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SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from November 15, 2005 Meeting

 Present:            16 members

 BUSINESS:

 1)         Minutes from October 18, 2005 were approved.

 2)         Treasurer’s Report.  Art stated that after all but two or three small expenses were paid, the Region has approximately $4,000 in the bank for October.

 Committee Reports:

 3)         Track Trials:  Bill Perry stated that the Region lost less than expected; $1077 for the Nashville Superspeedway event as opposed to the $1500 estimate previously thought.  The event was a spectacular success; the track was pleased, and the event was the talk of the next event at Savannah.  Next year’s proposed date is October 14-15, 2006, with the following weekend currently being open on the track calendar.  The Region will need to submit a $1,000 deposit in the near future. 

 Bill said there needs to be another Organizer (maybe Carl Blevins?) chosen for the event as he has taken on the job of Steward for the Pro IT Series. 

 The fund raiser topped out at $740 for T.C. Thompson’s Children’s Hospital.  Jamie Hamilton is currently purchasing toys for the hospital and will notify the Region when delivery will take place.  The suggestion of “race cars” delivering the toys for a photo op was made.  When plans for delivery are known, more details will be firmed up.

 4)         Solo II Site Search:  No updates.

 5)         RallyCross:  At first look, it seems all December weekends are taken with events, but David Brooks will look at the schedule again and let us know.

 6)         Road Rally:  No update.

 7)         Road Racing:  Our Region was well represented at the ARRC held on Nov. 11-13 at Road Atlanta.  Chuck Fullgraf wrote a great race report – check it out under Road Race!  It sounds like Bill Perry had his hands full with WORK during the event, while Gail Perry, Jamie Hamilton, Ruth Cartlidge, and Teresa Silegren were support, crew, and cheering section.

            Carl Blevins (ITC) 9th in class
            Chuck Fullgraf (ITC) 10th in class
            Michael Hartberger ((SM) Pro IT – 11th in class, ARRC – 35th place
            Will Perry (ITC) 4th in class
            Vesa Silegren (ITC) 2nd
            Art Thompson (ITC) 11th in class

8)         Old Business:  None.

9)         New Business: 

  • Board Officers.  The nominees were voted in for the 2006 year with Dave Hester moving to accept the following list and Bill Perry seconding the motion.  The selections unanimously passed..:

 Region Executive:         Gerald Street
Assistant RE:                Art Thompson
Secretary:                     Linda Hester
Treasurer:                     Art Thompson
Other BoD:                  Bill Perry
Other BoD:                  Efren Ormaza
Other BoD:                  Dave Hester
Other BoD:                  Chuck Fullgraf
Activities Director:        Joshua Morgan

Appointed by Board:

Membership Chair:       Gail Perry
Chief Registrar:             Gail Perry
Editor:                          Ruth Cartlidge
Web Master:                Carl Blevins
Competition Chair:       Will Perry
Solo Chair:                   Heyward Wagner
Rally Chair:                   None
Region Office:              Gerald Street
RallyCross Chair:       David Brooks*

Jennifer Dobler asked if Heyward Wagner and Joshua Morgan had been contacted to see if they wanted to continue in their positions.  Gerald Street will contact them to verify.  It was also noted if one wished to be removed from their appointed position, it was the individual’s responsibility to contact the Board and request to be withdrawn.

  • Annual Christmas Party / Banquet:  Efren Ormaza checked into locations for our annual Christmas Party / Awards Banquet and provided a listing of rooms available at the Chattanooga Theatre Center.  Gerald Street and Efren will review and determine which will suit our purposes.  Efren was asked to cater the event and will provide details soon.  The Party / Banquet will be held January 7, 2006 at 6 PM.  Further details, i.e., costs, food, etc. will be sent out as soon as available.
     

  • Nominations for awards.  Linda Hester will send out an email to all Board Members asking for nominations for Worker of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Member of the Year.  Deadline for nominations will be December 7th at which time the Board will vote on the nominees.

9)         Date and location of next two meetings:  January 7th, 2006 – Chattanooga Theatre Center; and February 21, 2006 at Komatsu.

Submitted by:
Linda Hester, Secretary

* inadvertently omitted from the original minutes

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from October 18, 2005 Meeting

Present: 16 members

Meeting at Sir Goony'sBUSINESS:

1) Minutes from September 13, 2005 were approved.

Committee Reports:

2) Track Trials: Bill Perry said WE NEED 7 WORKERS! Anthony will try to recruit workers from the VW Club; we have three Safety Stewards, with Steve Tompkins acting as Chief Steward, and as of last night we have 38 paid entrants.

Bill also said the track rejected our standard insurance policy, but that Risk Management will straighten it out this week, and the transponders (55) are currently in Louisville, KY and should be here shortly.

