nick simon dominates solos charlie campbell wins glen major
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Nick Simon Dominates SolosCharlie Campbell Wins Glen Major
Solo with Neohio-September 15th
Bill’s BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Solo Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4July Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Membership Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Finance Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Membership Application and Officers List . . .11 Dates to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Events of June & July 2013
Charlie Campbellin pit lane of the Super Tour/Majors
at Watkins Glen
Nick SimonDives into the cones at our
July Solo at LES
Bill’s BS by Bill Stewart 08/31/13 Well, it’s been a while. Sorry for the delay. Misery Bay seemed to be everywhere in June. While I was at the Majors races at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Charlie Campbell won a Majors race overall in his FP Miata at Mid-Ohio and we had another great Solo at LES. Fantastic to see so many novices. I see that Mark Aubele came up from Pittsburgh. We used to see him often at Edinboro. The next weekend, a dozen of us traveled to Lakeland Community College for Neohio’s first Solo of the year. Next, I was at Nelson Ledges for the big Porsche Club DE and 944 Fest. Great event, over 100 cars with a steak dinner thanks to Beachwood Porsche. I was back at Nelson the next weekend with Dave Hammer, Debbie and Mark Swick, Jay Dumbeck, and Bob Mazza for the Finger Lakes Region’s Westward Ho! Regionals. Bob was really impressive in his STU Toyota Celica, winning the first race on Saturday, his class in the second race, and both races on Sunday. That Sunday, we also had our first official Out of Region Solo with Western New York up at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Nick Simon was the most successful of our 17, winning Street Modified. We had 5 Novices make the trip. Good Show!
July started with an insane weekend for me. Friday, I was up at Watkins Glen to help get the Majors/Super Tour weekend started. Charlie Campbell was up and down, winning FP when Kevin Rauch got a flat on the last lap. Charlie’s luck disappeared on Sunday, he only made 5 laps in FP. In Spec Miata, he went from 25th to 18th on Saturday, but could only move up one, from 15th to 14th on Sunday. I missed all this drama as I was in Pit Lane for the very last National at Nelson Ledges, Neohio’s Firecracker. The schedule conflicts really killed the entries. The big bore race did feature 3 former National Champions and I believe 2 new track records were set. Both Greg Vandersluis in his T4 Mustang and Tom Sloe in his T2 Corvette and AS Mustang showed why they should be contenders at the Runoffs.
Next up was the Chump Car 14 Hours “Shortest Longest Day”. The “Biohazard” Turbo MR2 won with 548 laps completed. After a nap at home, I was off to Pitt Race and the start of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. I missed our Walt Peterson in his Austin Healey 3000, but Bill Tobin was there in his Triumph TR6. They had so many beautiful cars, and every time I go there, they have made more improvements.
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Debbie SwickSplitting the Big Bore race
at Neohio’s Firecracker NationalThe weather was nice for our July Solo, but all the computer glitches put a real damper on things. In working on the results for this issue of the Pit Signal, I discovered that several folks did not have their PAXes calculated. Windows 8 ??? Hey 7 runs are always fun. Where do we get so many Honda S2000s? And that sweet Nissan GT-R! Nick Simon proved again that you need more than just horsepower. So glad I could make it!
I wanted to finish July with the trip to the Toledo Pro Solo, but registration overflowed before I could even try. Nick Kelly, Nick Simon, Matt Curry, and Logan Flaherty did make the trip, but no trophies. WNY’s Dale Kunze was 4th in STC. Hey, we need all the experience we can get. Back in Erie, I spent a wet evening at the Cruisetown with Charlie Jewell across from Molly Brannigans. One of the motorcycle patrolmen has a Cayman too. But very few cars came out in the rain.
So, August is now over, and I’ll have the next Pit Signal out soon, I promise, with lots to report on our Solo at LES, the Nationals at Pitt Race, and Pocono. The Neohio Club Trials at Nelson and the Solo at the airport never happened. I have some interesting tales from some Porsche Club social events too. The Nationwide race at Mid-Ohio was uhh, interesting.
