The 2019 Road Racing season's awards banquet will be held on Saturday evening February 1st, 2020 at the Waterford Fair Oaks. The dinner will be buffet with something for everyone. Dress is semi-formal. Road Racing awards will be presented along with Region awards and more. Tickets will go on sale on/around December 15th, so be prepared - you don't want to miss this great event!
Join the Washington DC Region SCCA for our Driving Coach (Instructor) Clinic & Track Day (HPDE) event, November 23rd at Dominion Raceway
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This is a HPDE Driver Coach Clinic for new and experienced HPDE Instructors. The Clinic is by invitation only. Contact the Head Driver Coach if you do not already instruct with us, and are interested in doing so. Current Coaches are hereby invited to participate.
Along with the clinic on Saturday you can also sign up for the supplemental Track Day (HPDE) sessions open to Advanced and Intermediate (Solo Drivers) only. These sessions will total 3 hours of track time for only $150!
Coaches: If you have not instructed with us previously, you MUST contact the Head Driver Coach (Andrew Gordon) at gordonal2005@gmail.com prior to signing up.
Dominion Raceway:
Saturday Driving Coach Clinic - Instructors: $ 0.00 (FREE!) Saturday 1-day Advanced Track Day (HPDE) Clinic Fill-ins: $150
Please read the Supplemental Regulations (SUPPS).
More information is available on the Track Days page of our website.
Bring a friend! This is a great opportunity to learn from the best and join the team to become one of top Instructors in the Mid-Atlantic.
ALTON, Va. (Oct. 11, 2019) -- From the Runoffs to the Hoosier Racing Tire Super Tour, U.S. Majors Tour to regional weekends, SCCA® road racing events are made possible thanks to the tremendous effort of SCCA workers. And each year a handful of workers are recognized for their enormous contribution. Those individuals are bestowed with Worker of the Year honors, presented by Mazda.
"When you combine both national and regional activities, more than 200 road racing events are conducted across the United States by the Sports Car Club of America each year,” said Michael Cobb, SCCA President & CEO. “That colossal mission just couldn’t be achieved without the thousands of highly skilled and incredibly helpful volunteers who are part of this Club. Worker of the Year awards identify a handful of these devoted volunteers. To the winners and absolutely everyone who helped pull off 2019 SCCA events, I can’t say ‘thank you’ enough for your passion and involvement.”
Award recipients have shown dedication throughout the season to their Specialty, events, Region, competitors, fellow workers and the SCCA; exhibited strong skills, good leadership, and a willingness to go above and beyond what is expected; and provide excellent customer service to everyone encountered. SCCA members submitted Worker of the Year nominations, and winners were then selected by the SCCA National staff with input from Division leadership.
The Flagging and Communications Worker of the Year is North Carolina Region’s Heather Clark. During her service to the SCCA Clark has served on the Region board, been Flag Chief and Assistant Chief for the last three years, and her experience and attitude has earned her the respect of fellow workers and drivers as she took on the role of a teacher and leader.
Cal Club’s Tracy Roper is the Grid & Pits Worker of the Year. Roper, who attended her first Runoffs® only a couple of years ago, has left a deep impression on the Club by never missing a race with her local region, being one of the first to arrive and always looking for more responsibility and things to learn.
Elizabeth Thiel, of Finger Lakes Region, has taken “plays well with others” to new heights in earning the Worker of the Year award for Race Administration. Theil presents a positive, professional attitude with track management, workers, drivers and partners as she handles the routine and not-so-routine events which pop up on race weekends for regions, the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour and Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour.
A 29-year SCCA member, New England Region’s Terry Roberts is the Registration Worker of the Year, an honor earned by being a wonderful ambassador to the SCCA at and away from the track in her years of service. At the track, Roberts has worked all over the East Coast in both Northeast and Southeast Divisions, and she has been a staple at the Runoffs® for more than a decade. Off track, Roberts’ can-do attitude has been flexed by coordinating annual meetings and serving as the Divisional Administrator.
The 2019 Scrutineering Worker of the Year is the “contagiously warm” Bernie Novak of San Francisco Region. Novak has participated in SCCA events as a scrutineer since 2011 and is known for her planning and coordination while interacting with drivers and fellow workers with a smile. Outside of her specialty, Novak has also gotten her competition license and participated in the Tire Rack Time Trials National Tour powered by Hagerty in a continuing quest to spread her enthusiasm on and off track.
Larry Kurkowski holds many specialty licenses, but it’s his time in the start stand which has earned this Florida Region member the SCCA Starter of the Year. On the way to the honor, this 36-year SCCA member has worked events from Florida to Minnesota and served on the Runoffs start team since 2008 as Assistant Chief and then Chief Starter.
The humility, grace, thoughtfulness and patience of Washington D.C. Region member Steve Pence has earned him the title of Steward Worker of the Year. Pence, who now splits his stewarding time between SCCA and FIA, has spent time in the SCCA as a driver, instructor, flagger, steward and Majors and Hoosier Super Tour Race Director. In each of those positions, Pence has garnered respect through transparent and sincere communication.