3) Solo II Site Search: Gerald Street has been in contact with Jimmy Jones of Chattanooga State. Jimmy runs the Motorsports Club that has begun and wants to work with the Chattanooga Region in setting up autocrosses (2 per year now), and have the club be an integral part of the Motorsports Club.

4) RallyCross: David Brooks was not in attendance, but Bill said the rally was great with 18 entries. There will probably be a Ho-Ho RallyCross, but no date has been set yet. (Great photos on the website!)

5) Road Rally: No update.

6) Road Racing: Art Thompson said that we were represented at the SIC held October 8-9, by Vesa Silegren (First Place!!!), Efren Ormaza (flywheel broke around the 15th lap knocking him out of his championship), Anthony Henderson (broke in qualifying), Rusty White (5th in class) and Michael Hartsberger (DNF’d).

The next events are at VIR, the 2006 SARC, 2005 Enduro, ECR, and 2005 Carolina Challenge on Oct. 29-30, and at Road Atlanta, the ARRC on Nov. 11-13.

7) Treasurer’s Report. Art Thompson passed out both August and September’s reports. September’s report does not reflect the $530 proceeds from the RallyCross or the unposted entry fees for the Time Trials next week. The deposit of over $6500 will be made after the race. Art has made a personal loan to the Club in the meantime to cover pre-event expenditures.

8) Old Business: None.

9) New Business:

• Board Officers. November is election time and the following have been either nominated (underlined) or asked to stay in position:

Region Executive:  Gerald Street
Assistant RE:  Art Thompson (replacing Mike Strawbridge who resigned)
Secretary:  Linda Hester
Treasurer:  Art Thompson
Other BoD:  Bill Perry
Other BoD:  Efren Ormaza (replacing John Barrett who resigned)
Other BoD:  Dave Hester
Other BoD:  Chuck Fullgraf
Membership Chair:  Gail Perry
Chief Registrar:  Gail Perry
Editor:  Ruth Cartlidge
Web Master:  Carl Blevins
Competition Chair:  Will Perry
Solo Chair:  Heyward Wagner
Rally Chair:  None (formerly Mike Strawbridge)
Region Office:  Gerald Street
Activities Director:  Joshua Morgan

• Annual Christmas Party / Banquet: Efren Ormaza is checking on locations for January’s banquet.

9) Date and location of next meeting: 7 PM Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at Terra Nostra.

Submitted by:

Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from September 13, 2005 Meeting

Present:            8 members

BUSINESS:

1)         Minutes from August 16, 2005 were approved..

2)         Treasurer’s Report.  Art Thompson was not able to attend the meeting, but did send an email saying “we’re financially solvent”.  Will Perry gave Gerald Street an envelope with both Nashville Super Speedway deposits and transponder rental deposits.  Gerald will give the envelope to Art. 

Committee Reports:

3)         Track Trials:  The Perrys are out of town, consequently, there is no update on the Nashville event.  At last known count, there are at least 16 entries for the event.

4)         RallyCross:  David Brooks was not in attendance.  The event apparently went well and enjoyed by all.  The club appears to have a long-term agreement with the landowners.

5)         Solo II Site Search:  No update. 

  • Scott Dobler gave a report on Jennifer’s re-entry into the Solo II competitive world.  She attended the Solo II driving school in Atlanta, and ran 1st in class.  Jennifer and Scott then attended the Nashville Divisionals where Jennifer gave Amy Wagner a good neck-and-neck run until Amy, in her final run, edged out Jennifer.  Congrats to both!  Scott took 7th and says he has to learn to run faster.

  • Scott gave an update on Nationals – Brian Flanagan and Cliff Rosenberg are running DSP, Heyward Wagner and Mitchel Wagner in STS; and Josh Morgan in STX.  We’ll find out the results at our next meeting or earlier if a report is put on the website.

  • Pro Solo – Brian and Cliff took 5th and 6th in class.

6)         Road Racing:  No update.

7)         Old Business:  None.

8)         New Business:   

  • Gerald Street said emails have been sent to all SCCA chapters and divisions regarding donating to the Red Cross.  The amounts in surrounding areas seem to be $500 or $1,000 per chapter.  It was decided that Gerald would send a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ reply, as members have already been donating on their own and the club does not have any excess funds to contribute.

  • Scott Dobler suggested a club Social Day at Dyno4ance in Calhoun.  Scott said that for $85.00, they put his car on the dyno machine four times in 1 ½ hours, and put on a great show as well.  He will check into dates for the club and then see what kind of interest we can get for a social.

9)         Date and location of next meeting:  7 PM Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at Komatsu.  Location may be changed – will update the website and notify by email.

