremy Sagala, Dave Hammer, Lance Dunn, Mark Swick, Jay Dumbeck, Logan Flaherty, Kim Stucke, Bill Stewart, Tom Hall Committee Reports: Membership: 86 current with 5 overdue. Up for renewal is Bob Cox, Mark Swick, JT Conway, Bill Tobin, Alex Slomsky. New members Andrew Aul and Paul Smith Treasurer: Kim distributed the April treasurer report with a balance of $10,492.66. Motion was made to reimburse Kim for a new cash box that was purchased in the amount of $26.83. Dave Michalak initiated the motion with a second from Tim. Banquet: No change in banquet plans. P.R. Jay Dumbeck reported that he has advertised our upcoming event at 5 free community websites. Rally: No updates. Pit Signal: Pit Signal was mailed out by Bill Stewart on 4/3/13. 45 copies went out to Misery Bay members and another 75 to out of region participants from last year. Another 250 were e-mailed. Trophy: With the class structure each event will give out 5 first place awards and FTD. A variety of glasses will be used for the awards with jerseys being considered for year- end trophy awards. Jerseys would have the person s name, car and class printed and would include Class Champion. Logan will try to bring a sample jersey to show. Dave will inventory our current supply to see what needs to be ordered. Solo: Penn State Behrend event was cancelled by the school auto club. Memorial event for Gary Neckers is scheduled for 4/27 and 4/28 at Lake Erie Speedway. Fee for Saturday 4/27 will be $25. Fees at other events will be $35 for plus the $15 weekend membership fee for non- members. Non Speedway events (free lots) will be $25 for members for current season. No rate changes will be made throughout the season. All events will be eligible for championship points. Logan reported that other regions do not have guests sign weekend membership forms. We will need to enforce the non- smoking rule at the Speedway more strictly this year. Lengthy discussion occurred regarding the importance of getting everyone to preregister as it makes for ease of running the event. Pre-registration software will be tried out before the first event. Based upon a 10/ 3 vote, it was decided that there will be no preregistration discount. 2013 Event Schedule April 27-28- LES May 17-19- Nelson Ledges PDX June 2-LES July 21- LES August 25- Airport???- This event will be a combo event with a car cruise-in. Sept 22- LES Oct 6-LES Our out of region events include June 23 and July 14th with Western NY at Ralph Wilson stadium 6 continued on p.7
Old Business: For our first event, Tom Hall will bring the trailer to the first event. Logan has the batteries, laptop and radio. Jay has the display stand and batteries. Bill has the laser printer and ink. Waivers and minor release forms will be secured from Bill. Logan will secure wristbands. Jay will bring the generator. Logan will chair the event with Tim Mackey as co-chair. They plan to use one of Gary s old course designs. Jay will chair an event later in the season. Dave and Terry will chair the airport event. Event chair responsibilities were reviewed. Registration will be handled by Lance Dunn, Jeremy and possibly Drew. Motion made by Dave Michalak and seconded by Tom Hall to purchase a second laptop not to exceed $499. Motion passed. Jay will contact Gary Necker s wife to secure any outstanding equipment. Discussion was held about updating our AXware software. Motion was made by Bill and seconded by Tim and was passed unanimously to use the new SCCA PAX multiplier adopted by SCCA -.975. New Business Bill S reported that he and Dave Hammer attended the Northeast Division Roundtable. Rally X is expanding. Mahoning Street Survival event to be held on May 5, 2013. They are in need of our cones and of more instructors. Meeting adjourned at 9.39 pm with a motion by Tim and seconded by Jeremy Sagala. Submitted for approval Kim Stucke Secretary Bill s BS continued Finger Lakes Region will put on their