President s Message - Cascade Sports Car Club

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January 2016 www.cascadesportscarclub.org ISSUE 1 Presidents Message I am grateful to be elected by the board to serve as your President for 2016. It was a great experi- ence serving as alternate on 2015 and eye opener how much me goes into make the club running. Those of you that came to the Club Dinner I hope everyone had a great me. Thanks to Tracy Klein for doing a great job organizing the event. As you may know, She hired the two top comedian to en- tertain the club and it happens that they were club members as well so it did not cost the Club any money. Thanks to Chris Heinrich and Quadruplethanks to Dave Dunning for emceeing which made the event memorable. I had not laugh that hard for a while. . You may want to reserve your seat early for next year. My goal this year as a president are: - Connue to expose our club by aending more events and other type of publicity Streamline our board meeng process. Streamline our accounng. simplify our membership registraon. Auspuff online! Beg for all members to aend at least 1-2 club general meeng (we need your input) Get more members to parcipate in Vong. (so if you did not vote this year I want to know why) Lastly, If you have any comment, quesons or suggesons please feel free to call/text or email me. 503-807-5539 [email protected] Majid (MJ) Hajari #08 El Presidente Remember: "Successful people do what unsuccessful people refuse to do."

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January 2016 www.cascadesportscarclub.org ISSUE 1

President’s Message

I am grateful to be elected by the board to serve as your President for 2016. It was a great experi-ence serving as alternate on 2015 and eye opener how much time goes into make the club running.

Those of you that came to the Club Dinner I hope everyone had a great time. Thanks to Tracy Klein for doing a great job organizing the event. As you may know, She hired the two top comedian to en-tertain the club and it happens that they were club members as well so it did not cost the Club any money. Thanks to Chris Heinrich and “Quadruple” thanks to Dave Dunning for emceeing which made the event memorable. I had not laugh that hard for a while. . You may want to reserve your seat early for next year.

My goal this year as a president are:

- Continue to expose our club by attending more events and other type of publicity

Streamline our board meeting process.

Streamline our accounting.

simplify our membership registration.

Auspuff online!

Beg for all members to attend at least 1-2 club general meeting (we need your input)

Get more members to participate in Voting. (so if you did not vote this year I want to know why)

Lastly, If you have any comment, questions or suggestions please feel free to call/text or email me.

503-807-5539

[email protected]

Majid (MJ) Hajari #08

El Presidente

Remember: "Successful people do what unsuccessful people refuse to do."

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Meeting Started: 6:35pm BOD Members- James Gregory, Gary Bockman, Kim McFarland, Dave Riehl, Julie Riehl, Linda Blackburn, Emily Smith, MJ Hajari-zadeh (alt) Committee members – Gail Fetterman, Branden Harer, Bob Hillison, Chris Heinrich, Julie Powell Visitors: Tiffany Beers, Bob Peters, Grace Skinner MSP of dispensing of the minutes. Approved. President James Gregory thanked Julie Riehl for serving as CSCC Treasurer for number of years. She promised to help the new treasurer come on board. Also thanked Gary Bockman for his service to the board. New board members Bob Peters & Shari Gregory were elected. Re-elected were James Gregory, Steve Powell and MJ Hajari-zadeh. Committee Reports (Only if any new information from our previous Business meeting)

Activities Calendar: Dave Riehl – November 14 ICSCC fall meeting & banquet; November 21 Oregon Region SCCA banquet; December 5 CSCC banquet

Activities Coordinator: Tracy Klein – Banquet coming up; hotel block under “Holiday Party Room Block”; raffle priz-es will be purchased; committee head gift cards will be purchased; worker points coming in; board approved all purchases; will send invitations to the 17 sponsors from the Dash for Kids

Auspuff: Tucker Sheppy – No report Charity Event: Shari Gregory – Tiffany Beers reported to the Board on the approx. monies raised at the Dash for Kids;

total received donation information was provided by Julie Riehl (Treasurer), so the board could allocate & approve donation checks to the charities the event supports; Shari will give a full report at the banquet; the event made ap-prox. $25,000-26,000; after bills paid, should clear $23,000; board approved $20,000 for total charity donations $2,000 from the event going toward toys (for either Doernbecher kids or families that take their kids to Doern-becher), with $18,000 going to Take Action; Nike charity event still generating money

