RE Musings by Keith Pfautz, Regional Executive

The Witches Wail May 2008 Volume 08, Issue 4 SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA - WICHITA REGION Inside this Issue RE-Musings 1 Wichita Region Schedule 2 Wichita Region Contacts 3 Membership Report 4 Event #2 - Yoder 4 MiDiv News - KC 8 A Letter from Duck Waddle 9 April BoD Meeting Minutes 10 Upcoming Events RE Musings by Keith Pfautz, Regional Executive We had a wonderful day for the first return at the Sunflower Aerodrome outside Yoder. Thank you, Bill Seed, for allowing us to enjoy your playground again. From what I saw and heard, it was a good event with a Paul Sherman / Jim Harrison course. I m looking forward to the other s there. I wasn t there as long as I would have liked May 28th Membership Meeting at to have been. If you BG Boltons East, 7:30 look at the Board p.m. Steering minutes, you can Meeting 6:30 p.m. expect to see a friend of the Region s (and, Jun. 1st #4 - Sunflower hopefully, prospective Aerodrome. Registration member) grilling good closes at 10:30 a.m., First stuff at the remote Car Out 11:00 a.m. (Sunflower and Strother) s. Please support his efforts. Finally, AVRG had its first Race. Special thanks go to NOTE! the still-smiling Sam Parsons for piloting All of our meetings have been the Pace Car on Saturday and a pair A Dave G. driving the pace car during the AVRG race. Photo moved to BG Boltons East! courtesy of Birdseye Photography (clydedcoman50@cox.net). of Dave G's, (Dave Gird and Dave Guinn) for Pace Car duty on. Sam also won both days. It was a pretty good weekend all around for Wichita Region members with a lot of top finishers. I do want to end this column quoting an email from the our region email list. Brian Meyer and Dave Geis traded barbs about who had the coldest location (it wasn t the warmest two days Oklahoma has seen.) But in all of it, Brian Meyer wrote the following and I thought it should be shared with everyone, not just the email list. May 14th Board of Directors Meeting at BG Boltons East, 7:00 p.m. This was the third (or fourth, I don't remember) race that I've worked at Hallett. At this race I really started to understand corner working a little better. First and foremost the corner workers are there for safety. Beyond being obvious, that fact was reinforced every time I've had an experienced worker teach me the fundamentals. Their job is to make the racing safer for the drivers. They're the people the drivers count on so they can take the risks they do - like going into a blind turn braking at the last possible moment, clipping the apex and rolling onto full throttle while the car drifts across the track going from on-camber to off-camber, sliding right up to the gators on the exit and full boogie over the hill and down the straight knowing that if there's trouble ahead there will be a flagman warning them. Beyond that, the workers are also the fans. Most of them know the drivers' names in every class and share in their celebration when they do well. For me the car that won FP was just another black Miata, but nearly everyone else knew it was Rick Harris and what I gather was his first win (?). A couple of things I took away from working corners last year was 1) the racing at the club level is every bit as exciting as the pro's, 2) the racing at the middle and back of the pack (that they don't often show on TV) is just as exciting as the racing at the front, and 3) race workers are an "interesting" bunch - unbelievably out-going but also just a bit wacko. I don't mean to offend anyone by that comment, and I think they'll admit to being somewhat atypical. This year I'm beginning to understand a little better. There is a core group of SCCA workers who make it to every race and enjoy working as much as I enjoy autocrossing (maybe more). To a person, I'm convinced that every one of them has the courage, will and training to handle a dangerous situation with grace and determination. Those are the qualities I've observed in firefighters, EMT's and soldiers. They are in essence and at the core - hero's.