Submitted by:

Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from August 16, 2005 Meeting

Present: 15 members

BUSINESS:

1) A motion was made to approve the July Minutes. Bill Perry moved and David Brooks seconded. Motion carried.

2) Treasurer’s Report. Art Thompson provided a July Treasurer’s Report. He stated he had just received rally proceeds and time trials entries in the amount of $1,062 but they would be entered on September’s report as income for August.

Gail Perry stated she returned four novice permits which gave the Region a $280 credit from Topeka.

David Brooks moved and Gail Perry seconded that the July Treasurer’s Report be approved as given. Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

3) Track Trials: Bill Perry updated the group on Nashville’s Super Speedway event. The Region has received three entrants via website on its’ first day of accepting entries. The entry list will list who his/her own transponder and the 54 transponders the club has purchased are available on a first come/first serve basis.

Bill has posted on 16 regions forums and is planning on accessing 12 more with mailings in a 500-600 mile radius.

4) RallyCross: David Brooks said the event was a rousing success (NO DUST and made a profit) with 19 entrants from as far away as Florida, Mississippi, Birmingham, Nashville and Atlanta. We had 3 new attendees from Chattanooga.

There is a strong push to put together programs in Florida and Atlanta, among others and David said at the Mid-Year SEDIV meeting there was discussion regarding the RallyCross program and its requirements. He said the number of classes will be lessened, the program simplified, and there will be a divisional championship.

David said the next event will be early November and probably will be called “Cindy’s Fall Frolic.”

5) Solo II Site Search: Bill Perry has spoken with Jim Kennedy of Kenco and might have some headway with Southern Railway. He is also trying to get the Winn Dixie property for a fundraiser event for Sequoyah High School. Also the Region will be extending an invitation to Chattanooga State’s Motorsports program to participate in the events.

6) Road Racing: Art Thompson gave the following:

The SARRC / ECR / Pro-IT was held at Road Atlanta July 23 and 24th and the Region was represented by the following:

Chuck Fullgraf
Anthony Henderson
Dave and Linda Hester
Efren Ormaza
Will Perry
Vesa and Theresa Silegren
Rusty White
Bill Perry – SOM

Three drivers from our region placed – Dave Hester, Efren Ormaza and Vesa Silegren while there was a busy weekend for everyone. Check out the website for the report.

Atlanta Motor Speedway – Double SARRC / Pro IT on September 3-5, 2005 with Anthony Henderson, Dave Hester and Efren Ormaza attending.

Grand Am Race – Memo placed second.

8) Old Business: None.

9) New Business: None.

10) Date and location of next meeting: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at Komatsu at 7 PM.

Submitted by:

Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from July 19, 2005 Meeting

 Present:            16 members and visitors.

 BUSINESS:

 1)         June Minutes were approved as presented.

 2)         Treasurer’s Report.  Art Thompson provided a June Treasurer’s Report.  He stated the Region made some money in June.  Also the Rally X Sanc & Ins cost of $268.00 was for two months of fees.

 Committee Reports:

 3)         Track Trials:  Bill Perry indicated plans are proceeding well with the event and we still need workers.  The Perrys were at the Indy race in Nashville last weekend and took photos of Danica Patrick’s car in the garage paddock.  Bill thought there might be some fund-raising value as well as interest peaked from this.  After discussion, it was agreed there would be a silent auction on the website with the winner pitting his car in the Danica spot and proceeds going to T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital.

             Heyward Wagner will contact Nashville Region for potential workers for the event. 

             After discussion, it was decided to add the October event to the 2006 calendar now.

             There will be an Aug. 6-7 Kershaw Time Trials event for the Central Carolina Region if anyone is interested.

 4)         RallyCross:  David Brooks was not at the meeting.  Gerald Street said the date of the event is changed to SUNDAY, August 14 at the owner’s request as he wants to cook for the racers.  He has already offered the use of his house for restroom purposes and the grill on his back porch.  His house is for sale and a sale is pending.

 5)         Solo II Site Search: 

             Scott Dobler has strong contact with the Walker County Chamber of Commerce’s President and so if we find a location in Walker County, we should have no difficulty in getting the site.

             Gerald is contacting Dan Coulter, the property manager of the America’s Thrift Store’s Lessor.  He spoke with the manager of the American Thrift Store – the store is closed on Sundays and the manager is all for the region to use the site for the Solo program.

             Gerald is still trying to contact Bobby Chazen, one of the owners of the Old Wheland Foundry property.

