Category: Regional Executive Report

Fall kicked in literally right on the nose for us this year with the temperature drop, hopefully no more 90+ degrees for 2022. As you read this, our season is winding down with a few more region events to go , the 2022 Solo Nationals are history and we have participants actively competing at the 2022 Runoffs at VIR this weekend! I hope for safe travels for everyone on the road wrapping up there events.

With the changing of the season it also brings us to that annual time of year for our club to regroup, assess the season and prepare for the next year. The most important activity is the election of our new Board of Directors for 2023. If you have ever wanted to get more involved, this upcoming election is a very opportunistic time as we have some positions that we will be filling with new faces and names for next year. One of those positions will be our Region Executive. It’s hard to believe but it has been 10 years since I had the opportunity to start serving the club in this capacity and it’s time for me to “pass the reigns” to a new RE for Cincinnati Region. I have loved the opportunity and the people I’ve had the privilege to work alongside over the years and now I need to focus on the family while the kids are still in the house. 🙂

 So at our next Board meeting on October 18^th at 7PM at the Shooter’s in Liberty Township, we will have our regular meeting (on the 3^rd Tuesday of the month) and accept nominations for current region members interested in running for board member positions to form our ballot that will be voted on at our November meeting (11/18/22). If you are interested in learning more about the board positions, please look up a board member either at an event or thru the contacts listed on our website cincyscca.com OR you can also look up the responsibilities listed in our bylaws that are also published on our website.

Look forward to seeing some new faces at our October meeting on 10/18/2022 at the Shooter’s Bar & Grill in Liberty Township at 7pm. Full address and information are on our website as well. Enjoy the time as the leaves start changing this month and get out and drive!

Hello Cincinnati SCCA members & friends! “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” As the weather has turned much colder it’s SCCA time to review the previous year and prepare for the next! So I’ll start with a little review, The Beatles: Get Back is MIND-BLOWING, now streaming on Disney+. 🙂

Now for some Cincy SCCA review…
Our new 2022 Cincinnati Board of Directors were elected at our meeting last month on November 16th by an unanimous vote. The complete board and our returning Board Members At Large are listed below. Thank you to the members that came out to the meeting, it was great to meet some more faces of our 574 member Cincinnati Region! The following are your 2022 Cincinnati SCCA Board of Directors:

• Region Executive – Tony Brown
• Assistant Region Executive – Gordon Benson
• Treasurer – Christy Graham
• Secretary – Halie Sewell
• Board Member At Large (2 year term 2022-23, 3 elected)
  • Jack Burns
  • Jim Clark
  • Tom Thomlinson
• Board Member At Large (2 year term 2021-22, 3 elected)
  • Jeff Loewe
  • Takuto Takagi
  • Brian Walker

As a reminder we have no Membership meeting in December but pick up right where we left off with our next Membership/Board meeting on January 18th at 7pm at the Shooter’s Sports Grill at 4981 Winners Circle, Liberty Township, OH 45011. We hope to see even more members at our next meeting!
Finally, another reminder our Awards Banquet is scheduled to return for 2022! After a year off due to Covid, we have secured the date of February 5th, 2022 at the Receptions in Fairfield. We look forward to seeing everyone and recognizing our members in person again! Information for registration to the banquet will be coming soon via email and posted on social media!
I want to wish everyone a safe, merry and happy holiday season. Please take care of yourselves and each other, we’ll see you in 2022!

Tony Brown – Cincinnati Region SCCA, Region Executive

Hello Cincinnati SCCA members & friends! HAPPY FALL Y’ALL! As summer has now officially turned the corner into cooler temperatures, you will see some great announcements about our future activities from our event chairs in this Cinchronizer! And I have a few items of my own to review.