2 The Witches' Wail 2008 Wichita Region Schedule Month May June Canceled! July August Changed! September October Changed! November Day Day of the Week Event 17 Sat. 24-25 Location MiDiv Rally Meet in the Middle (KC & KS) MiDiv Series #2 St Louis - Gateway Intl. 24-25 MiDiv Race (MS) Memphis Motor Sports Park 30-1 MiDiv Race (MVRG) Mid-America Motorplex 1 Sunflower Aerodrome 14-15 MiDiv Race (KVRG) Heartland Park Topeka 15 Hawker Beechcraft 21-22 MiDiv Series #3 Hosted by Wichita in Salina 21-22 Race June Sprints Road America 28-29 MiDiv Race (MS-ATL) Nashville Super Speedway 5-6 MiDiv Race (AVRG) Hallett Motor Racing Circuit 13 Sunflower Aerodrome 20 Sun. MiDiv Rally Go West (KS) 26-27 MiDiv Race (NE) Motorsports Park Hastings 27 Strother Field 2-3 MiDiv Race (STL) Gateway Intl. Raceway 2-3 MiDiv Series #4 Kansas Heartland Park Top. 16-17 MiDiv Race (MVRG) Mid-America Motorplex 24 Sunflower Aerodrome 30-31 MiDiv Race (KVRG) Heartland Park Topeka 13-14 MiDiv Race (AVRG) Hallett Motor Racing Circuit 16-19 Tue.-Fri. Nationals Heartland Park Topeka 21 Strother Field 27-28 Runoffs Test Days Heartland Park Topeka 6-12 Mon.-Sun. National Runoffs Heartland Park Topeka 5 Endurocross Strother Field 25-26 MiDiv Bonus Race-STL Gateway Intl. Raceway 26 Strother Field 8-9 Sat.-Sun MiDiv Rally Two Days of Rallying (KC & KS) 15-16 MiDiv Convention Host: Mid-South Region 16 Hawker Beechcraft Note: Wichita Region Rally schedule is TBD as of press time.

3 2008 Wail Advertising Rates Size Per Month Per Year Small (1/4 page) $15 $150 Medium (1/3 pg) $20 $200 Large (1/2 pg) $25 $250 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. 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. All articles may be submitted electronically or by mail. Contact the editor for details. Deadline for articles is the 20th day of the preceding month. Got a Computer? Check out www.wichitascca.org Wichita Region Contacts Club Phone (Recording) (316) 788-6023 Regional Executive Keith Pfautz pfautz@embarqmail.com (620) 327-2327 Asst. Regional Executive Brian Meyer bjm@gearz.org (316) 773-1714 Past Regional Executive Dave Geis dgeis@cox.net (316) 832-0496 Secretary Warren Meyer whmeyer@concentric.net (316) 685-0863 Board of Directors: Andy Timmons agt3@swbell.net (316) 721-6374 Dave Gird dgird@cox.net (316) 264-0536 Jason Rogers jmr302@gmail.com (316) 259-0931 Charlene Bettinger bbetting@sbcglobal.net (316) 788-3942 Kevin Anderson silverstoneracer@yahoo.com (316) 788-0171 Treasurer John Houston jchouston@cox.net (316) 634-2966 Guy Roberts groberts@kiphs.com (316) 630-0515 Activities Director Steve Roepken sroepken@cox.net (316) 684-2188 Membership Charlene Bettinger bbetting@sbcglobal.net (316) 788-3942 Junior Kart Steward none Merchandise Steve Roepken sroepken@cox.net (316) 684-2188 Race Competition Chair Scott Bettinger (316) 554-7461 Rally Chair TBD Chair Guy Roberts groberts@kiphs.com (316) 630-0515 Wail Editor Jason Rogers jmr302@gmail.com (316) 259-0931 Webmaster Guy Roberts groberts@kiphs.com (316) 630-0515 Address Changes: National Office Charlene Bettinger bbetting@sbcglobal.net (316) 788-3942

