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Updated: December 21, 2008
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STAEBLER'S QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? CLICK here WANNA RACE? Have you seen one of our posters around town or stopped by an event and are interested in participating? It's easy! All you need is a valid driver's license and a car that will pass tech inspection. For a tech inspection checklist, click here. For everything you wanted to know about autocrossing (and then some) click here. If you still have questions, send an e-mail to a board member on our Contacts page or ask an official at an event. You can be out there having fun before you know it! YELLOWSTONE REGION AT RIMROCK AUTO GROUP Four cars representing the Region
participated in the annual Rimrock Auto Group Car Show on Father's Day
weekend. Also joining us was the beautiful Cobra that Scott Cranston
assembled for a client over the winter. The Cobra attracted many
attendees to the Region's information table and we answered many questions
and passed out quite a few event schedules. In addition to checking
out all the hot cars, another entertaining aspect of the event was "people
watching." There was a wide array of people with an even wider array of
clothing choices. The winner for worst dressed was the the man with the
capri pants and the fanny pack. (Nice job, dude!) Chris Brewer's car also
attracted many people--maybe it's because it's just so cute! (Sorry,
Chris!) Dwight Gilliland's Avenger was also very popular. Dwight won
2nd place in the "Best Competition Car" category. Congratulations Dwight!
Overall, it was a very successful car show, and it was a good way to get our
name out. (A number of people we met at the show came out to watch the
event at GM Petroleum.) I can't wait until next year, and maybe we'll have
a bigger SCCA section and give the Mopar guys a run for their money. (7/08) NEED RULES?
SCCA SOLO rulebooks, SOLO categories,
stock categories by make and street touring category classifications by
make are available for free online in a PDF format at the
following
link. (4/07) |
JANUARY MEMBERSHIP MEETING Main topic(s): SSS (come to the meeting and find out what that means.)
SOLO AT GM PETROLEUM (By the Newsletter Editor's good-looking brother, James Reuss) Break out your hankies, everyone...the
final 2008 Yellowstone SCCA event has come and gone. On the plus side,
it couldn't have come on a better day. Sunday the 21st dawned cool and
fair, and was predicted to warm as the day wore on. It's the perfect
kind of day if you have to spend it the way we club members do--either
belted in tight inside a car, wearing a thick-padded helmet, or manning
a courseworker position out on the asphalt. The last race went down at
the newest SCCA venue: GM Petroleum. Despite some speculation about
whether or not the grease spots and patchy sand would affect driver
safety (the place caters almost exclusively to big rigs, after all), the
lot is an excellent venue and everyone should keep their fingers crossed
that it'll be available for next year. Food Services of America (FSA) |
NEW AUTOCROSS SET-UP TIPS PAGE
BEING STARTED CLICK HERE FOR THE DECEMBER NEWSLETTER REGION 108 TO IMPLEMENT PAX/RTP SCORING PAX is a method of handicapping cars. It's also known as RTP (Racers Theoretical Performance). Cars are assigned handicaps based on their make/model/year and level of modification. These handicaps are based on actual performance of cars that have run in SCCA National events, and are determined by the national PAX administrator. They are used to judge performances at the national level, and are accepted by all competition entrants. The most modified car is "A Modified", which gets a score of 1.00, so it's time would not be adjusted at all. Everything else gets multiplied by a figure that you could call a PAX handicap. PAX values are adjusted yearly. Click here for the most current PAX factors. LONG-TIME SECRETARY/TREASURER OF REGION RESIGNS Long-time member and Secretary/Treasurer for the Region, Mark Richlen, resigned his post on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
We would like to thank Mark for his tireless and often thankless work for the Region over many years and hope we will see him at future events. Although Mark will never be replaced, nominations for his office are being accepted and will be considered at the next monthly meeting. HELMETS Do you dread that part of tech inspection when the safety steward looks inside your helmet for the Snell sticker? You may also want to check out page 32 of the 2008 SCCA National Solo Rules (Rule 4.3.1) which mandates that helmets must meet the current or two immediately preceding Snell Foundation standards. Snell updates their standard every 5 years, so the current standard is 2005. It would appear that your helmet is legal if you have a 2005 sticker (current), 2000 or 1995. In 2010, the 1995 stickered helmet will no longer be legal. |