Contest Board: Phil Rees – No report E-Board: Bob Hillison – Will be at ICSCC banquet with Mark Estes Enduro: Chris Heinrich – Enduro was not a big money generator; suggests prize money for 2016 event Gear Grinders: Branden Harer – Barely broke even for 2015, with Mountains to the Sea making the most money; will

remain cost conscious in planning for 2016 events; looking for more volunteers & event participants for 2016 Historian: Cierra Newhouse – No report Membership: Steve & Julie Powell – Linda B. brought up discussion of the ballot count from Saturday's general meet-

ing regarding newly elected plus alternate positions and the introduction of these people to the general member-ship. After a lengthy discussion, a motion was made to have MJ speak with the elected alternate and explain what the position entailed. If after this discussion, Olivier Henrichot decided he still did not want to be an alternate, Sha-ri Gregory would take that place. Motion was seconded. MJ will get back to the Board with Olivier's decision; mo-tion to keep membership fees and renewals the same in 2016 accepted

Merchandise: Café Press storefront – www.cafepress.com/cascadesportscarclub for online store Points: Lauren Stimson – No report; Grace Skinner took the 2015 points emails and spreadsheets from Lauren and set

up a system to track points easier; Grace will meet with Tracy to make sure all points are captured Publicity: Linda Blackburn – suggested to the board that the name “Publicity” be changed to “Marketing”, as it more

accurately captures what the group does for the club; will accumulate external event opportunities to promote CSCC and present to the board

Race Chair: Mike Smith/Tracy Klein – Mike thanked all for the 2014-2015 seasons Race Team: Tracy Klein – No report Registrar: Gail Fetterman – Will help train the new registrar for 2016 season ROD: Kimberly McFarland – Looking forward to new road race marshal training in 2016; will be attending ICSCC

Fall Meeting & Banquet as ROD representative Treasurer: Julie Riehl – checkbook looking good; plans to be caught up with the 2015 race season by December 1st;

Dan Heinrich and Julie will help bring new Treasurer up to speed on system; Julie stated she will keep involved and help the new Treasurer as much as she can & as time allows

Website: Mark Estes – No report

Old Business No old business.

New Business Board positions meeting: the 2016 board members will meet on Tuesday December 1 at 6:30pm at Stanford’s at

Jantzen Beach.

Meeting adjourned – 8:32pm

CSCC BOD Meeting Minutes – November 10, 2015

Meeting Started: 7:32pm Board Members: James Gregory, Kimberly McFarland, Linda Blackburn, Steve Powell, Gary Bockman, MJ Hajari-zadeh (alt) MSP of dispensing of the minutes. Announcements No announcements at this time. Committee Reports

Activities Calendar: Dave Riehl – No report Activities Coordinator: Tracy Klein – banquet will be Saturday December 5, with James Gregory being emcee; encourages peo-

ple to bring presents for kids for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Auspuff: Tucker Sheppy – No report Charity Event: Shari Gregory – No report; James said the charity event went well & thanked the committee for everything they

did; announcement on final numbers will be made at the charity event Contest Board: Phil Rees – No report E-Board: Bob Hillison – No report Enduro: Chris Heinrich – driver entries were down, so looking at how to freshen things up; James thanked Chris for his hard

work Gear Grinders: No report Historian: Cierra Newhouse – No report Membership: Steve & Julie Powell – membership went up in 2015 to approx. 270 members (approx. 230 members in 2014);

would be nice to get more members at the meeting; James added that pursuing the speaker series like beginning of 2015 may make a difference; still exploring multi-year membership opportunities

Points Keeper: Lauren Stimson – No report Publicity: Linda Blackburn – No report; James thanked Linda for all her hard efforts in the big PR push this past year and it has

paid off; Linda is working on 2016 materials currently; James re-asked the group to forward all ideas for community ap-pearances

Race Chair: Tracy Klein/Mike Smith – had a great year with no major issues; great season; in need of a new registrar & Tracy is actively recruiting for that & weigh master

Race Team: Tracy Klein – one school date has changed from September to October in 2016; will hold five schools next year; will work with Linda B. to publicize schools better; 2015 was a great year; one school had 110 entries; lots of positive feed-back

ROD: Kimberly McFarland – at the Lucky Dog Racing League, had three guys from the Vancouver, WA Baxter’s Auto Parts that tried to help with the road race marshals team, #29 Worker’s Revenge, entry; they had so much fun that they asked how they could get involved so Kim gathered their information and will notify them of the road race marshal training at the be-ginning of the 2016 race season; James thanked her for all her hard efforts in getting new road race marshals out for our events

Treasurer: Julie Riehl – No report; James publically thanked Julie for her hard work over the years Website: Mark Estes – No report

