March 2018

Our final ‘test and tune’ event was blessed with a beautiful, sunny day and a great group of racers who had two laps around a track with “the most pointer cones I’ve ever seen” (said numerous people).  The course consisted of 10 gates, 9 corners, and not much else in between.  Some were able to take full advantage of the ‘create your own line’ aspect and posted some amazing times, and everyone did a great job with helping to keep the event smooth and safe for everyone.

Scott Murchison, in his newly ‘XP’ classed Subuaru WRX STI, put down the fastest lap of the day with an impressive 63.572.  Top PAX and Street class win went to Blake Dewitt in his ES Miata with a raw time of 65.830.  Fastest by PAX group were Chris Bird in his STR Honda S2000 for Touring, Jason Fielding in his Audi RS3 for Prepared, Danny Ide in his ’48 Willys for Modified, and Eric Haney was the fastest Novice in a Chrysler Crossfire.

Complete results are posted at http://www.trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

We are meeting next week on Tuesday, March 20th at Player’s Pizza in Anderson.  Social hour 6 – 7pm, meeting starts @ 7pm – I hope you can join us!

The first event of the 2018 Shasta AutoX Challenge Series is up next on Sunday, April 15th.

cheers,

Brian

This is your last chance to blow the cobwebs and mud dauber nests out of your hot rod before our season starts next month.  We will be at the Fairgrounds racing this Sunday on fast two-lap course – you don’t want to miss it!

Saturday 03.10.2018
– Gates open at 4:00pm for track setup – the more hands, the quicker it goes, so please join us!

Sunday 03.11.2018
– Gates open at 7:30am for registration and tech inspection
– Driver’s Meeting at 9am under the cover, followed by run groups 1 & 2
– Lunch break – Hot Dog cart available – Please bring some extra cash and support our vendor!
– Driver’s Meeting for late registrants, followed by run groups 3 & 4

Entry fee is $30 for members and $35 for non-members – cash or check.  Join the club and get $5 off the entry fee for all races this year, a rad t-shirt at the beginning of our regular season in April, the chance for season trophies, and get the opportunity to help run our events.  Novice racers are always welcome!  And there are quite a few autox veterans we’ve yet to see this year, so I hope you can make it out – weather outlook as of today is mostly sunny and a high near 70 on Sunday!  No excuses!

I look forward to seeing you at the track!

Prior Updates:

1.  Helmets:  Helmets are available to rent for just $1 (and we will hang onto your driver’s license until it is returned).  If you bring your own, it must be SA/MA 2005 or better.

2.  2018 SCCA Classes and Rules:  Changes are in the works – checkout the 2018 draft at https://www.scca.com/downloads/39464-2018-solo-rules-book-1-draft-a/download  We will have a hard copy of this once it is finalized – for now, it is only available online as a download.

3.  2018 Shasta AutoX Challenge Series:  We have a verbal agreement on race dates for this year – please check out http://www.trinitytouringclub.com/race-schedule/ for the latest updates!

See you at the track!