Arduous Autumn Airport Automobile Adventure

Final Road Rally for 2017 – This Saturday!
Come join us for the last rally of the year this Saturday, starting at Bob Evans off Winton Road just north off I-275. Come early for breakfast or be there before 10 to register. First car departs at 10:30. We will be ending at Lunken Airport, where we will have access to the Airport Museum, courtesy of EB Lunken.

Registration, General Instructions and entry options are available on Motorsportreg.com.

Come share this opportunity for a beautiful drive, check out the fall colors, socialize, and plan for next year’s adventures.

Solo: 2017 WORSCCA vs. CincySCCA

Registrations are open for WORSCCA vs CincySCCA Autocross Weekend!

Registration Page on MotorsportReg

Here are some Important informations on our new autocross site at Traders World, 601 Union Rd, Lebanon OH 45036!

  • Each vehicle entering the site must pay a $2.00 cash entry fee. Exact change is appreciated.
  • Use the North entrance off Union Rd, near the railroad tracks. Do NOT use the main entrance on SR 63.
  • No overnight camping allowed…gates are locked. Contact Kent at solochair70@gmail.com for recommendations.

Bring family and friends to enjoy our competition, shopping, food and fun at Traders World (open 9-5)!

We are very excited to be at Traders World! Remember that we are guests at the site and competitors and their friends are expected to act accordingly.

If you are new to autocross, welcome! Information on our events can be found here. Be sure to review the Novice Handbook prior to the event.

For those new to autocross, the Cincy SCCA Region highly encourages participation our novice program. Those who register in our Novice class can be paired with experienced drivers to help with all aspects of the events (including driving techniques). Whereas it is highly encouraged, it is not mandatory but does offer the opportunity for novices to run with others at similar experience levels.

Please preregister for events. You can pay at time of preregistration or at the site. Online registration really helps get our competition day off to better start and will save you a few bucks.

It is important to always use the same name, spelled exactly the same way, for each event. Failure to do so will result in season points scoring errors.

For index classes, identify your car with the index class and car number ONLY. For example, if entered in the Street Open (S) class with the number 12, your car should be identified as “12 S”. There is NO need to put your base class on the car. Make sure your class and number are clearly visible from a distance. This helps a great deal in making our event operations run smoothly.

If you have questions or need help with registration please e-mail one of the contacts below.

Event Schedule (all times approximate)
Event and course setup (volunteers needed and appreciated): 7am-9:15am
Registration: 7:30-8:30am
Tech inspection: 7:30-8:45am
Mandatory drivers meeting: 9:15-9:30am
First car off: 10:00am
Trophy presentation: ~4:00 (end of competition and cleanup)

Fees
Single Day:
SCCA Member, preregister: $35
SCCA Member, walkup registration: $40

Two Day:
SCCA Member, Preregister: $60
SCCA Member, walkup registration: $70

Non-members: Additional $15 to cover the required SCCA weekend membership
Single Day:
Non Member, Preregister: $50
Non Member, walkup registration: $55

Two Days:
Non Member, Preregister: $75
Non Member, walkup registration: $85

Driving Instruction:

  • All vehicles entering the site will pay a $2.00 cash entry fee. Exact change is appreciated.
  • Use the North entrance off Union Rd. Do NOT use the main entrance on SR 63.

October RE-Port

The 2017 Season has been flying by and you will see some great recaps from our event chairs, as well as a few announcements on events to tie up the year!

I have a few scheduling reminders and announcements to make. Our next General Membership Meeting on October 17th at 8PM at our normal meeting place (the Mill Race Banquet Center) will be our annual nominating meeting to create the ballot for our club ELECTIONS in November, if you are interested in serving your club, be sure to attend! Our November General Meeting and 2018 Board ELECTIONS will be on November 21st at 8PM. On this election night we will also be voting on the proposed updates to our Region By-Laws! We will have NO General Meeting in December and kick off the year with our first meeting in January on January 16th. And finally, MARK YOUR CALENDAR for JANUARY 27TH, we have confirmed the date for our annual Awards Banquet to be held that evening at the Mill Race Banquet Center, more details to come!! Enjoy the fall weather and see you soon!

Rally Report – October, 2017

– Rally Chair is in Indy for Runoffs, and her full Rally report will be posted soon. –

Indiana Rally (09/16/17) Result:
EB Lunken came in first with navigator Kris Cann. Congratulations!