4 The Witches' Wail Membership Report by Charlene Bettinger We have some new members in our growing family! Edward Vau, Matt Farenbaugh, Gary Mcknight, Kevin Low, Ben Engle, Glen Alvis, Robert Mossberg, Terrance C Foet, Eric Wong JinSan, Perry Harbour, Michael Moore, Chad Kirby, Terry Kalp, and Robert Harvey. We welcome each of you to the Wichita Region SCCA. We look forward to seeing you at our events! Please look up our new members and help them to feel at home with us and our Club. Wail Classifieds FS: '73 Fiat 124 Spider, '80 Fiat X1/9, various body parts, close ratio trans by PBS Engineering and race prepped 1438cc engine. Call (316) 536-2341. Want to list something in the Wail Classifieds? Free text-only ads will be printed for club members when space is available. Picture ads or guaranteed space will be billed at one half of the above rates for club members. Event #2 April 6th, 2008 at Sunflower Aerodrome Story by Paul Sherman Photos as credited Well, we've had the first of hopefully many solo events at Sunflower Aerodrome in Yoder. I tried to make the course a lot of fun and hope I succeeded. I wish I could have done something about the wind, though. We had a pretty good turnout I think, at 69 entries. Not bad The Hutch Naval Air Base control tower in the wee hours considering it as a bit of a drive out there, but an easy one. I think the of the morning. Photo by Kevin Anderson. first heat drivers got a bit of a surprise at how slick the surface was, as one car ended up just getting 4 tires into the field. There were quite a few sideways cars and a few spins, while everyone adjusted to the grip (or lack thereof) level. I don't think it took too long before the times started dropping. Marcus Hidvegi was running in the 53's in Brian Meyer's brand new Subie, with Chris Rigsby in his Honda and Dennis Smith in his Mustang not too far behind. Heat 2 saw times drop way down, with Dave Green leading the full-bodied cars with a very quick run in the 48's, actually beating Ryan Heller's F125 cart, but unable to catch Nick Deneault in the WSU FSAE car, with a mid-46 second run. Heat 3 saw times obliterated by Rick Knapp's 42 sec run in his F125 cart, which was fast enough for FTD and PAX times. Heat 4 had Jim Harrison in his Corvette just squeak by Dave Green's Corvette by.016 seconds for the best time for the real cars. I'd chalk the day up as a success, even though we got a later start than I hoped, and it turned into a very long day. In the end, I think all the effort is worth it for a site that will serve us well. And speaking of service, much thanks has to go out to Jim Harrison, Doug Lamoureaux, Brian Meyer, Dave Gird, Guy Roberts and Dave Geis for working on the site to clean it up beforehand. Without the effort of them, the site would have not been fit for competition. Also, I need to thank Jim Harrison and Dave Gird again for coming out the day before and helping to set up the course. Next time you see these folks, thank them for their hard work. Finally, thanks to all who came out to play, and to all who put in extra effort during the event (esp. Lu Geis for registration). It doesn't happen if we all don't pitch in. Thanks! Chris Rigsby waiting to start a run at the solo course in his '89 Honda Civic in STS. Photo by Kevin Anderson.