 6)         Road Rally:  It was decided to take the following off the schedule: 

September 17, 2005

RoadRally

Divisional Road Rally - Chattanooga

Dalton, GA

 7)         Road Racing:  Art Thompson gave the following:

             Roebling Road Double Regional was held July 9 and 10 with 10 racers plus various others from our Region.  We were represented by the following:

            Dwight Floyd – SPU – blew head gasket during Saturday’s practice/qualifying
            Chuck Fullgraf – ITC Honda Civic
            Michael Hartberger – SM
            Anthony and Misty Henderson – FV Caracal
            Dave and Linda Hester – AS Mustang
            John Leigh – SPU
            Efren Ormaza – GP Suzuki Swift with David & Stan his crew – lost a cylinder during
                       Sunday’s race and still placed
            Will Perry – ITC Honda Crx with Jamie Hamilton and Gail Perry as crew
            Vesa and Theresa Silegren – ITC Honda Crx
            Rusty White – SPO Mazda Rx-7 Turbo
            Art & Ruthie – Crew for all
            Charlton Wiggins – Crew for all
            Bill Perry – SOM

             Road Atlanta SARRC / ECR / Pro-IT will be held July 23-24 with the Region being represented as follows:

             Chuck Fullgraf
            Anthony Henderson
            Dave and Linda Hester
            Efren Ormaza
            Will Perry
            Vesa and Theresa Silegren
            Rusty White
            Bill Perry – SOM 

There will be three events August 6 and 7, 2005: 

Daytona International Speedway’s Double SARRC
            VIR Oak Tree Nationals
            CMP Time Trials

             Carolina Motorsports Park will hold a Double SARRC on August 13 and 14, 2005

             Atlanta Motor Speedway – Double SARRC / Pro IT on September 3-5, 2005

 8)         Old Business:  None.

9)         New Business:

·        Gerald Street suggested a $5.00 refundable deposit paid by each racer at the Solo events.  If the racer stayed to help clean up, the $ would be refunded.  After discussion, we were reminded that Travis Fitzgerald had a system set up for workers to be assigned cleanup as their worker assignments, as well as the Doblers would hold trophy presentations until cleanup was complete.  This tended to get people to help.

·        David Brooks will be presenting the Divisional RallyCross Report at the Mid-Year SEDIV meeting on July 30th..

 10)       Date and location of next meeting:  Tuesday, August 16, 2005 beginning at 6:00 PM at Ron’s Pig Out in Soddy Daisy.  Directions will be posted on the website.

Submitted by: 

Linda Hester
Secretary

  

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from June 7, 2005 Meeting

Present:            23 members and visitors.

BUSINESS:

1)         May Minutes were approved as presented.

2)         Treasurer’s Report.  Art Thompson provided a May’s Treasurer’s Report.  He stated there was a typo on Income IRS #1 Dues Line ‘Membership from SCCA’ which reads $63.50 and instead should read $62.50. 

Committee Reports:

3)         Track Trials:  Bill Perry said Clyde Bales has agreed to do Timing & Scoring for our event (and turned down Nascar)!  (Clyde is Chief of Timing & Scoring for the Runoffs as well as being the recipient of the National Worker of the Year Award.)  We still need helpers, but Jamie Hamilton and Brianna Dobler were volunteered as was Scott Dobler for announcer.  We still need three for start/finish.

             Bill will be purchasing the transponder holders for $192.00.

4)         RallyCross:  No report as David Brooks was not at the meeting. Mike Strawbridge said he would take his tractor out prior to the event (June 18) and grade, leave the tractor and then grade it again after the event.

5)         Solo II Site Search: 

             Update on Lafayette High School:  Gerald Street said the insurer was okay with the event, but spoke with the principal who vetoed due to the ‘new’ surfacing & lines.

             The K-Mart lot in Lafayette may be an option – Gerald will follow-up.

6)         Road Rally:  Mike Strawbridge said he and Janice attended the STPR in Wellsboro PA as Event Steward and Steward in Training.  They worked with Pat & Denise McMohn in the Rally America event.  The most exciting part of the rally was the Subaru Splash stage which ends with a water crossing with the timing line halfway across the river.  This was the 29th running of STPR and the town of Wellsboro continues to give the rally great support.

7)         Road Racing:  Art Thompson gave the following:

Carolina Motorsports Park was on May 28-30 with Anthony Henderson and Efren Ormaza representing our region.  Anthony in his Caracal “C” FV was 6/6 on Saturday and 2/6 on Sunday.  Efren DNS – broken dist. drive in practice – but his one practice lap “it was like a dream!”

Memphis Motorsports Park on May 28-29 with Carl Blevins representing CR in his Honda Crx ITC was 1st both days with Art Thompson & Ruthie Cartlidge his crew.

Road Atlanta National on June 4-5 had a good group from our region – Will Perry in his Van Diemen FF crashed in practice due to broken brake rotor and consequently, DNS; Chuck Fullgraf was his crew; Bill Perry - SOM; Gail Perry and Jamie Hamilton - Timing & Scoring, with Will in Tech.