So, our Out-of Region Labor Day dual event was never approved by Lakeland, but at our short August meeting, we approved the Neohio Solo September 15th as our second Out-of-Region Solo at Lakeland Community College just to the left of the Kirtland/Mentor exit 193 on I-90. It’s just over an hour continued on p.9
Pictures
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Bruce Wesley wasSecond in the PAX at the July Solo
Jay Dumbeck splits the Toyota Celicaof Bob Mazza at the Western Ho! Regionals
at Nelson Ledges in June
Casey Doolittle surprised us with his Lotus Exige S at the July Solo
Nick Schneider was one of a dozen Misery Bay folks to visit Neohio’s June Solo at
Lakeland Community College
Drew Bickle at the July Solo
Bill Tobin enters the pits in his TR6at the Pittsburgh Vintage GP
event at Pitt Race
Stock Road Tire Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXBruce Wesley BS Honda S2000 54.068 65.627 2Anthony Cuzzacrea HS Mini Cooper 54.238 69.191 3Aaron Kaczar DS Infiniti G35x 54.539 67.607 4Drew Bickel GS Honda Civic Si 54.583 68.607 5Norman Thomas HS Ford Focus 54.981 70.138 6Tom Hall BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 55.221 67.027 7Matt Curry BS Honda S2000 55.395 67.238 8Tim Demetrio BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 56.007 67.981 12Paul Campbell GS Honda Civic Si 56.486 70.999 13Eric Confer GS Acura TL 57.023 71.674 17Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 57.490 71.213 21Sam Mehler BS Honda S2000 57.535 69.835 22Jay Dumbeck BS Honda S2000 57.616 69.933 23Zoltan Deak BS Porsche Boxster S 58.107 70.529 27Daniel Colebert ES Mazda Miata 58.974 73.052 28Karl Henry BS Chevrolet Corvette 59.536 72.264 30Cameron Snyder ES Mazda Miata 60.761 75.265 36 Brian Young ES Mazda Miata 63.356 76.479 40
Stock Race Tire Class ResultsDave Kum DS Audi TT 57.103 69.133 18Dan Francis GS Pontiac Firebird 61.193 74.992 37
Street Touring Class ResultsJeremy Sagala STX Volkswagen GTI 55.619 67.254 9Logan Flaherty STU Subaru WRX STi 55.935 66.118 11Carl Dean STS Toyota MR2 56.860 68.589 15Nick Schneider STF Mazda 3 56.867 71.531 16Andrew Aul STR Mazda Miata 57.753 68.836 25Elizabeth Schneider STF Mazda 3 59.373 74.684 29Bob Poling STX Subaru WRX 59.662 72.143 31Keith Schneider STF Mazda 3 60.110 75.610 32Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 60.242 72.845 33Ron Aul STR Mazda Miata 60.328 71.905 34Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 60.683 73.378 35Matt DeLacy STC Acura Integra GS-R 61.505 74.643 39
Modified & Prepared Road Tire Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXTim Mackey ASP Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 55.881 66.183 10Jason Maher SM Chrysler Conquest 56.501 66.840 14Justin Stull SMF Chevrolet Cobalt SS 57.205 68.864 19Ademoware Adedayo SM Dodge Colt 57.697 68.255 24John McGeary SM Audi A4 58.012 68.627 26
Class Results continued on page 5
Misery Bay Solo #2Lake Erie Speedway
June 2, 2013
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Modified & Prepared Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXNick Simon SMF Volkswagen GTI 54.067 63.459 FTD 1Alejandro Nieto SM Volkswagen GTI 57.289 66.078 20Mark Aubele XP Ford Mustang 61.369 66.113 38
Novice Class ResultsPaul Campbell GS Honda Civic Si 56.486 70.999 13Eric Confer GS Acura TL 57.023 71.674 17Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 57.490 71.213 21 Sam Mehler BS Honda S2000 57.535 69.835 22Andrew Aul STR Mazda Miata 57.753 68.836 25Elizabeth Schneider STF Mazda 3 59.373 74.684 29Keith Schneider STF Mazda 3 60.110 75.610 32Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 60.242 72.845 33Ron Aul STR Mazda Miata 60.328 71.905 34Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 60.683 73.378 35Cameron Snyder ES Mazda Miata 60.761 75.265 36Dan Francis GS Pontiac Firebird 61.193 74.992 37Matt DeLacy STC Acura Integra GS-R 61.505 74.643 39
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Misery Bay Solo #2 Lake Erie Speedway 6/2/13 Continued
Misery Bay Solo #3 Out of Region with Western New York
Ralph Wilson Stadium 6/23/13
Stock Road Tire Class ResultsPlace & Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX9th Tom Hall BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 35.551 43.152 3210th Matt Curry BS Honda S2000 36.014 43.713 4014th Karl Henry BS Chevrolet Corvette 37.235 45.196 3015th Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 37.769 46.785 60
