SCCA National COVID-19 Updates

All Programs and concerned members,

COVID-19 Guidelines are being revised this week and updated as needed going forward. Current status

Based on the revised CDC guidelines surrounding COVID-19 released May 13, 2021, the SCCA National Office and senior staff are revising the SCCA COVID-19 Event Protocol for participants, event support, staff and drivers as follows for all National-led events. We recommend this course of action for Regions as appropriate, and as local/venue guidelines allow.

Guidelines

• If you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, masks are no longer required indoors or outdoors UNLESS local regulatory authorities or venues have specific mask requirements in place.

• If you are not vaccinated, you may still attend and participate in SCCA events. However, in line with the latest CDC guidelines, it is recommended that you continue to wear a mask indoors and when near others. This is subject to any mask requirements by local regulatory authorities and/or venue management.

• When in doubt, all event organizers should continue to “look local” to ensure we meet any and all local COVID-19 protocol requirements.

• Regardless of any national or local directives, all individuals remain free to wear a mask in any setting at any SCCA event, should they choose to.

Additional Guidelines
SCCA National Staff is reviewing and updating special-case guidelines for loaner helmets, passenger ride-alongs and similar event-specific elements. We expect to publish those on this page later in the week of May 17. Watch scca.com for further updates. 

View Updated CDC Guidelines

Washington DC Region SCCA Announcement 2021 Winter/Spring Virtual Racing!

In a few weeks we’ll get our 10th season underway and we hope you like what we have planned. The season will include three points championships across two distinct race groups...lost you yet? Here’s how the two groups breakdown:

Group 1 - Global MX-5 Cup + Ford Mustang FR500S

Group 2 - GT3

• Audi R8 LMS

• BMW M4 GT3 Prototype

• Ferrari 488 GT3

• Ford GT GT3

• Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO

• Mercedes AMG GT3

• McLaren MP4-12C GT3

And here’s our schedule - note that we are racing every two weeks and alternating between the two groups:

• Round 1 - 2/17/21 Group 1 Lime Rock Park

• Round 2 - 3/03/21 Group 2 Road Atlanta

• Round 3 - 3/17/21 Group 1 Watkins Glen (Cup)

• Round 4 - 3/31/21 Group 2 VIR (Full)

• Round 5 - 4/14/21 Group 1 Summit Point

• Round 6 - 4/28/21 Group 2 Road America

• Round 7 - 5/12/21 Group 1 VIR (South Course)

• Round 8 - 5/26/21 Group 2 Watkins Glen (Boot)

Group 1 - 30-minute sprint races, open setups and a 20x incident limit.

Group 2 - 60-minute races, single driver, open setups, fuel limits and a 25x incident limit.

(You don’t need to participate in both group events to be eligible for one of the three Championships.)

We won’t stray far from our familiar format and I’ll have more information available shortly.

Register now for all 2021 MARRS Events at Summit Point!

Register now for all 2021 MARRS Events at Summit Point! 

Register today and you will be automatically entered in all the 2021 MARRS at Summit Point. Keep your car # and save - great deal!!

Some things to know about the MARRS Season Subscription:

1) The price is just $1625 and includes all five 2021 weekends at Summit Point. 2nd entry for same driver in 2nd class = $850. This is a savings of $450, more than 1 free weekend!! Your credit card will be charged now for the full amount.

2) There are no refunds. The deal here is, you pay up front and get a great price, but if you miss an event for a family wedding or your car is not ready, there is no refund or partial refund. But - you get more than 1 event for free, so you could even skip 1 and still get a better price.

3) The event Supps for each weekend will be emailed to you prior to the event.

4) Once registered for the Season Subscription, you will not need to register in MSR for any of the 2021 MARRS events at Summit Point - your Season information will automatically be transferred to each individual event. No late fees, no watching the calendar - You're in! If you need any changes during the year (crew names or car # - or whatever), simply contact me in the Region Office and I will take care of this for you. You are not able to make any changes yourself.

5) We have scheduled MARRS "away games" at VIR & NJMP which are each part of the MARRS 2021 season but are not included in this Season Subscription. You must still register and pay for those events separately.