The next event will be Roebling Road Double Regional July 9-10.  So far, the following will be attending:

            Chuck Fullgraf – ITC Honda Civic

            Anthony & Misty Henderson – FV Caracal

            Dave & Linda Hester – AS Mustang

            Will Perry – ITC Honda Crx

            Art Thompson & Ruthie Cartlidge – probably will F& C

            Efren Ormaza – GP Suzuki Swift

            and maybes:  Vesa Selgren, Michael Hartberger and Carl Blevins

In Pro, Dr. Osborn S/12, F/12 purse - $700 at Speed World Challenge Touring Car, Mid-hio on May 20.

Cleveland GP will be held June 26

8)         Old Business:  None.

9)         New Business:

a)         After discussion, it was decided the SCCA Meetings would now be held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month due to scheduling demands of members.

b)         Addressing security and vandalism concerns, Rivergate Racing is in the process of installing a fence around the property to help secure the club van and two trailers. 

Chuck Fullgraf motioned, and Dave Hester seconded as follows:  “Effective July 25th, the SCCA Chattanooga Region will pay a $25.00 a month storage fee to Rivergate Racing.”  The motion was unanimously approved.

10)       Date and location of next meeting:  Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at _____?_____ location is unknown at this time.  Gerald is trying to arrange a ‘karting meeting at one of the local tracks.  If that is not an option, we will have the meeting at Komatsu.  The website will have the location posted as soon as possible.

Submitted by:

Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from May 3, 2005 Meeting

Present:            19 members and visitors.

 BUSINESS:

 1)         March Minutes.  Steve Tompkins moved and Chuck Fullgraf seconded.  Motion carried and the April 5, 2005 Minutes were approved as presented.

 2)         Treasurer’s Report.  Art Thompson provided a rundown of April’s Treasurer’s Report.   Art mentioned there were a few items that happened too late in the month to enter on the report, but would be presented on May’s Treasurer’s Report.

 Committee Reports:

 3)         Time Trails:  Ruthie Cartlidge will be creating a two-sided flyer for distribution.  One side will promote the Track Trials at Nashville and the other, the Crow Mountain Hillclimb.  Members will take copies of the flyers to post at events and the flyers will be sent to the Midwest and SE Divisions to encourage participation.

             Steve Tompkins advised the decision has not been made on the location of the National Championship yet but Nashville is still in the running.

             The next events are a hillclimb on the 14-15th and a Skelly event on Memorial Day weekend.

 4)         RallyCross:  David Brooks said it was a great event – lots of muddy, wet (1 ½ inches of rain), cold fun.  There were 15 entrants and the event made $100.00. 

             Track Maintenance – David said the owner indicated he would grade the field, but Mike Strawbridge said he would take his tractor up and grade the yard.  The club will pay his gas, etc.

             The next event will be June 18 and is named “Newton’s Folly.”

 5)         Solo II Site Search: 

            Gerald Street is working with Oliver Heyer at Lafayette High School.  They will be going to the school board soon and are trying for a May event. 

            Old Wheland lot (Market St. truck lot) – Gerald will contact them.

            Chatt State – this has been on hold due to the Motorsports agenda and we should be getting an answer soon.. 

            Old Walmart on 153 – Hobby Lobby/Ashley Furniture end – both stores are closed on Sundays which leaves a large area which may be an option. 

            Computer Issue:  Carl is still working on putting together a good working computer from the four remnants. 

 6)         Road Rally:  Mike Strawbridge said there is a Tullahoma event on the 14th and Atlanta event on the 15th.  He’s not sure whether we will put on a September event due to lack of interest from our club members.

 7)         Road Racing:  Art Thompson gave the following:

             Roebling Road: - Buccaneer Region.  .Buccaneer finally posted Unofficial Results as there are a few issues still being finalized.

             Bill Perry was SOM; Gail Perry was Crew Chief; Efren drove his Suzuki with Stan and John as his crew.  Will Perry, Art Thompson, Ruthie Cartridge and Chuck Fullgraf all drove ITC.  Art said it was great as there were three of our Regions ITC drivers on the track at the same time.  Lots of great racing and fun, well, except for Bill Perry who is still dealing with protests and penalties from the event. 

             Will won both days, Chuck placed 5th, Art – 6th and Ruthie - 7th.  Efren placed 3rd on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday in G Production.

             Carl Blevins regional license has been approved.  Congratulations Carl!

             Upcoming events:  VIR – this weekend and Efren may go.  Memorial Day weekend has two events – Carolina Motor Park and Memphis.  Art and Ruthie will probably go to one or the other, Vesa Silegren is trying to get a car ready and Anthony is mulling Memphis.

 8)         Old Business:  None.