Ballots counted – new 2016 board members: Bob Peters, MJ Hajari-zadeh, Steve Powell, James Gregory, Shari Gregory (alt) Meeting adjourned – 8:47pm

CSCC General Meeting Minutes – November 7, 2015

A Quick Trip to COTA for Formula 1 By Armadillo Andy Collins

After telling everyone who asked, “Are you going to the F1 race in Austin” and telling them, “No I’m going to my 45th high school reunion,” I discovered that the reunion was the same weekend as the race at the Circuit of the Americas. This I discov-ered when the airfare to Austin was a shocking $800 round trip. This can’t be, since I fly to Austin about 4 times a year to visit my mom. Research showed it was true but why? Couldn’t be University of Texas football as the team sucks this year although they did manage to beat Oklahoma. I found if I travel Saturday and return back to SeaTac on Tuesday October 27 th the price of the ticket was just $348 (a good deal). Still didn’t explain why, until I looked harder and found it was the race. Alright, a trip to visit with my old high school buddies, see momsy and do Formula 1 along with a special after race concert with Elton John, all at the same time. Those of you around long enough to remember the first F1 race in Austin in 2012 might also remember the article I wrote con-cerning the event and the 5 mile hike from the shuttle bus drop off point to the track. 2015 was significantly different from the inaugural event when the parking lots weren’t finished so nearly everyone had to take the free bus. This year it was everyone taking the $25 bus because the parking lots were either flooded or mud so thick that they were similar to the La Brea Tar Pits. In fact I think there is still an old MG or Lotus Elan stuck out there. But I’m ahead of myself in this saga. Arriving at 5:30PM Saturday, my buddies Robert and William picked me up to head for El Mercado a Mexican restaurant where the A.N. McCallum class of 1970 were celebrating our 45 years of freedom from teacher’s dirty looks. At the reunion I visited with my friend Tom Dalrymple who runs a race prep shop taking care of clients racing Spec Racers. He is down to just 4 cars which he says is manageable. Then Bob Rollins showed me a pix of him in his Spec Racer at the Detroit GP as support for the F1 race a long time ago. Ha, and you though my high school was just football. Did I tell you it was raining Saturday night? Well as it turns out, it was raining Friday as well so not being at COTA was a good thing. Just ask Scott Faris who stayed all day Saturday only to leave late in the afternoon when all racing was suspended due to the torrential downpour. Scott left a few minutes too early as they opened the garages for a pit walk, right after he left. Man they NEVER do that unless of course you buy the really high dollar tickets. Scott wasn’t very happy. Also there Saturday was John Parker, his dad Gary “BBQ2U” Parker (who as it turns out attended my high school although ac-cording to Gary many years after I graduated), and James Crivelloni. They stayed and helped push cars out of the mud in the parking lots and did the pit walk. They also attended Huxton’s party in town where a number of F1 drivers showed up. Despite the rain they had fun. Look I may not quite have all these facts right but just stay with me here it is the story that counts. “So what time do we have to catch the bus in the morning?” Robert asked. “Oh….you know…about 7AM,” I said as quietly as I could. “7AM?!” What the….” So at 6:15 Robert and William arrived with Robert’s wife asleep in the back seat. Her job was to drive the car back from the bus stop. She is NOT a morning person. So standing in the rain and wind we waited and caught the 3rd or 4th bus heading for the track. Now I know that some of you are waiting to hear how I’m going to exaggerate the 10 mile hike from the bus to the track. Really! No the bus dropped us off only minutes from the main entrance and we waited in the wind and rain for the track to open at 8AM. We hustled in and set up our folding chairs at the turn 19 general admission section and hunkered down in the rain to wait. Oh we did our best to stay dry but there were rivers of water running down the paved walk ways and all non paved area were mud (like the La Brea Tar Pits and the parking lots). William and I made the obligatory trip to the souvenir stand where I scored an event cap, t-shirt, coffee mug (gift for a friend) and a jacket for Armadillo Ana who was smartly staying warm and dry back home in Bremerton, WA. William and I spied some wonderful sounding track food, a fried avocado taco. Two for just $12, such a deal. When they arrived and I looked at the two miniscule corn tortillas with a ¼ slice of a small avocado, I asked if I wasn’t suppose to get 2 Tacos. It was pointed out that there were actually 4 corn tortillas there and I was getting more than I paid for. Eating those hurt my eyes trying to find them on the plate. Did I mention that it was still raining? Finally they had some qualifying sessions but due to rain it was decided that they would just have Q1 and Q2 as no one was go-ing to improve on their time in Q3 due to rain. Now the vintage F1 cars came out for their race. There were several of my SOV-REN friends there with their cars, very cool. They had a few warm up laps behind the pace car and the announcer stated they would start racing any moment. To quote Iceman from Top Gun, “Bulls**t.” Of course they weren’t going to race these price-less cars in this rain. So after about 5 laps behind the pace car, they finished up and we settled in trying to stay warm waiting for the next “race.” Next up was the Porsche GT3 Cup race. Starting on the front row was Alex Ribaris of the Heart of Racing team. This is the European arm of Team Seattle. You know the brain child of Don Kitch (former Conference Driver of the Year, past president of IRDC and owner of the ProFormance Racing School at Pacific Raceways) to raise money for Seattle’s Children Hospital. Welp, Alex made a bold pass for the lead on about lap 5 and won the race! Outstanding and I saw Dapper Don Kitch on the big close circuit screen as they celebrated a big win. LUNCH BREAK. All this meant was that we waited for the race to start about 2PM. Certainly I didn’t have enough cash for more food. Let’s see $12 for two micro tacos, so a meal that would actually be satisfying would be about the price I paid for souvenirs, $250. Oh and I didn’t mention right after making my souvenir purchase the bank shut off my debt card. Seems mak-ing a purchase at a race track in Austin is “highly suspicious.” This being Sunday I couldn’t deal with the bank until Monday.