Steel Cities Region member Jeff Hutzelman is the Timing & Scoring Worker of the Year. Hutzelman strives to serve the SCCA wherever and whenever needed, working frequently out of division and at the Runoffs® setting examples for others with his dedication. It is Hutzelman’s delivery of excellence which leads him and the rest of the Worker of the Year group as shining examples of the SCCA spirit.
The Sports Car Club of America®, Inc., founded in 1944, is a 67,500-member motorsports organization that incorporates all facets of autocross, rally and road racing at both Club and professional levels. With headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, the SCCA annually sanctions over 2,000 events through its 115 Regions and subsidiary divisions. Much of the SCCA’s activities are made possible with support from the following Official Partners: Hagerty, the Official Insurance Partner of SCCA; Hawk Performance, the Official Brake Products of SCCA; Sunoco, the Official Fuel of SCCA; and Tire Rack, the Official Tire Retailer of SCCA. To learn more, please visit www.scca.com.
The DC Region’s Annual Membership Meeting was held last night and although we had a light turn-out
due to the Road Racing Run-offs at VIR this weekend, the meeting was still very informative and
productive. We heard from our Treasurer who let us know the club is in a good financial state.
Presentations about their season were given by each Program Chair and we heard plans for the
upcoming season. We learned about the expansion of our club with the addition this year of the
Western Maryland chapter and plans for a new HPDE & Time Trials program at Dominion raceway.
There was a Q&A session after each presentation.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the results of our 2020-2022 Board of Directors election were
announced and are as follows:
New Directors: Pam Richardson and Josh Rubenstein
Re-elected: Russ Gardner
Each of these Directors will serve a three-year term, alongside the sitting members (already in their
term) Wayne Armbrust, Dave Fitzgerald, Shawn Roberts, Alan Olson, Kate Claffie, & Kahlil Natirboff.
A huge THANK YOU goes out to Mike Snyder and Mike McKee for their service on the Board. These
volunteers give of their time and efforts to improve our club and make our members’ experience the
best it can be. Mike & Mike – we appreciate you!!
Fellow Bracket Racers,
In 2019 bracket racing contributed 95 entries to the MARRS Season with 49 different racers participating in the championship. However there can be only one champion. The inaugural Spring Bracket Road Racing Champion is Dave Fitzgerald! Dave had 6 first place wins and 2 second place efforts. Scott Merker and Steve Wickersham tied for second place. Jeff Liller 4th place and Bill Windsor rounded out our top 5. To earn points in the championship your bracket had to have at least 2 cars in the race. The Iron man award for bracket racing in all 5 home race weekends goes to three racers, James "Foster" Foster, Jeff Liller and well, me. Championship results are shown below. Thank you for all of your support in making bracket racing succeed this year!
All best,
Chuck
|
Name |
Total | Place |
| Dave Fitzgerald | 700 | 1 |
| Scott Merker | 475 | 2 |
| Steve Wickersham | 475 | 2 |
| Jeff Liller | 450 | 4 |
| William Windsor | 410 | 5 |
| Chuck Edmondson | 345 | 6 |
| Jisu Kim | 325 | 7 |
| Lawrence Slivinski | 300 | 8 |
| James Foster | 275 | 9 |
| Brian Cates | 260 | 10 |
| Mark Liller | 250 | 11 |
| David Dickerson | 200 | 12 |
| Lin Toland | 200 | 12 |
| Tim Frank | 185 | 14 |
| Joshua Rubenstein | 175 | 15 |
| Sam Youngman | 175 | 15 |
| Bill Smith | 150 | 17 |
| Douglas Geiger | 150 | 18 |
| Scott Weir | 150 | 18 |
| Joe Benton | 130 | 20 |
| Graham Schlickenmeyer | 125 | 21 |
| Tom Ghan | 125 | 21 |
| Steven Schuh | 110 | 23 |
| Allen J. Rothman | 100 | 24 |
| Elizabeth Miller | 100 | 24 |
| Eric Kurzhals | 100 | 24 |
| Michael Lo | 100 | 24 |
| Nicolas Betegh | 100 | 24 |
| William Shields | 100 | 25 |
| Albert Siciliano | 75 | 30 |
| Donald Privett | 75 | 30 |
| Brandon Davis | 50 | 32 |
| Bruce Kromminga | 50 | 32 |
| Edward Howard | 50 | 32 |
| Hayes Lewis | 50 | 32 |
| Jordan Eichelbaum | 50 | 32 |
| Macayla Costleigh | 50 | 32 |
| Steven Miller | 50 | 32 |
| Dave Gambino | 35 | 39 |
| Richard Wiehl | 25 | 40 |
| Thomas Paolino | 25 | 40 |
| Alan Olson | 0 | 42 |
| J B Babcock | 0 | 42 |
| James Mcaleese | 0 | 42 |
| Louis Interdonato | 0 | 42 |
| Marshall Lytle | 0 | 42 |
| Nicholas Crafft | 0 | 42 |
| Rick Myllenbeck | 0 | 42 |
| Steve Falotico | 0 | 42 |