First, it’s election time! As always our October Membership/Board meeting was held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month on October 19th at Shooter’s in West Chester. Our October meeting was the nomination meeting to come up with the ballot for the election of our new board for 2022 from those in attendance. The ballot for the 2022 Cincinnati SSCA Board are:

• Region Executive – Tony Brown
• Assistant Region Executive – Gordon Benson
• Treasurer – Christy Graham
• Secretary – TBD
• Board Member At Large (2 year term 2022-23, 3 elected)
  • Jack Burns
  • Jim Clark
  • Tom Thomlinson

Our election meeting is at our next Membership/Board meeting on November 16th at 7pm at the Shooter’s Sports Grill at 4981 Winners Circle, Liberty Township, OH 45011. Even though there are no contested positions for next years board, we’d still like to see members at our next meeting to learn more about our club operations and possibly learn about a role they would like to fill in the future. And the wings are pretty good as well!

On a more somber note, earlier in October one of our long time members Tony Horning passed away. Tony was a dedicated 49-year member of Cincinnati SCCA and had a long storied membership with our club. He was active in many activities over the years and also served as Region Executive for our club. Personally I first met Tony almost 20 years ago when I first started volunteering up at our Mid-Ohio events in Driver Information at the base of the tower. He was a great teacher on those track operations I learned long ago. He was also awarded our clubs prestigious Joel Williams Award for 2004. He will be missed by many of our SCCA friends. Rest In Peace and Godspeed Tony.

Finally, our Awards Banquet is scheduled to return for 2022! After a year off due to Covid, we have secured the date of February 5th, 2022 at the Receptions in Fairfield. We look forward to seeing everyone and recognizing our members in person again! In the meantime, our last Member/Board meeting (and Election Day) is coming up on November 16th, hope to see you there!

Tony Brown – Cincinnati Region SCCA, Region Executive

Hello Cincinnati Region SCCA Members and friends of the Region,

Spring is in the air and our event schedule is getting packed! With the most updated events calendar showing much more promise than it did a year ago as we were dealing with the “new realities” of our coronavirus lives. Updates are in this newsletter on the events we’ve already completed in 2021 with our Solo & Rally programs. And our upcoming calendar can be found at http://cincyscca.com/ and events that have registration open can be found at https://cincyscca.motorsportreg.com/.

It is with extreme sadness in my heart to inform you of the passing of one of our great members, Dennis Barnes. Dennis was a Cincinnati SCCA member over the last 25+ years. Dennis touched many people over the years and was a friendly competitor, resource, talent, volunteer and mentor to so many people. For many, many years Dennis was a licensed Safety Steward and supported our Solo & Track events. Personally, over the years with his Fiero’s and Miata’s, I’ll remember the caravans to solo events out of town, working together on the trailer(s), figuring out how to scrape seconds of time off of an old miata 🙂 Riding shotgun in his crazy modified tow vehicle, Dennis was never afraid of an aftermarket part that could help get better performance out of his truck 🙂 Lot’s of memories and fortunate to have them. Dennis will be missed dearly by our Cincinnati SCCA family. Final checkers are in your honor Dennis, we’ll miss you.

With that I hope everyone is as eager as I am to get outside and enjoy the fellowship of our brother/sister car enthusiasts as soon as you are ready to come on out. Take care and see you soon!

Tony Brown
Cincinnati Region SCCA, R.E.

Hello Cincinnati Region SCCA Members & Friends! It’s wintertime and most of us have cold tires and engines yearning to get moving. But we have had some members recently venture south with some great success! Rob & Doris Bax spent some quality time in Florida as Rob championed his B-Spec Mini Cooper at SCCA Majors Events. With 2 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway he took away 1st & 3rd place trophies including winning a pole and a new track record! The following weekend at Sebring International Raceway brought a pair of highly contested 4th place finishes. If you had a chance to watch and listen to the broadcast on scca.com it was some exciting racing. Congrats Rob!

Also new this month you will find an article from our new Area 4 National Board of Director Dayle Frame! Dayle has offered to periodically update the regions in Great Lakes Division as to what is happening on the national level with his new responsibilities. We should look forward to this great new line of communication from our National Board representative.

The covid pandemic has recently reached some of our very dear members and friends. I want to extend well wishes to those on behalf of their friends here in Cincinnati Region and hope for a strong recovery. Spring will be here before we know it and I look forward to seeing everyone soon!

Stay safe and healthy,

Tony Brown
Cincinnati Region SCCA, R.E.