5 Event #2 Results April 6th, 2008 at Sunflower Aerodrome Super Stock ' - Entries : 1 Trophie s: 1 49.556+1 40 Dave Green 2003 Chevy Corvette Z06 47.872+2 57.826+2 48.32 48.32 A Stock' - Entrie s: 11 Trophies : 4 2000 Honda S2000 51.296+1 55.529+dnf 50.94 50.795+2 50.94 56.597+1 56.541+1 55.49 55.49 59 Ken Neely 44 Bill Dayton 1994 Chevy Corvette 55.267+3 3Tm 33 Dave Buck 2005 Honda S2000 55.61 69.572+3 53.469+3 56.170+1 55.61 4Tm 5 1992 Chevy Corvette 58.33 57.583+dnf 55.293+1 61.4 57.29 5 69 Anthony Kelley 2002 Mercedes SLK32 AMG 61.6 60.79 58.25 57.39 57.39 6m 1 2005 Subaru STi 60.75 58.05 57.988+1 57.222+1 58.05 7 70 Matt Brew ster 2006 Honda S2000 62.74 68.13 59.12 59.147+dnf 59.12 8m 2 1990 Chevy Corvette 81.65 71.37 68.12 58.503+1 9 50 John Mace 2002 Mercedes SLK32 AMG 63.82 74.001+1 78.61 64.03 63.82 10 m 12 Glen Alvis 1985 Chevy Corvette 66.53 68.397+1 67.3 64.82 64.82 1990 Chevrolet Corvette 74.37 71.95 70.65 70.08 70.08 60.18 58.89 11 m Elliott Alvis Jacob Alefs Russell Lemon 45 Travis Lemon B Stock ' - Entries : 2 Trophie s: 1 65 Robert Mossberg 1995 Mazda Miata 62.33 63.76 2 49 Jeremy Lee 2003 Nissan 350Z 63.06 82.83 C Stock' - Entrie s: 1 Trophies : 1 64.010+dnf 17 Ben Engle 2003 Mazda Miata 60.5 58.89 63.06 79.12 71.78 63.72 63.72 D Stock ' - Entries : 3 Trophie s: 1 22 Bryan Jones 2005 Chrysler Crossfire 55.79 60.522+dnf 58.854+2 59.557+1 55.79 14 Kyle Auchterlonie 1996 BMW 328is 59.2 56.11 55.789+1 54.624+1 56.11 43 Joon-Fui Ho 2003 Lexus IS300 109.02 58.741+1 57.000+2 56.170+1 58.17 E Stock' - Entrie s: 2 Trophies : 1 37 Thomas Bontrager 1980 Alfa Romeo Spider 61.93 59.48 59.41 58.25 58.25 15 Bruce Bettinger 1996 Mazda Miata 69.9 63.51 62.99 94.34 62.99 F Stock' - Entrie s: 3 Trophies : 1 35 Jim Pernice 1987 Chevy Z-28 55.990+1 57.549+3 59.739+3 53.059+1 71 Shaw n Huf fman 2005 Pontiac GTO 65.49 74.657+dnf 63.4 64.096+1 55.06 63.4 G Stock' - Entrie s: 4 Trophies : 2 36 Tom Dupler 2002 Mini Cooper S 53.652+1 52.91 52.111+2 55.631+4 52.91 39 Russell Blume 1991 BMW 318is 54.01 53.535+1 53.202+1 52.222+2 54.01 62 Jason Rushford 2006 Mini Cooper S 55.28 72.421+3 53.803+3 54.2 54.2 4m 54 Jim Schoonover 2002 Ford Focus SVT 59.88 71.260+dnf 59.01 58.25 58.25 H Stock ' - Entries : 2 Trophie s: 1 2002 Mazda P5 54.73 54.141+1 54.194+2 53.715+1 54.73 2000 Ford Escort 60.128+1 66.928+1 57.89 65.93 57.89 27 Jason Rogers 6 Greg Frechette B Stre et Prepare d' - Entrie s: 2 Trophies : 1 72 Jim Harrison 1972 Chevy Corvette 48.491+2 49.251+dnf 47.520+3 48.3 31 Douglas Lamoureaux 2004 Subaru STi 51.229+3 65.281+dnf 51.02 50.095+6 C Stree t Pre pared' - Entries : 2 Trophie s: 1 30 Mike Herrick 1985 Honda CRX 52.557+2 49.557+1 50.126+1 48.871+1 7 1972 Datsun 240Z 79.917+2 59.554+3 59.5 65.62 Jeff Grisw old E Stree t Pre pared' - Entries : 1 Trophie s: 1 69.09 66 Greg McGehee 1986 Chevy Camaro E Prepare d' - Entrie s: 1 Trophies : 1 56.18 23 Matt Miller 1991 Nissan POS13 48.3 51.02 50.87 59.5 60.65 59.96 58.42 58.42 55.098+3 56.370+1 53.858+1 55.86