SCHEDULE of Season Subscription - includes 5 events at Summit Point:

April 24-25 MARRS @SP
June 19-20 MARRS @SP
July 24-25 MARRS @SP
Labor Day Sept 04-06 MARRS @SP
Oct 09-10 MARRS @SP

Lots of drivers run all our home events anyway, why not register now and save?

SCCA Member of Excellence and Woolf Barnato Award Winners

Two of Washington DC Regions finest were recognized  as the 2021 SCCA National Convention opened on Saturday, with the traditional SCCA Hall of Fame and Awards Ceremony.

SCCA Hall of Fame inductees were joined by the newly selected SCCA Member of Excellence and Woolf Barnato Award Winners, Bob Crawford and Dennis Dean.

The Member of Excellence is annually presented to the volunteer who shows the greatest commitment to SCCA Motorsports activities. The recipient is given the opportunity to attend any motorsport event of their choosing—with an expense cap of $5000—anywhere on the planet.

Crawford, a Washington DC Region member, was introduced by SCCA President Michael Cobb as the “poster child of the welcoming environment that we are striving to deliver to members” for his work throughout his Region’s road racing program. 

“I’m honored, humbled and grateful for this award,” Crawford said. “It is a privilege to serve as a leader in this great organization and an opportunity I cherish.”

The Woolf Barnato Award is recognized as SCCA’s highest award and is presented to a member who has made an outstanding, long-term contribution to the Club. Dean, already a part of the SCCA Hall of Fame, received the 2020 edition of the award.

“I still feel like the widow who listened to the preacher’s kind eulogy and then whispered to one of her children, ‘run up there and make sure that’s your daddy in that box,’” a humbled Dean said. “As I look at the list of prior Woolf Barnato Award winners, the vast majority of who I can consider personal friends, I am humbled beyond words. To be placed in the same category as any of them would honor any Club member. To now join the ranks of the entire group is almost unimaginable.”

Road Racing Tech Days!

Hey Racers! Avoid the lines - come out to get your car's safety and tech inspection before the season starts - get your annual signature and be ready for MARRS.

 Get your 2021 Tech Sticker at one of our Pre-season Tech Days!

2021 Road Racing Tech Days:

Date & Time: Saturday, February 13 from 9AM to 3PM+/-
Location:
Dominion Raceway
Main Facilities Building – Groove Music Hall
6501 Dominion Raceway Avenue
Thornburg, VA 22580
Contact: Wayne Armbrust, cwarmbrust@hotmail.com

Date & Time: Saturday, February 27 from 8:30AM - 4:00PM
Location:
RP Performance (Bret de Pedro's shop)
Gasoline Alley at Summit Point
(304) 728-6749

Date & Time: Sat & Sun, March 6 & 7 from 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Location:
HPDE & TT Track Events Program
Summit Point (Main Circuit Tech Shed)
Note: drivers attending this event get priority

Date & Time:
Friday, April 2 from 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Saturday, April 3 from 7:30AM - 4:00PM
Location:
Racing School for Competition License
Summit Point (Main Circuit Tech Shed)
Note: drivers attending this event get priority

Date & Time: Saturday, April 10 from 9AM to 3PM+/-
Location:
Dominion Raceway
Main Facilities Building – Groove Music Hall
6501 Dominion Raceway Avenue
Thornburg, VA 22580
Note: drivers attending this event get priority
Contact: Wayne Armbrust, cwarmbrust@hotmail.com

Contact Tech Chief Joe Menowsky @ jmenowsky72@gmail.com or (540) 676-5691 to inquire about setting up other dates by appointment.

Possible additional dates and venues may be announced later if/when they become available.

Please remember that if your vehicle received a tech inspection last season it is valid for 1 year from that date. If the vehicle was inspected in July of 2020 it isn't due again until July 2021.

 Your personal protective gear will require a current inspection prior to the first event of the season.

A year in review, by RP Performance

A photographic memory of the year 2020 by WDCR’s partner, RP Performance.

WDCR SCCA Annual Meeting - 2 ways to attend!