Street Touring Class Results2nd Nick Kelly STX Subaru BRZ 35.326 42.716 144th Logan Flaherty STX Subaru BRZ 35.425 42.836 196th Jeremy Sagala STX Volkswagen GTI 36.430 44.051 3011th Nick Schneider STF Mazda 3 36.828 46.325 3812th Eric Schneider STF Mazda 3 36.892 46.406 3913th Keith Schneider STF Mazda 3 37.359 46.993 4514th Andrew Aul STR Mazda Miata 37.451 44.638 4615th Roland Sitler STX Lexus IS 300 37.555 45.412 4818th Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 39.398 47.640 6520th Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 42.097 50.904 68Results continued on p.6
Solo #2 Results continuedModified & Prepared Road Tire Class Results
Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX7th Justin Stull SMF Chevrolet Cobalt SS 37.575 45.234 588th Ademoware Adedayo SM Dodge Colt 38.130 45.107 64
Modified & Prepared Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX1st Nick Simon SMF Volkswagen GTI 34.972 41.048 8
Novice Class Results2nd Keith Schneider STF Mazda 3 37.359 46.993 45 3rd Andrew Aul STR Mazda Miata 37.451 44.638 466th Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 37.769 46.785 60 8th Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 39.398 47.640 659th Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 42.097 50.904 68
Misery Bay Solo #4Lake Erie Speedway
July 21, 2013Stock Road Tire Class Results
Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXBruce Wesley BS Honda S2000 48.058 58.332 2Casey Doolittle SS Lotus Exige S 48.716 58.167 4Drew Bickel GS Honda Civic Si 48.787 61.322 5Tom Hall BS Pontiac Solstice GXP 48.881 59.331 6Matt Curry BS Honda S2000 49.454 60.027 11Bill Stewart SS Porsche Cayman R 49.647 59.279 12Aaron Slawicz HS Mazda 2 50.458 64.368 14Norman Thomas HS Ford Focus 50.629 64.587 16Nate Lord ES Mazda Miata 50.767 62.886 18Brian Blake BS Subaru WRX STi 51.858 62.944 24Sam Mehler BS Honda S2000 52.060 63.190 25Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 52.129 64.573 26Cory Espinola ES Mazda RX-8 52.758 64.881 28Dan Colebert ES Mazda Miata 53.429 66.183 31James Turner ES Toyota MR2 53.486 66.254 32Paul Meka HS Ford Taurus 54.726 69.813 38Steve Rosenswie ES Mazda Miata 55.149 68.314 39Randy Graham DS BMW 325ci 57.478 71.371 44
Stock Race Tire Class ResultsDave Kum DS Audi TT 52.145 63.130 27 Results continued on p.76
Solo #3 Results continuedStreet Touring Class Results
Nick Kelly STX Subaru BRZ 48.615 58.785 3Logan Flaherty STU Subaru WRX STi 49.046 57.975 8Lance Dunn STF Acura RSX Type S 49.076 61.732 9Jeremy Sagala STX Volkswagen GTI 50.753 61.370 17Richard Kremer STU Subaru WRX STi 50.946 60.220 19Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 52.811 63.859 29Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 53.521 64.717 33Andrew Faulkner STX Dodge SRT4 54.486 65.884 37
Modified & Prepared Road Tire Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXCasey Parsons ASP Subaru WRX STi 48.919 57.937 7Tim Mackey ASP Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 49.989 59.205 13Andre Skandar ASP Subaru WRX STi 51.242 60.689 20 Ken Drummond ESP Ford Mustang 51.271 61.939 21Jason Maher SM Chrysler Conquest 51.700 61.160 22Alex Decker SM Subaru WRX 54.023 63.908 35John Smith SM Nissan GT-R 54.285 64.218 36Nelson Vega SSM Nissan 350Z 55.444 64.547 41Travis Pratt SSM Mazda RX7 56.241 65.475 42Marcus Bodamer SM Subaru WRX 56.349 66.660 43Aaron Woloszyn SM Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 57.756 68.324 45John Mieghan SSM Mazda RX7 58.428 68.021 46Brandon Pratt SM Pontiac Firebird WS6 59.453 70.332 47Matt Staib SSM Mazda RX7 DNS 48
Modified & Prepared Class ResultsName Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAXNick Simon SMF Volkswagen GTI 47.927 56.253 FTD 1Lance Palmer SMF Honda Civic 49.300 57.864 10Jeff Britton SM Subaru WRX STi 50.521 58.272 15Dave Dill GP Triumph Spitfire 51.796 60.937 23Dave Michalak GP MGB 52.930 62.271 30Terry Witherow GP MGB 53.554 63.005 34Carl Deane SSM Toyota MR2 56.185 63.774 41