6 The Witches' Wail (Cont'd) Event #2 Results April 6th, 2008 at Sunflower Aerodrome E M odified' - Entries : 5 Trophie s: 2 61 Scott Elliott 2003 Stalker V6 52.54 52.63 51.55 49.98 49.98 51 Roger Ridlon 1967 Lotus 7 Birkin 56.969+1 77.88 55.241+1 54.4 54.4 19 Judd Elliott 2003 Stalker V6 61.38 60.591+dnf 56.89 56.4 4m 20 Kevin Grisw old 1970 Datsun 240Z 61.06 60.9 54.735+1 69.016+4 56.74 5m 10 Doug Grisw old 1970 Datsun 240Z 70.66 58.765+1 59.29 59.86 59.29 56.4 Form ula SAE' - Entries : 2 Trophie s: 1 26 Nick Deneault 2007 Formula SAE 57.837+1 50.68 48.76 46.88 46.88 24 Chad Kirby 2005 Formula SAE 63.81 60.15 64.74 50.81 50.81 Stre et Touring (Tire )' - Entries : 5 Trophie s: 2 60 Paul Sherman 1995 Dodge Neon 50.793+1 50.676+2 50.765+2 52.070+1 52.79 63 Dave Gird 1995 Dodge Neon 53.718+1 52.658+1 55.853+2 51.310+1 53.31 18 Chris Rigsby 1989 Honda Civic SI 54.83 53.721+2 53.303+1 52.240+2 54.83 4 74 Casey Pattinson 1992 Honda Civic 79.449+1 76.21 62.01 58.23 58.23 5m 68 Azim Yazdani 1993 Nissan 240SX 61.650+1 61.182+2 61.17 60.02 60.02 78.52 65.48 63.781+1 Stre et Touring 2 (Tire)' - Entrie s: 1 Trophies : 1 61.485+dnf 11 Robert Harvey 1995 Mazda Miata 65.48 Stre et Touring U' - Entrie s: 3 Trophies : 1 42 Brian Meyer 2008 Subaru STi 52.17 51.16 51.939+2 51.724+1 51.16 4 Marcus Hidvegi 2008 Subaru STi 55.2 54.75 53.51 53.051+1 53.51 76 Barbara Travis 2007 Mazda RX8 64.82 59.95 58.69 57.9 57.9 Stre et Touring Unlim ited' - Entries : 4 Trophie s: 2 21 Hal Larcher 2004 Honda S2000 55.33 56.39 57.718+1 57.75 55.33 9 1994 Chevrolet Corvette 55.81 58.79 54.827+1 72.2 55.81 25 Dave Geis 2007 Chevy Corvette 54.673+2 57.071+1 57.39 57.247+1 57.39 4m 52 Lu Geis 2007 Chevy Corvette 58.74 60.02 59.06 57.333+2 58.74 Guy Roberts Stre et M odified' - Entries : 6 Trophie s: 2 41 Robert Clapp 1981 Chevy Camaro Z-28 54.2 54.72 54.9 53.64 53.64 67 Eric Wong Jin-Sun 1997 Honda Civic 58.25 65.062+3 56.517+1 54.65 54.65 57 Kevin Low 1992 Honda Civic 55.57 65.320+dnf 80.631+dnf 54.580+2 55.57 57.81 57.19 56.66 56.66 60.34 4m 29 Noell Johnson 1995 Mistubishi Eclipse GS-T 62.42 5m 16 Matthew Farenbaugh 1967 Ford Mustang 64.28 62.78 60.34 59.387+1 6m 38 Edw ard Van 1965 Ford Mustang 66.46 66.19 63.55 63.3 Stre et M odified II' - Entrie s: 1 Trophies : 1 58.11 47 Terrence Seet 1993 Toyota MR2 63.3 56.33 56.182+dnf 54.28 54.28 F125 Shifte r Kart' - Entries : 2 Trophie s: 1 53 Rick Knapp 1999 CRG Kalifornia 70.213+1 43.16 42.97 50.900+dnf 42.97 32 Ryan Heller 2005 Margay Brava 65.49 46.832+1 47.028+dnf 46.984+2 48.83 45.41 44.48 58.048+2 Fun Run' - Entrie s: 1 Trophies : 1 46.75 48 Nick Deneault 2008 WSU FSAE 44.48 Stre et Ope n' - Entrie s: 4 Trophies : 2 28 Kevin Anderson 1991 Mazda Miata 59.699+1 53.39 61.162+2 70.77 53.39 46 Nancy Smith 1995 Ford Mustang GT 54.75 54.327+1 55.208+2 53.43 53.43 3 1995 Ford Mustang GT 57.09 55.54 64.9 54.41 54.41 4m 64 Jeff Garrelts 1987 Nissan 300ZX 61.65 59.061+2 57.475+1 57.65 57.65 Dennis Smith

7 (Cont'd) Event #2 Results April 6th, 2008 at Sunflower Aerodrome Top Of Day Tim e Class # Driver Raw tim e 42.97 f125 53 Rick Knapp Stock 48.32 ss 40 Dave Green Street Prepared 48.3 bsp 72 Jim Harrison Prepared 55.86 ep 23 Matt Miller Modified 49.98 em 61 Scott Elliott Formula 46.88 fsae 26 Nick Deneault Touring 51.16 stu 42 Brian Meyer Street Modified 53.64 sm 41 Robert Clapp Dave Geis piloting a street sweeper on the runway at Sunflower Aerodrome. Jim Harrison also drove a shift. The runway surface was a little loose at first but did improve tremendously as a path was cleared and the weather warmed. Photo by Jim Harrison. New member Chad Kirby on grid at the Aerodrome in his 2005 FSAE car from alma mater SDSM&T (South Dakota School of Mining & Technology). Photo by Kevin Anderson.