 9)         New Business:

             Gail Perry has been elected “Coordinator” to handle the club merchandise in the trailer.  Gerald Street will be writing a letter to Kansas authorizing Gail as Coordinator. 

 10)       Date and location of next meeting:  Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at _____?_____ location is unknown at this time.  Ruthie is contacting Efren to see if we can hold the meeting at Efren’s restaurant, “Terra Nostra” on Fraser Avenue.  If that is not an option, we will have the meeting at Komatsu.  The website will have the location posted as soon as possible.

Submitted by:

Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 


 Riding for St. Jude

The Chattanooga Region SCCA equipment was put to good use recently. The First United Methodist Church of Cleveland’s Child Development Center put on a trike-a-thon on April 5. The SCCA equipment was there along with Mike Strawbridge, riding safety instructor and SCCA member. The trike-a-thon battles two problems facing children – riding accidents and childhood cancer. Mike gave the children some instruction on riding safety and the children rode laps to collect money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Trike-a-thon for St. Jude

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from April 5, 2005 Meeting

Present: 13 members and visitors.

BUSINESS:

  1. March Minutes. Minutes were approved as presented.
     

  2. Treasurer’s Report. Art Thompson provided a rundown of the March Treasurer’s Report.

Committee Reports:

  1. Solo I: Bill Perry advised the contract was on the way for the Nashville Superspeedway event.

    The Region will be receiving 55 A&B transponders for $500 which we will rent for $20.00 each. There will be a $192 purchase for the brackets to hold the transponders. They will be sold after the event at $5.00 per holder.

    Steve Tomkins advised Bill Perry stated the Nationals Championships are between our Region and Summit Point. We don’t know when the decision will be finalized.

    Carl Blevins will be posting the Nashville Superspeedway event as well as the worker need list on the website shortly. We need 39 workers – most especially a transponder tech (Gerald-?). Carl will also be listing local hotels.
     

  2. Solo II Site Search:
    Hixson Jr. High – No.
    Volunteer South (Market St. truck lot) – still an option – Gerald will call.
    Chatt State – Linda Hester is aggressively working on this one.
    Lafayette High School is a possibility.
     

  3. RallyCross: David Brooks said we need a couple more entrants for the event. It is scheduled for April 30 at 9:30 Eastern time. Lots of fun to be had by all.

    In regard to the computer issue, Carl has about four computers to work from to create one or two working units.
     

  4. Road Rally: Mike Strawbridge didn’t attend the meeting so we didn’t have a report. Mike and Josh Aslinger placed 2nd in their class in the Cherokee Trails event while Randy Bailey placed 3rd in his class.
     

  5. Road Racing: Art Thompson gave the following:

    VIR – Michael Hartberger was the only member at VIR for the SARRC, placed 21st out of 32 and at the ECR, his engine let go but he still placed 27th out of 30.

    Little Talledega is the next event – April 16 & 17. Dave Hester will be driving with Linda and Matt Hester crewing.

    Roebling will be April 23 and 24, and then Kershaw for Memorial Day. Will Perry will drive his CRX (maybe, maybe not), Art & Ruthie Cartlidge, the Miata (maybe, maybe not), Dave the Mustang and Chuck Fullgraf, his Honda. Civic.
     

  6. Old Business:

    Computers: See Item 5 above.
    Van Repair: None at this time.
     

  7. New Business:
     

    1. Tullahoma Autocross is this weekend at Motlow College.
       

    2. Carl has requested the Region revises its points schedule slightly. He has requested removing references to Performance Rally and change Solo I to Time Trials. The motion made was non-specific, the specific motion is as follows:

      The motion is made to remove references to Performance Rally and change the name Solo I to Time Trials on the Chattanooga Region website.

      Gerald Street made the motion, Dave Hester seconded and the motion was unanimously passed.
       

  8. Date and location of next meeting: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at Komatsu.

Submitted by:
Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from March 1, 2005 Meeting

Present: 18 members and visitors.

BUSINESS:

1) February Minutes. Gerald Street moved the February Minutes be accepted, John Barrett seconded, and the Motion was approved.

2) Treasurer’s Report. Art Thompson provided a rundown of the February Treasurer’s Report. Gerald Street moved the Treasurer’s Report be accepted, Gail Perry seconded and the Motion was approved.

Committee Reports:

3) Solo I: Bill Perry advised the status of the Nashville Superspeedway site and reviewed the needs for the event. 