Dear CSCC Members,

WOW! We are so amazed and excited with the donation you gave Take Action INC this year.

$18,000 will make such a profound difference in the lives of so many hungry children! We

know you are passionate about racing, but how wonderful that you are also passionate about

children. Doernbecher kids and Take Action INC kids have enriched lives because of you!

We want to give special thanks to Shari Gregory, Signa Vernholm and Scott Goodrich for their

commitment to “The Dash”. They gave countless hours throughout the year to make this event

the huge success that it was. They not only worked tirelessly, but they were really fun to work

with! Our volunteers love you guys and keep asking if they can come back again next year.

That speaks volumns.

Our next TAI Board meeting will take place in January and we will be making decisions about

increasing our support at schools we already serve, and starting new schools. Having this

money available will allow us to meet our current obligations and continue to grow. Your club

has greatly enhanced our ability to reach hungry kids and we are exceedingly thankful to all of

you!

Blessings,

Janet and Michael Huber

Anyway, the rain stopped, the sun came out sorta and the wind slowed slightly. The Parker’s and Crivelloni found us and we visited about their adventures. They had great barbecue and were having the time of their life. Yes even in the rain, we were all having fun. My little brother Walter and his wife Mirsa were there too. Walt and I hooked up through an organization called Big Brothers of America. This was in 1975 and we’ve been friends ever since. He used to go to autocrosses with me back in the days of the Texas Spokes Sports Car Club. Anyway, Mirsa wasn’t happy about the cold and rain in this her first F1 race. I convinced her to stay for the start explaining how truly exciting a standing start is. Walt complained that his $25 VIP bus ticket got him a ride on a school bus. Gee Walt, we were on a tour bus. Finally the race came and it was a great one. Who would have thought the Toro Rosso team would be running 2 and 3 at the start. Anyway it was a great race and we enjoyed it thoroughly. Mirsa stayed and she loved it, but when it was over, Walt and Mirsa head-ed home to get warm and dry. Robert, William and I headed for the Elton John concert in turn 9. You are perhaps familiar with the Bataan Death March from WWII. This was similar. Thousands of people, a long trek (at least 3 miles or it seemed that way), remi-niscent of the shuttle bus trek in 2012, and the mud. We got there along with about 35,000 other fans. Elton didn’t disappoint. Fan-tastic and we loved it. He played nearly ever hit song he had and there were lots of them. Finally he ended with a great rendition of Crocodile Rock where the crowd sang the chorus. Show over at 8PM and we had to make the trek to the main entrance to catch the shuttle bus. A short walk from turn 9, just about 6 miles. Hey, COTA is 3.4 mile in length. We got there only to have to search for the end of the line to get on the shuttle bus. Oh there is the end of the line, WAY over there. So we got in line and waited for 1 hour and 50 minutes to get on the bus. Cold, wet feet, clutching my souvenirs and totally happy. What a day, what a race, what a concert and what a wait for the bus. Can’t wait for next year.