8 The Witches' Wail MiDiv Series News by Jason Rogers The first SPS & R&S Racing MiDiv Series event of the year was held in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium on the weekend of April 19th. Competitors were greeted with light drizzle and low temperatures on Saturday morning. Luckily it was also extremely windy and the course was almost completely dry by the time the event started. David Avard from Kansas region designed a long rolling course to use as much as possible of the 22 acres of asphalt available. Several Wichita members placed well at the event. Not surprisingly, Dave Green won the Super Stock class and had the fastest time in a passenger car. He bested an entire field of Stock, Street Prepared, and Prepared cars and was just 2 seconds behind the first place B-Modified (Formula Continental) open-wheeled racecar! That's what happens when fast drivers drive fast cars. Jim French finished 3rd in A-Stock in his '89 Corvette right behind Mark Hill in his S2000 in a very deep class. Your humble author got DFL in H-Stock while on street tires that did not grip well in the cold. However the lovely and talented Annie Rogers pulled off a class win in HStock Ladies in the same vehicle in a more shallow class. Art Martinez and Amo Carrasco brought their ex-trans Am road racer, an '82 Pontiac Trans Am, to the event and had great difficulty meeting the 95dB sound requirements for the site. A creative fix (was it a bunch of steel wool stuffed in the outlet?) allowed them to continue competing. Art managed to run faster times than Amo but both lost to class winner Dick Berger. G-Prepared featured the familiar battle between the Dodds and Bo Rader with Rader taking Got flares? Art & Amo roaring across Arrowhead Lot L in KC. the victory by 5 tenths. Paul Sherman took the trophy Photo courtesy of David Cosseboom from gotcone.com. in Street Touring Sport by just a tenth of a second (viva la Peon!), barely beating Dave Avard. Brian Meyer fought the good fight in Street Touring Ultra but his stone stock 2008 Subaru STi could not overcome the deep field of well-prepared Mitsubishi Evos and he finished mid-pack. Brian will avenge this loss once aftermarket shocks and anti-roll bars are available for the brand new Subaru chassis. Last but not least, Jim Harrison took a class win in B-Street Prepared in his classic '71 Corvette, easily besting another pack of Mitsubishi Evo's. We're coming up on Event #2 which will be hosted by your Wichita region in Salina the weekend of June 21st. Brian Meyer has graciously volunteered to run the event once more. If you're interested in volunteering contact Brian at bjm@gearz.org or (316) 773-1714.

9 A Letter from Duck Waddle March 31st, 2008 Just think (don't over do it); just 20 years ago in 1988 I wrote a 'thank you' letter to the Wail for the special attention I received from the after hours corner crew when I broke my leg at Road Yoder. Now just 20 years later I have another wonderful opportunity to say 'thank you' again. This time it is to the entire Wichita region for you thoughtfulness in presenting me with the truly outstanding wrist watch for my 50th year of SCCA membership. I stayed this long because of folks like each of you. Thank for being you. Sincerely, thank you all, Duck Waddle Have you heard about the MiDiv Recruitment & Retention Program? It s simple! We want to recruit and retain more workers for our club races. What does that mean to our current workers? We are going to give you FREE clothing for working as a thank you. We want you to wear that FREE clothing and show it to others so we can recruit and retain more workers for our club races! Where can you get more details and see the clothing you can get? At www.midiv.org. For more info contact Janice Rick at janice@wcsllc.net or (636) 225-3236

10 The Witches' Wail Board of Directors Minutes (Unapproved) April 9th, 2008 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: RE Keith Pfautz, Charlene SOLO (cont'd): The next Event will be held at Strother Field. Bettinger, Dave Geis, Brian Meyer, Guy Roberts, Kevin Anderson, Kevin Anderson is the event chair. Brian Meyer reported on the Andy Timmons, and Jason Rogers status of the Mid-Div Event to be held in Salina on June 21 and 22, 2008. The East Crawford Recreation Area will be cleared BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Dave Gird and available for use. The co-chair position is still vacant and a MEMBERS PRESENT: Steve Roepken, John Houston, Lou Geis, volunteer is needed. There is an on-going discussion on Street Tire Classes for the event. Nick Deneault, and Warren Meyer GUESTS PRESENT: Ben Martin (WSU FSAE Team Member) MERCHANDISE: Steve Roepken reported there have been some recent sales of merchandise. Meeting was called to order by RE Keith Pfautz at BG Bolton s at STREET SURVIVAL: Steve Roepken reported the Street Survival 7:10 PM. Program is still a work