Safety Steward            Steve Tompkins 
Register                  Gail Perry
Co-Register               Jennifer Dobler
Flagging Chief            Bob Forsten - ?
Co-Chief/Communications   Susan Coleman
                          Cheryl Tompkins
Timing & Scoring          _____________
Novice Instructor         Will Perry
Driver Observer           Chuck Fullgraf
                          Carl Blevins- ?
Pit Lane Starter          Gerald Street - ?
Grid                      Joe Clayburn - ?
Assistant Starter         ______________
Paddock Chief             ______________
Publicity                 Ruthie Cartridge
An additional 10 – 12 workers are needed.

The Region will be using 58 transponders so the on-line reservation will be modified to include whether the driver has a transponder and if so, the number. Also included will be the deposit requirements for the transponders.

4) Solo II Site Search: Whelan Foundry might be an option for dual auto-cross/rally cross site. Old Whelan at Market and Alton Park will be checked into. Chattanooga State is not out of the running yet.

5) RallyCross Site Search: David Brooks has worker positions filled. The event is on Graysville Mountain with a cost of $30 which will include lunch. David is in charge of making sure the trailer is ready for the event.

The Region needs an older computer to use for timing & scoring. Carl is loaning one for the next event but we need a permanent CPU. Ruthie may have what is needed.

6) Road Rally: Mike Strawbridge didn’t attend the meeting so we didn’t have a report.

7) Road Racing: Art Thompson gave the following:

        Drivers School – Roebling Road. Chuck Fullgraf was the Region’s only driver, Ruthie Cartridge and Art Thompson crewed and Bill Perry was a Steward. Chuck was signed off – way to go Chuck!
        Road Atlanta. Chattanooga Region had five members driving (Will Perry, Vesa Silgren, Michael Hartberger, Anthony Henderson and Efren Ormaza), with lots of crew help. Upcoming events include VIR and Sebring.

8) Old Business: Need a PC – this was addressed in Item 5 above.

9) New Business: Preparing the van for the first event – this was addressed in Item 5 above. David Brooks is in charge of preparing the van.

10) Date and location of next meeting: Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at Komatsu.

Submitted by:
Linda Hester
Secretary

 

 

SCCA Chattanooga Region
Minutes from February 8, 2005 Meeting

Present: 16 members and visitors.

BUSINESS:

1) There were no Minutes as the last meeting was the Christmas Party in January. Pictures and awards information is available on the website.

2) Treasurer’s Report. Gerald indicated the Treasurer’s Report is incorrect. The correct Beginning checking balance is $4,969.47, the corrected Checkbook Balance is $4,669.47 and Total Cash Available is $4,729.47. Art stated a few bills were due and after payment would reduce the funds available to approximately $4,000.00, but this would be reflected on February 05’s Treasurer’s Report.

Gerald Street moved the Treasurer’s Report be accepted, Steve Tompkins seconded and the Motion was approved.

3) Points Keepers:

Solo I Steve Tompkins
Solo II Travis Fitzgerald
Road Rally Mike Strawberry
Road Race Art Thompson
RallyCross David Brooks

4) Solo II Site Search: The Home Depot site is not an option. Gerald Street will check on the possibility of using the lot by the new Emissions Testing Center. Linda Hester will give Chattanooga State another go-around.

5) RallyCross Site Search: David Brooks said the ad in the Sequatchie Valley Paper actually brought in many responses. A site has been chosen – 8 acres with elevation changes approximately 5 miles of I27. Carl will put the directions on the website. The RallyCross is set for March 12.

Gerald advised the new Sanction Audit Form indicates increases in fees. The new sanction fee is $3.50 per driver unless the Region sends electronically the member and non-members names within a reasonable period of time after the event. The insurance fee is now $4.50 per driver.

6) SCCA Safety Symposium: The Region received a DVD titled 2004 SCCA Safety Symposium. It has 4 ½ - 5 hours of material and can be purchased for $30.00. It was decided to pass the DVD around to interested parties for viewing.

One item of concern is close-faced helmets. All helmets must be open-face helmets unless the car’s airbags are disengaged.

7) Old Business: a letter was received from Efren Ormaza, owner of Terra Nostra, expressing concern and apology that so many people became ill after the party. He had the dressings tested which were negative and offered the official results. Also included in the letter were five gift certificates for the restaurant.

It should be made very clear the sickness was not from the food, but a highly contagious flu that is still making the rounds.

8) New Business: Bill Perry proposed a Track Trials Event at Nashville Superspeedway on October 22 and 23, 2005. The event has passed Safety Inspection, received a date from SEDIV, the track verbally accepted a reduced rate for track rental, and the Tennessee Region has given written permission required by SCCA for our Region to do an event in their area.

After discussion of what would be involved and necessary, Bill Perry moved a two-part motion:

  • Authorization to spend the $500.00 deposit, $2,700 remainder 15 days prior to the event and the balance the Sunday of the event; and

  • Authorization to negotiate the contract from the Nashville SuperSpeedway.