Our 2021-2023 Board of Directors election is underway and will be concluded at the Annual Meeting. On-line voting at MotorsportReg.com (MSR) is available now and ends this Sunday October 11th at 11:59 pm. Biographies of candidates running can be found here. There are three positions for election to the Board this year and you may vote for up to three candidates. Candidates are listed on the ballot in member number order, per our bylaws.

Please note that you must be a Washington DC Region member to vote in this election. This email is being sent to the distribution list of all DC Region members in the National SCCA database - but we need your help. Please check with your friends and forward to anyone who is a DC Region member but may not have received this (if their email address is wrong or not updated at National). We want all our members to vote!

Please also note that if you do not have an account in MSR you will need to set one up to vote online. Click here to set up an account in MSR.

Two ways to attend the Washington DC Region's Annual Meeting:

1) Come in person: The open members' Annual Meeting will be held Tuesday, October 13th 2020 at 8:00 pm at the Holiday Inn Chantilly Dulles Expo,4335 Chantilly Shopping Center Chantilly, Virginia 20151.

2) Join online: You are invited to a Zoom webinar.

When: Oct 13, 2020 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: WDCR Annual Membership Meeting

Registration links for the annual meeting Zoom webinar have been sent to your inbox. If you haven’t received an invite, please contact the club office!

For assistance with voting, please contact me in the Club Office.

Hope to see everyone at the Annual Meeting!

Heidi : ) 

Washington DC Region SCCA Announcement MARRS DATES - remainder of 2020!

MARRS Road Racing Community:

The next Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Series (MARRS) event will be with our partner, the North Carolina Region (NCR) at Virginia International Raceway, October 10th- 11th. This event is also known as the "Goblins Go" event. October 24th-25th, South Jersey Region (SJR) will be hosting an event, also MARRS, at New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP). Finally, the racing opportunities in October are to be capped off by the return of Nelson Ledges as a road racing facility in the SCCA NEDiv. Mahoning Valley and NEOHIO regions are jointly hosting an event at Nelson Ledges October 31 - Nov 1.

More Info about the SARRC/MARRS event at VIR - https://ncrscca.com/events/goblins-go-at-vir/

Information about the SJR MARRS event will be released soon.  http://www.sjr-scca.org/

To say this has been a very interesting and challenging season is an enormous understatement. Speaking on behalf of the Washington DC Region Road Racing Program, 

I am very proud of all our dedicated volunteers who made it possible to get back to holding events during this global pandemic. Preparing for an event takes an enormous amount of planning and work in non-COVID times and ever so much more with the addition of COVID restrictions and guidelines. The amazingly professional road racing committee team stepped up to the challenge and put together two incredible events, please take the opportunity to thank them for their dedication and countless hours of work to make it possible. Additionally, the team at Summit Point has been a great partner and incredibly accommodating in navigating the restrictions placed on motorsports in West Virginia. Finally, the dedicated drivers who helped by following the social distancing and mask wearing guidelines to keep the event in compliance with the ever-changing rules, thank you for supporting the Washinton DC Region MARRS events this year. 

Work is already underway to plan for the 2021 season. We are working with the Motorsports team at Summit Point to schedule a full complement of dates for next year. We'll soon be meeting with the NeDiv council and our partners SJR and NCR to coordinate a full schedule of events for 2021.

Please continue to be safe and healthy, we look forward to seeing you in 2021 for an exciting season with the MARRS series.

Thank You

Bob Crawford - Director of Road Racing, Washington DC Region SCCA - Volunteer

Build, Break, Fix, Repeat Podcast featuring WDCR members Joe Obernberger, Baron Mills, and Travis Dixon

From Break/Fix:

Episode title: The New & Improved SCCA HPDE

A panel of folks from the Washington DC region of the Sports Car Club of America (WDCR SCCA) joined Break/Fix to educate us on their new & improved High Performance Drivers Education (HPDE) program. With us was Chief Instructor Joe Obernberger, Assistant Chief Instructor Baron Mills and former HPDE chairman Travis Dixon. 

Our goal is to continue the conversation we’ve been having with our listeners over several Break/Fix episodes where we introduce the idea of High Performance Driving to folks that are new to Motorsports; Folks who are curious about what they can do with the sports car they have sitting in their garage - or maybe aren’t aware that organizations like SCCA offer a service like HPDE.