Novice Class ResultsSam Mehler BS Honda S2000 52.060 63.190 25Andrew Ferrara ES Mazda Miata 52.129 64.573 26Kathryn Bell STX Hyundai Genesis Coupe 52.811 63.859 29James Turner ES Toyota MR2 53.486 66.254 32Gennady Agapov STX Mazda RX-8 53.521 64.717 33John Smith SM Nissan GT-R 54.285 64.218 36Nelson Vega SSM Nissan 350Z 55.444 64.547 41Aaron Woloszyn SM Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 57.756 68.324 45Brandon Pratt SM Pontiac Firebird WS6 59.453 70.332 47
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Misery Bay Region SCCAGeneral Membership Meeting
Cornerstone Bar and GrillJuly 11, 2013
Call to order: 7.25pm
Attendance- Terry Witherow, Dave Michlak ,Logan Flaherty, Tim Mackey, Mark Swick, Dave Hammer, Lance Dunn, Bill Stewart and Kim Stucke
Motion made by Dave Michlak and seconded by Lance Dunn to approve June meeting minutes. Motion passed. Motion made by Dave Michlak and seconded by Tim Mackey to approve May meeting minutes as amended and published in the Pit Signal. Motion passed. (There was not a quorum for a true meeting in June)-Editor’s note.
Committee Reports:Membership: 88 current members, 2 expired, 1 not renewed
Treasurer: Report distributed noting an interim balance of $10,488.83.
Banquet: No change with current plan
P.R.: Club is taking advantage of free web postings to advertise events.
Rally: Fall rally is scheduled for October 27, 2013
Pit Signal: Pit Signal was distributed shortly after our June meeting.
Trophy: Dave Michlak will order one case of first place glasses. Dave will research cost of other types of glasses. (Steins, shot glasses). Discussion occurred regarding getting a photo printer to create a personal car photo to be used as an award. No action taken.
Solo: Chair is needed for July 21st event at Lake Erie Speedway. Having no volunteers, Tim Machey will chair. Bill Stew-art will be available for safety steward. Discussion occurred on how to expedite registration. Logan reported that PAX is now correct in our data system. For yearend awards there will be the traditional awards in classes plus an overall first place PAX award.Dave Michlak reported that the airport event is no longer a reality. Discussion occurred regarding the remainder of the schedule for the year. Tim Mackey will contact Lake Erie Speedway to determine a date for an August event. Board will vote to approve an addition to our contract once Tim gets the dates. Home page on website will need to be updated once new dates are confirmedDave Hammer safety steward status expires in August. Logan Flaherty will send his paperwork to qualify as safety stew-ard. Bill Stewart is available for August 18 event if needed. Drew Bickel is also trained as safety steward. Charlie Jewell and his associates are interested in participation in a 2 day event.
Old Business:Problems have been noted with the old microphone. If the microphone cannot be repaired then the club will purchase a new one. Motion was made by Tim Mackey and seconded by Bill Stewart to purchase the new microphone if necessary with a spending limit of $125. Motion passed.
New Business:Club has been approached by a new wiper blade company to market their product at one of our events. More information is needed in order to move this idea forward.
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July minutes continuedBill Stewart reported that there was a poor turnout for the new CRX type event at the last national so the CRX was not held.
Mahoning Valley has a regional on September 28-29, 2013. A PDX will be held during this event. Pittsburgh Grand Prix is coming up this weekend. SCCA Runoffs will be held in 2014 in Laguna Seca; in 2015 in Daytona and in 2016 at Mid- Ohio.
Motion to adjourn was made by Tim Mackey and seconded by Mark Swick. Meeting adjourned at 8.29pm
Submitted for approval
Kim StuckeSecretary
Bill’s BS continued from Erie. Be sure to make it! We hope to add a Solo School on Saturday to our September 22nd Solo at LES with support from Charlie Jewell and Rennsport Tuning. Speaking of support, we now have major awards at our Solo events from Tires for Less at West 26th & Powell Ave. Major thanks to Michael Schick! I’m almost sorry that I will miss this, to be at the Runoffs at Road America, working the pits with Dave Hammer. Of course, Charlie Campbell will be in his FP and SM Miatas. This is the 50th Annual Runoffs, with over 700 entries. I can’t wait.