Motion seconded by Chuck Fullgraf and unanimously approved.

9) Date and location of next meeting: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Komatsu.
 

SPORTING:

  • Solo I & II: Steve gave Art and Ruthie their trophies from the awards banquet at Jekyll Island in January.
     

  • Road Rally update was given by Mike Strawbridge of the SnowDrift event. Most notable was the temp – a whopping MINUS 16 degrees!
     

  • RallyCross – will be held in Huntsville on the 12th – Carl will have the info on the website.
     

  • Road Race – annual tech day saw 13 cars – all of whom passed. Of course, the issue of the Hester car and who played with it went unresolved…….
     

  • Rolex 24 report – Dave Hester had a good time working the race. Said there were a good turnout of cars (63 entered, 62 started) and a good cross-over of drivers.

Art mentioned the Drivers School coming up in Savannah where the following Region members will participate:

• Chuck Fullgraf – student
• Art Thompson & Ruthie Cartridge – crew
• Bill Perry – steward

Also mentioned is the Road Race at Road Atlanta on February 26 and 27.

Submitted by:
Linda Hester

 

 

SEDiv Annual Meeting
Jekyll Island - January 21-23, 2005

Six members of the Chattanooga Region attended the Southeast Division Annual Meeting at Jekyll Island on January 21, 22 and 23, led by RE Gerald Street. Also attending were Solo I Steward, Steve Tompkins, Bill and Gail Perry, Will Perry and Jamie Hamilton. Saturday was a jammed day of activities starting at 7:45 AM. Meetings included general activities, Solo I, Solo II, RallyCross, Race Tech, Stewards, SARRC, Endurance Championship Racing, and specialty worker sessions. We certainly needed more people there to cover all the sessions of interest to us. But we learned a lot at each of the meetings we were able to attend. RallyCross got a surprising amount of attention at this meeting, with two one hour sessions dedicated to that activity, but all our sports were well covered. SCCA CEO Steven Johnson, Howard Duncan and two others from the Topeka office participated. The four hour long Annual Awards Meeting, which began at 8 PM was attended by hundreds of SCCA people. Our Area 12 BOD rep for the past six years, Phil Mellor, won two prestigious awards for his service to the Division. See our feature "Heroes in Road Racing" for more information on Phil. Our own Steve Tompkins received the Solo I Hall of Fame Award presented by Cool Shirt. Bob Forsten of Dayton, Tn. (better known at the track as Capt. Bob) was one of two people who won a $500 cash award as a loyal SCCA race worker.

In the door prize drawing, Jamie Hamilton and Gail Perry both won free race entries, to Central Carolina Region and Florida Region races respectively. I think they may be taking offers for the valuable certificates.

Will PerryChattanooga Region members received many awards, but far fewer were there to receive them than last year. Will Perry was there to receive his award for first place in ITC for SARRC. Ken Walker also was there for his first place award for G Production in SARRC. Their SARRC trophies were accompanied by a tote bag of goodies - jacket, several shirts, hats, etc. Will also got the first place award for Group 2 Performance Co Driver. Steve Tompkins got his first place trophy for Formula Mazda, Solo I, and awarded the trophies to the other Solo I winners. He did an excellent job of presenting for his program.

Members not there to receive their awards were:
Dave Hester, 6th in American Sedan, SARRC
Vesa Silegren, 5th, ITC, SARRC
Jeanne Darrow, 1st, C Stock Ladies, Solo II
Art Thompson, 3rd, Spec Miata, Solo I
Ruthie Cartlidge, 4th, Spec Miata, Solo I
Randy Bailey, 1st, Group 2 Driver, ClubRally
Mike Strawbridge, 1st, Production GT Driver, ClubRally
Josh Aslinger, 1st, Production GT CoDriver, ClubRally

As is our Region's custom, we took all the trophies we had to accept for the people who weren't there and threw them in the ocean! (not really, it was too cold and windy to go on the beach on Sunday morning. You lucked out it wasn't beautiful and warm like Saturday).

Gerald Street represented us as a Director of the Southeast Division in the Sunday meeting of Directors and Division Administrators. They voted on some competition rules for the Division (example, Spec Miata tire rule for SEDIV will be the same as National, any DOT tire). They voted to furnish $5000 to assist the Tennessee Valley Region in getting Crow Mountain Hillclimb off the ground. They voted $1000 to Steve to get wireless timing for Solo I in addition to other appropriations. Voted down was a proposal to give $16,000 of SEDIV money to general charities. Our directors thought support of SEDIV programs was a priority and that individual regions could handle charity as they saw fit. The Directors made the 2005 Competition Schedule official. It includes a Solo I by the Chattanooga Region at the Nashville Superspeedway. More on this item later.

-- Bill Perry

 

  

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