2023 WDCR Time Trial Champions!

Congratulations to our five 2023 championship winners!

Max 4 - Bryan McCrea
Bryan's Pennsylvania hillclimbing efforts payed off in a faster car this year. Resetting records at 2 of the bumpiest tracks, besting the Jefferson record by almost a second. Looking to 2024, Max 4 is going to be red hot with who's fired up and the number of participants that will be involved.

Max 5 - Faraz Ahsan
The winner was determined at our final event with Faraz taking not only the class win over but also resetting his class record. He took the win over Jeffrey Walters by .438 of a second and 2 points. Was amazing season battle of aero vs no aero between 2 talented drivers as they duked it out on who could reset the most records.

Tuner 3 - Muzafar Umarov
Pull a full house sweep of resetting records at every track this year. This man was a rocket ship that was too fast to catch. Definitely a class to watch for 2024 as RWD is looking to make a response.

Tuner 4 - Vincent Mak
For another year in a row, Vincent continues to dominate Tuner 4 in WDCR's most competitive and largest class. 7 wins and 3 records across the 9 events.

Sport 4 - Andrew Lunsford
Andrew pulled a very successful season, also doing a full house sweep capturing all 4 of the flags and reseting Sport 4 records as he went.

This was our second most successful season ever by participation numbers, resetting those record numbers at 3 of the 4 tracks. This is also the most classes we've had qualify for the championship, ever. Thank you to everyone who came out and made this possible. We are all very excited for what 2024 will bring in competition and tracks we will be visiting. Please have patience while we formulate the 2024 season.

-Matt Greenland

2023 SCCA Worker of the Year

We are deeply grateful to our volunteers for their achievements on a national scale. 

Yesterday, at the SCCA Runoffs, the achievements were acknowledged.

In a message from Bob Crawford, 

“We can be very proud of our four award winners at the SCCA Worker of the Year awards tonight at the Runoffs.  WDCR really cleaned up showing what a truly great team we have in the DC Region!!

Betty Harrison:  Registration 2023 Worker of the Year
John and Beth Burkhard:  Start 2023 Workers of the Year
Kathy McLeod:  Stewards 2023 Worker of the Year
Joe Menowsky:  Tech 2023 Worker of the year. “

We are absolutely overwhelmed by the achievements of our team.

C.W. Armbrust, RE
Washington DC Region 

It’s not too late to vote for your favorites for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors

It’s not too late to vote for your favorites for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors.  But it will be too late after online voting closes on October 9, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET.  Paper ballots must be received no later than 7:00 pm on October 10. 

All Regular members in good standing of the Region as of the close of voting, both Individual and Family members, are eligible to vote.

Voting is being conducted online through MotorsportReg.  The ballot can be found here.  You must have an account with MotorsportReg to vote online.  Click here to set up a free account with MotorSportReg.  Voting is also being conducted through paper ballots, which are available upon request at the Club office. 

The six candidates for the three vacant Board positions in order of their member number are:

Barry Brown

Lin Toland

Taylor Hyatt

Shawn Roberts

Valerie Farret

Trey Albrecht

Biographies of the candidates can be found on the WDCR website, click here.

If you need help with voting, please contact the Region Administrators through the Club office at cluboffice@wdcr-scca.org.  .

VOTE NOW IN THE ELECTION OF WDCR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Please cast your ballot for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors.  You may but need not vote for up to three candidates.

All Regular members in good standing of the Region as of the close of voting, both Individual and Family members, are eligible to vote.

Voting is being conducted online through MotorsportReg.  The ballot can be found here.  You must have an account with MotorsportReg to vote online.  Click here to set up a free account with MotorSportReg.  Voting is also being conducted through paper ballots, which are available upon request at the Club office. 

Online voting will close on October 9, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET.  Voting through paper ballots will close on October 10, 2023, at 7:00 pm ET. 

The six candidates for the three vacant Board positions in order of their member number are:

• Barry Brown

• Lin Toland

• Taylor Hyatt

• Shawn Roberts

• Valerie Farret

• Trey Albrecht

Biographies of the candidates can be found on the WDCR website, click here.

If you need help with voting, please contact the Region Administrators through the Club office at cluboffice@wdcr-scca.org.  .

Notice to Autocross Competitors: Sound Restrictions

Let's talk about sound....

We all know how hard it is to get sites. And not everyone in every community appreciates what we do. But we are committed to making reasonable efforts to keep noise within acceptable levels. It's just good Citizenship right? For drivers who tour already, this should be quite familiar. For local autocrossers, this is very new. So here is the basic rundown.

Key points:

• 100 dB limit will be measured 50 ft from course at a high throttle zone determined during course setup. Workers will be stationed by the meter and record each run.

• Courtesy warnings will be given at 97dB and competitiors who reach the 100dB limit will be given an opportunity to take corrective action, that must be approved before they continue.

• Records will be kept, and if a driver continues to bring a car that violates the sound restrictions, that driver may have to bring a different car next time. DDS is always a good choice... unless the muffler is rusted away, of course!

• It's important that we respect the community where we play. Sites are becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain, and we need to be grateful in word and deed for the opportunities we still have.

Thank you for understanding and cooperating. We are committed to working together to make sure this policy satisfies participants and the surrounding community as best as possible.

Ryan St.Louis
WDCR Solo Chair

Restricted and Hazardous Area Access Bulletin - April 2023

Effective Immediately:

All programs and participants:

Change in access to Restricted, hazardous, or “Hot” areas has changed, Washington DC Region will not approve or issue access to the “Hot” areas to non-members or commercial entities not specifically requested to enter or assigned to those areas.

A hazardous area is defined as: “any area outside the protection of a positive barrier.” In general, only those specifically assigned will be provided appropriate ID (Wrist Band, etc.) to areas where any potential hazards exceeded those of the general public.

General spectator access will be viewed as the limitation of any non-member or commercial enterprises not relating to arrangements with the Region.

Insurance underwriters are expecting access to the areas be by trained and experienced SCCA members. Washington DC Region reserves the right to designate individual(s) for specific purposes into the areas identified as hazardous.

Each person entering a hazardous will notify the individual in charge of that zone of their presence. Those individuals are obligated to follow the instructions from the individual responsible for that zone. The chief authority in the zone involved is not obligated to allow access or may direct individuals to safer locations or leave the area.

This policy directly applies to professional photographers. Summit Point Raceway is aware of our action and in support of controlling access to the areas of concern. Others desiring access may secure approval from the Director of WDCR Road Racing Program or the Region Executive or alternative.

WDCR: Recipient of the Jumbo Region of the Year Award!

Region of the Year Award: The Region of the Year Award gauges the Region’s leadership team’s performance related to SCCA’s Goals and Business Strategies, which include (1) positive Member Experience through improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Region communication, increasing member value and opportunities, and activating program board plans, and (2) membership growth and activation through developing and rolling out aggressive and enthusiast recruitment campaigns, improving new member communications, and enhancing the Region’s focus on renewal. These REs also participated regularly in scheduled Region Zoom Meetings to listen and share and support each other.

“Washington DC Region delivered Top-5 membership growth & retention while running the most Programs and hosting the most Events in their category. The RE was a regular contributor in the Jumbo Region RE meetings, provided stellar communication with the National Office, and was active in local community programs. They were a Tom Burke Award recipient in 2021, and they’re celebrating their 75th birthday as a Region this year – so here’s something else they can toast to.”

The Jumbo Region of the Year is…Washington D.C. Region!