Our next, and final rally for the 2017 season is on October 21st. Details will be coming soon. Look for a Website / Facebook post and email with details. Save the date!

Solo Report

Last month I was amazed it was already Sep and time for the TireRack SCCA Solo National Championships! We will frequently have 6-12 Region members make the trek to Lincoln, NE each year, but this was a light year with only four attending. I’ll make this disclaimer up front, if you are a dual member but your primary is elsewhere or if I just screwed up and missed you, sorry. Please let me know and I’ll catch it next month. Here’s how the four that went did, congrats to all, but Dave just dominated!

Michael Jeffries – CS – 23rd
Robert Clark – CS – 34th
Tim Sholar – HS – 18th
David Montgomery – FP – 1st!!!

If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. I missed this year, first time since ’96. It’s an amazing time, great food, fun activities, big courses, challenging competition, and 1300 other competitors to meet and become friends.

On the local scene, we had our joint challenge event with Miami Valley Sports Car Club (MVSCC) on Sept 16 and 17 at Traders World. We had 200 drivers over the two days and had a blast. Competition was fierce, MVSCC took a narrow lead the first day, 89.94 vs Cincy SCCA score of 87.62. The course was essentially reversed for the second day and Cincy SCCA attempted to battle back but came up short with MVSCC again taking the lead with a 84.03 vs. Cincy SCCA score of 82.72. The combination of the scores from the two day event resulted in MVSCC taking the overall win from Cincy SCCA, 86.80 to 84.20. (Scores weighted based on PAX times for every entrant.

As the season winds to its end, we have our last two points events, one of which is another joint two-day event, and a year ending fun event.
Oct 8 – Points Event #7
Oct 28 & 29 Joint Challenge event with Western Ohio Region (Sunday is our PE #8
Nov 5 – Fun Event

Look for season point standings elsewhere, but the points lead to year end trophies which will ge at the banquet, date is Jan 27, 2018. Four events in the same class are required to qualify and the top 5 events count. (Note, if you only have three points events, the fun event can count as a 4th; however, no points will be awarded.

Lastly, plans for next season are already underway. We will have an Evolution Driving School May 5 & 6, with a Phase 1 on Sat and a Phase 2 on Sun. Highly recommend doing one or both of these! I had been competing for 8 or 9 years when I went to my first one (way too many years ago) and was competitive locally and at the division level. Over the course of the first day, I dropped 2 secs off my time. Great stuff!!!

Kent Weaver
Cincy Solo Chair

RoadRally: Indiana Cruise 09/16/2017

Indiana Cruise
September 16, 2017
General Instructions

Rally # 5 for 2017 kicks off this Saturday – registration at 9:15, participants’ meeting at 10:15, first car out at 10:30

This is a great drive thru Southern Indiana, rolling along the river, thru interesting little towns, up and down curvy country roads – something for everyone. No gravel, but a little rough in a very few places.

We start at the CVS on 50 in Lawrenceburg and end down the street at Strong’s Brick Oven Pizzeria. The course is a bit over 100 miles and should take a bit under 3 hours, not including any stops or backtracking.

Register online at this link Indiana Cruise or on site (Email cincysccarally@yahoo.com if you plan to come so we have enough instructions, please). General instructions are attached and available on the registration page.

Bring a friend or let me know if you need a partner and we’ll do our best to hook you up.

Rally Master – Gordon Benson (& Teresa)
Contact # for Rally day 513-207-9956
Rally Safety Steward/Registrar – Christy Graham 513-658-4677

Schedule
9:15 to 10:00 – Registration at CVS – 175 W Eads Parkway, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
10:15 AM – Safety Meeting/Route Instructions distributed
10:30 AM – Start Rally
1:30 PM – Could arrive at endpoint
2:30 PM – Must be at endpoint – Strong’s Brick Oven Pizzeria – 1 E High Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

Cost for this event is $25 (a discount is available for members)
Register here on MotorSportReg.com

Rally 9-17 general instructions

Registration is Open Sept. 16-17 Joint Autocross Event

The registration for Sept. 16(Sat)-17(Sun), CincySCCA/MVSCC joint Event is open on MyAutoEvents.com

If already a member of MVSCC/NASA or SCCA, then the membership will be honored for either/both events. If not a member of either club, a regular membership or weekend membership will be required.

If you have any questions, please feel free to Contact Us via Email or Facebook Message Us.