RE-Port, December 2017

Seasons Greetings from Cincinnati Region SCCA!

It’s hard to believe the 2017 Season has already come to a close and 2018 is right around the corner! At our last General Membership meeting for 2017 on November 21st, we held our annual elections for the following years board of directors.

Your 2018 Board will be:
Region Executive – Tony Brown
Assistant R.E. – Gordon Benson
Treasurer – Shari McCoy
Secretary – TBD
Board Members at Large 2017-18:
Tact Takagi
Brian Walker
Scott Bitzer
Board Members at Large 2018-19:
Jim Clark
Christy Graham
Tom Tomlinson

Thank you to Jeff Loewe and Bill Stevens for your years of service on the Board, each wrapped up there terms as Board Members at Large this year and Jim Clark was re-elected to a new 2 year term. And a very special THANK YOU to our one and only Bryan Schafer who will be stepping back from his many years of service to the club as our Secretary, the to be determined successor will have HUGE shoes to fill, Thank you all!

Our 2018 Event Chairs will be:
Road Race Chair – Christy Graham
PDX Chair – Brian Walker
SOLO Chair – Kent Weaver
RallyCross Chair – Scott Bitzer
Rally Chair – Christy Graham

Also at the meeting the proposed changes to the Region By-Laws were ratified by majority vote and will be updated on our website very soon.
A reminder that we do not have a General Membership meeting in December, so our next meeting will be JANUARY 16th at 8PM at the Mill Race Banquet Center. Also mark your calendar for our Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday JANUARY 27th. More details and a link to register for the banquet will be coming very soon to reserve your spot!

Have a safe holiday season and if travel is in your plans, be safe on the roads! See you in 2018!

Thanks,
Tony

Solo Report

We had a fantastic season at Traders World in 2017. Sorry to say I don’t have the 2018 schedule yet, but I’m working on it and will let everyone know as soon as I can. I can say we have an Evolution Driving School already planned and registration open for May 5 (Phase 1) and May 6 (Phase 2).

Year end points and trophies. Year end points were updated for the last Points event and fun event.

Come celebrate the year with friends and competitors at our banquet on Jan 27. If you are listed as getting a trophy you should have received an email with a response requested by Dec 7th. Even if you aren’t getting a trophy come out and have fun and hopefully win a cool door prize.

Lastly, 2018 SCCA ProSolo, Match Tour, and Champ Tour event schedules have been released. Lots of great events close by or within a reasonable distance.

Kent Weaver

Road Rally Report – December 2017

And the 2017 series champions are…….. (drum roll)

Gordon & Teresa Benson. Finishing second were Gary & Brigitte Spicer, and in third were Scott & Reghan Bitzer. 63 participants took part in at least one of the six rallies, several of whom also set up courses. A couple safety stewards also pitched in even though they weren’t able to run on any of the event days (thanks Colleen Cabe and Jerry Cabe). It takes considerable effort to put on a rally and without the contributions of many individuals, we would not have a successful program.

Thanks to our 2017 Rally Masters (in alphabetical order):
Gordon Benson (& his better half, Teresa), Lee Grimes, Jim Knepper, Dick Krehbiel, EB Lunken, and Jim Wiles. Please come do it again in 2018.

If you’d like to be a part of the planning committee next year, become qualified as a Safety Steward, or lay out a course, chime in. Many hands make light work, and new ideas are always welcome.

I’ve already seen some of the routes in the works for next year. You won’t want to miss it. Come for the roads, stay for the people.

Christy Graham

Rallycross Note

The 2017 season is complete and the Cincinnati Cup winners will be announced soon.

A big thanks to all who participated this year and we are all looking forward to an even
Bigger and better 2018 season.

Merry Christmas to all!

Scott
Cincy region RallyCross Chair

Solo: Year End Championship Points are in!

2017 Autocross season is officially ended, and the Year End Championship Points and PAX Points are updated (Tentative, but almost final).

2017 Solo Results
 * Minimum of 4 Events entries are required to qualify for the Year End Points.
 * 11/05 Fun Event may count towards minimum event requirement, but no time will be counted.

Congratulations to all class winners, and thank you to all participants! We are looking forward to see you all at Banquet and 2018 Season!

Solo: Last Point Event for 2017!!

REMINDER: LAST POINT EVENT for Cincy THIS coming Sunday at Traders World! 🙁

Sat. 10/28/2017 – WORSCCA PE8
Sun. 20/29/2017 – CincySCCA PE8

Lots of year end trophy positions up for grab!
You can register for Sat, or Sun, or both days (both gets you a $10 discount)!
Any questions, contact Kent at solochair70@gmail.com.
Registration is on MotorsportsReg under WOR instead of our normal myautoevents page so you only have sign in to one site:

Registration on MotorsportReg.com

Note: There will be a Fun Event (not a Point Event) on Sunday Nov. 5th. It is our final solo event of the 2017 season.