The Mahoning Valley Golden Harvest Weekend at Nelson Ledges, ends September with some real bargains. If you ever wanted to try racing, or have access to a Chump Car, or other SCCA race car, the CRE, Club Racing Experience is ONLY $50! Not that adventuresome ? The PDX on Saturday is $60 and the Club Trials on Sunday is only $100. I suppose that you could enter all 3. This could really be interesting. Check with Reed and Sandi Kryder at kryderacing.com. We certainly had a ball there in May.
Our last Solo at LES is October 6th. Remember you that must have run 5 events and be a Misery Bay member to be eligible for a Year End Award. And Misery Bay is very generous with out awards ! Saturday, October 12th is Neohio’s Johnny Appleseed Rally, followed by their Solo at Lakeland on Sunday. The racing season at Nelson then ends with Neohio’s Spooktacular Quad Regionals on the 19th & 20th. October would not be complete without our Covered Bridge Rally on Sunday, the 27th. Experts, beginners, and whole families can enjoy touring over a dozen covered bridges, including the nation’s longest and shortest. The leaves should be picturesque too. And of course, lots of prizes.
You just might have noticed that our website was down for almost a month. It was originally built by Gary Neckers and after Jeremy took over, it still resided on Gary’s server, which Maplevale Farms eventually changed. The folks there didn’t realize what it was, so they didn’t know to warn us. Jeremy has moved it to a new home, but with the same address and now has it back up, but we lost about 6 months of the forum. New member, Sam Mehler, has volunteered to help rebuild. I bet you missed it as much as I did. So, come on back!
OK, listen up! The September meeting is coming up and we MUST start nominating officers for next year. Logan’s term is up. He has brought a lot of energy, enthusiasm, and a lot of new members into the region. We had our first winter rally in memory, we had folks doing the PDX and Club Trials. We had more folks going to out of region and National level Solos than ever before. Now some of the new, and some of the old need to step up to build on this enthusiasm. It doesn’t have to be difficult, it just has to be organized. We need to ask for help and delegate.
So come on out to the September meeting at the Cornerstone, talk about the future, step up and volunteer.
See You There! Bill
Membership ReportAugust 6, 2013
88 Full Members6 Renewals Overdue
Please WelcomeTravis Pratt
Walt Peterson
April Renewals OverdueAndrew Seifert
Jason Spangenberg
May Renewals OverdueRoland Sitler
June Renewals OverdueAlejandro Nieto
August Renewals DueChad AdamsTodd Beddick
Dennis McGuireSusan Robishaw
September RenewalsJohn Miller
Jordan RimpelaBruce Wesley
October RenewalsKevin Buckholder
Bill CroweCarl & Gloria Fuller
Fred SchneppPaul Smith
Debbie SwickIsrael Vosberg
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
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October 3 Misery Bay Monthly Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill
4-6 SCCA Drivers School & Regionals Watkins Glen, NY 5-6 SCCA Regionals Mid-Ohio & Summit Point
6 Misery Bay Solo #8 Lake Erie Speedway
6 MVR SCCA Street Survival School Boardman Park, Youngstown, OH
12 Neohio Johnny Appleseed Rally Bolivar, OH
19-20 Neohio SCCA Quad Regionals Nelson Ledges Road Course
27 MBR Covered Bridge Rally Conneaut, OH
September 5 Misery Bay Monthly Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill
6-8 US Vintage Grand Prix Watkins Glen, NY
7 Marques of Legend Track Day & Car Show Nelson Ledges Road Course
15 Misery Bay Solo #6 with Neohio Lakeland Community College
16-22 SCCA National Championship 50th Anniversary Runoffs Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
22 Misery Bay Solo #7 LES
28-29 MVR SCCA Regionals, Club Racing Experience, Club Trials & PDX Nelson Ledges Road Course
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
11 Misery Bay Solo #5 Lake Erie Speedway
16-18 NASCAR Nationwide & Trans-AM Mid-Ohio
31-1 SCCA Regionals Mid-Ohio & Summit Point