in progress. He has been in contact with SECRETARY REPORT: Board Minutes for the March 12th, 2008, Nick Mendoza of the Wichita Fire Department who stated the meeting were read. Motion to approve the minutes was made by Department has an interest in providing support for the program. Dave Geis, seconded by Jason Rogers, and passed by The Wichita Technical Institute Truck Driving School location has unanimous vote. been recommended as a possible site for conducting the Street WEBSITE: Guy Roberts reported the website has been updated Survival training. The Derby High School parking lot is also a possible location. If the Street Survival Program becomes a to provide a Link to the April Issue of the Wail. recurring event the Wichita Region SCCA will have to designate WAIL: Jason Rogers reported the electronic version of the April an event chair. Issue of the Wail is available on the Region s website and the NEW BUSINESS: Guy Roberts reported several of the two-way hardcopy is at the printers. radios used for Events are need of repair or replacement and MEMBERSHIP: Charlene Bettinger reported we currently have some additional radios are needed. A motion to purchase 3 new 242 members. Fourteen new members were signed up during the radios and repair the old radios as needed was made by Dave Geis and seconded by Kevin Anderson. After further discussion Sunflower Aerodrome event on April 6. the motion was approved unanimously. ACTIVITIES: Nothing new to report. OLD BUSINESS: Guy Roberts requested clarification of the three AVRG: RE Keith Pfautz reminded everyone of the races at Hallett free entries per Event granted to WSU FASE drivers at the on the weekend of April 12 and 13. Charlene Bettinger reported February 13, 2008, Board Meeting. After discussion it was determined: (1) the free entries did not apply to any Events there were 115 entries as of 11:00 AM, April 9. held at Hawker Beechcraft because the car was not operated at RALLY: There was no rally activity to report. The Road Dog Rally those events; (2) the free entries did not apply to an experienced WSU FASE driver who chose to drive a vehicle other than the has been written but an event date has not been selected. WSU Formula car in a Event when it was available for the TREASURER: John Houston presented the financial report. event; (3) First-time WSU FASE drivers with no prior Event Motion to approve the financial report was made by Charlene driving experience could be granted free entries to drive a vehicle Bettinger, seconded by Dave Geis, and passed unanimously. RE other than the WSU Formula car even if it was available: and (4) Keith Pfautz reported the Annual Audit of the Financial Records the Event Registrar has discretionary authority to was completed on April 2, 2008 by Guy Roberts, Steve Roepken, allow/disallow free entry in those situations where application for a and himself. John Houston reported two Debit cards had been free entry is questioned or challenged. RE Keith Pfautz presented obtained for club use. One debit card was issued to Charlene Nick Deneault with a $500 check to fund sponsorship of the WSU Bettinger and one debit card was retained for his use as needed. th The use of Debit Cards had been previously approved during the FSAE program as approved in the February 13, 2008, Board Meeting. Nick Deneault reported on the progress and current February 13th, 2008, Board Meeting. status of the WSU FSAE program. The car was second fastest SOLO: Guy Roberts reported the Event held at Sunflower during the Saturday, March 29th Salina Test and Tune Session in Aerodrome on April 6 went well. There was a lot of room for the preparation for the, March 30th Salina FSAE Challenge 4, course layout. The off-course surface was loose but it will clean however the drive chain broke and the car was not able to up with additional use and time. The Port-a- Potty can be left in compete in the event. The car will be dyno tested place for the season at Sunflower Aerodrome. This will reduce the sometime within the next two to three weeks. Jason Rogers cost by eliminating the pick-up and drop-off fee for each event. requested a written report of the progress and status of the WSU There will be a monthly servicing fee but it is still a cost savings. FSAE program be provided to him for publication in the Wail. There will be four more Events held at Sunflower Aerodrome this year. Dave Geis reported he received an inquiry from Nick ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn was made by Dave Geis, Mendoza about operating a grill at the Events to sell food seconded by Charlene Bettinger, and approved by unanimous and drinks to participants and spectators. A motion to approve vote. Nick Mendoza s request to operate a grill and sell food and drinks at Events was made by Charlene Bettinger, seconded by Guy Roberts and approved unanimously.

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