Westward Ho! Regionals June 22 & 23 at Nelson. The big Grand Am Sahlens 6 Hour ends June up at the Glen. Detroit s Belle Isle will see the Indy Cars and Grand-Am July 4th weekend. Cadilllac is sponsoring the SCCA World Challenge race! The same weekend has the SCCA Majors at Watkins Glen and Neohio s National and Regional races at Nelson. Too busy. While Misery Bay will have our first Out of Region Solo when we visit WNY and Ralph Wilson Stadium, the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix extravaganza starts at Pitt Race and ends the next weekend at beautiful Schenley Park. While we have our Solo #5 at LES on the 21st. Too busy again. July ends with our big chance to do the SCCA Pro Solo at Toledo. Logan and Nick Kelly say it is GREAT! August is a big month at Mid-Ohio with the IRL and SCCA World Challenge the first weekend and the NASCAR Nationwide series visiting Aug 16 &17 with SCCA s Trans-AM. Should be REAL interesting! Steel Cities has their Bonus Nationals that first weekend and then Pocono hosts theirs the next. The same weekend Mid-Ohio has SCCA Regionals with a PDX on Friday. We hope to end August with a Solo at the Tom Ridge Field Erie International Airport. A promoter is trying to put together a car show featuring our Solo on August 25th. We did one there several years ago and it was a big success for us, not so much for the promoter. So keep your fingers crossed. It could make our season! There is also a good chance that we can join Neohio for a Out of Region Solo at Lakeland Community College on Labor Day weekend. Watch this space, and our web page for the latest. Every month, I mail out, you know at the good old Post Office, 50 Pits Signals to our Misery Bay members and another 75 to 100 to non-members who have participated in the last year. We would REALLY appreciate it we could save some money and e-mail the Pit Signal to you. It usually is about 3 Mb with the pictures, so not everyone can handle it, but if you can, please send me your e-mail address. Also, if you have any questions, or just want to talk, you can call me, toll free at (888)927-9806. See You Out There! Bill 7
Membership Report May 28, 2013 89 Full Members 3 Renewals Overdue Please Welcome Kathryn Bell Justin Gibala February Renewals Overdue JT Conway April Renewals Due The Dave Kum Family Andrew Seifert Jason Spangenberg May Renewals Due Ken Hoovler Roland Sitler June Renewals Matt Curry Alejandro Nieto Nick Schneider Don Smith July Renewals Jay Dumbeck Tom Hall Lance Palmer John & Joe Specht Joseph Wernham You can check your status and renew online at SCCA.com Make sure that your membership card shows a membership in Misery Bay Region 104 8
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June 31-2 SCCA Majors Mid-Ohio & New Jersey Motorsports IRL & Rolex-Detroit Belle Isle 2 Misery Bay Solo #2 Lake Erie Speedway 7-9 Trans-Am & SVRA-Watkins Glen 9 Neohio Solo #1 Lakeland CC, Kirtland, OH 13-16 Grand-Am, Playboy MX-5 Cup Mid-Ohio 22-23 SCCA Regional Races-Nelson Ledges 23 Misery Bay Solo #3 with WNY Ralph Wilson Stadium 27-30 Grand-Am, F2000, GT-3 Watkins Glen, NY July 4 Misery Bay Monthly Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill 5-7 SCCA Majors--Watkins Glen 6-7 Neohio SCCA Nationals & Regionals Nelson Ledges, OH 14 Misery Bay Solo #4 with Western New York Ralph Wilson Stadium 14 Chump Car 12 Hr race Nelson Ledges 20-21 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Schenley Park, Pittsburgh 21 Misery Bay Solo #5 LES 27-28 SCCA Pro Solo Toledo Express Airport August 1 Misery Bay Monthly Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill 1-4 IRL & World Challenge-Mid Ohio 3-4 SCCA Nationals & Regionals Pitt Race, Wampum PA SCCA National Solo Tour Wilmington, OH 10-11 SCCA Nationals-Pocono SCCA Regionals-Mid-Ohio 16-18 NASCAR Nationwide & Trans-AM Mid-Ohio 25 Misery Bay Solo #6??? Tom Ridge Field Airport 31-1 SCCA Regionals Mid-Ohio & Summit Point