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The 2015 CSCC Dash for Kids Committee would like to thank all of our sponsors and participants. Because of you we were able to donate $18,000 to Take Action, INC. and $2000 to Doernbecher Hospital kids and families! Special thanks to our event sponsors: Rhom Innovations-CSCC Member, Chris Rhom rackside Motorsports- CSCC Member, Garth Ankeny Recycled Chic – CSCC Member, Qristy Kurtz Safaris Motorsports- CSCC Member, Scott Faris Larsco, Inc Lucky Dog Racing League Patriot Fire Protection and CSCC Member, Mike Smith Munich Motorworks – CSCC Member, Joseph Gilmore Country Green turf farms Meow woof pet care Country Square Barber Shop Marque Motors Inc The SMYTHE company –CSCC members, Steve & Julie Powell Gary’s Auto Repair –CSCC members, Gary and Michelle Presting BS RacingI-CSCC Member, Gary Bockman Millennium Business Marketing Solutions 7P's-CSCC Member, Scott Goodrich Bullivant Houser Bailey P.C.-Attorneys at Law Jess and Addie Heitman Team Red White and Blue Olive Garden Restaurant Flying By Photo- CSCC Member, Austin Bradshaw Chair and Co-Chair Shari R Gregory and Signa Vernholm would like to thank our committee members: Tiffany Beers Scott Goodrich Carol Faris Monty and Qristy Kurtz Julie Powell Charles Freeborn Advisors- James Gregory, Kim Kuzma McFarland & Tracy Klein and Linda Blackburn

This Month’s topic: “Post Racing Season Blues” by your Loose Nut. [Remember, “To sing the blues you have to live the blues.” Origin unknown.] We have entered the uncomfortable window when a racing season has ended and the next season will start sometime… unknown. Translated: That often overwhelming feeling of automotive tyranny of the urgent has faded, but we have yet to summon the energy to start really thinking about what we want to do next year. I call this the Post Racing Season Blues. I volunteer my best known dos and don’ts to get you through these tough times. DOs: Go to your club’s banquet. Observe the great bunch of automotively affected motorheads you have gotten to know. Thank everyone that volunteered even one hour. Without them, we would be racing on the streets. [That is bad!] Drain the water out of your [idle for the winter] race car or put antifreeze in the radiator. I can say with high confi-dence that the performance of a race car is diminished when the block is cracked. Clean out the garage. If you find something and you do not remember what that something is, release it from cap-tivity. Have fun advertising it on Craigslist. If I saw the subject/title on Craigslist saying “Long lost auto part of unknown origin and unknown use” I certainly would go right there! I suggest including a picture of it. Spend time brainstorming how to raise the ceiling of your garage so a four post lift will fit in there. We all want one. Therefore, we should all have one. It is so much more than a tool for under the car work. You need the abil-ity to park one car on top of another. Another strong selling point: It is a highly efficient trash (or anything) com-pactor. It also allows for industrial strength bunk beds for those late must-fix-car nights. Do not get discouraged if there is living space over your garage. You and other family members will get used to ducking down when occupy-ing that space. DON’T’s: Do not go racing on the streets. The grip is terrible and your tires will wear out very quickly. Do not give rides in your race car to your neighbors on public roads. Do not go out and sit in your race car once per day. [Once per week is OK.] Do not think about next year’s racing budget. How much you will race next year is a complete mystery. At the start of the Post Racing Season Blues, the “desire” will start lower than a snake’s belly in the gutter. As time pro-gresses the “desire” achieves the lofty height of a circus elephant shot out of a cannon. Do not watch NASCAR reruns on Youtube. Those NASCAR folks have not figure out how to turn both directions in the same race. [The exception is Watkins Glen and Sears Point aka Infineon aka Sonoma.] Do not watch For-mula 1 reruns on Youtube. Those folks have not yet learned how to pass like us “normal” [?hmmm?] racers yet. If you have to watch some racing action, best is amateur races with large grids. For us that often means the Spec Mi-ata folks or Pro3 folks, but any will do. Do not rent “Days of Blunder” or “Talladega Nights”. Those movies are fiction! If you need a car movie fix, rent “Cars” or “The Blues Brothers”. You will learn more from Lightning McQueen and Doc Hudson than Cole Trickle and Ricky Bobby. [Cole Trickle and Ricky Bobby are not real race car drivers.] The Blues Brothers” suggestion may surprise you… They wreck a lot of cars and the music is great. Do not fix up the trailer. Although tempting, you need to leave that until the night before the first race. The late night trailer maintenance is part of the mystique of racing. Do not ponder why that is. It just is. Thanks for reading. Until next time, Loose Nut.

The Loose Nut

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