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October 2019

Final Race This Weekend + Chili Cookoff + Fundraiser!

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The Trinity Touring Club is hosting the final race weekend of the 2019 Shasta AutoX Challenge Series October 19th and 20th!  Racing Saturday and Sunday, with a chili cook-off potluck track side Saturday night.  We are raising money for  Northern California Wheelchair Athletics , a local non-profit that helps people to ‘get back in the game’ by providing fellowship and adaptive equipment to participate in a variety of wheelchair sports. We’ll be donating our profits from this weekend’s racing, and will be holding a raffle with fabulous prizes from Cicada Cantina, Naked Coffee, Napa, Snap On, O’Reilly, Lithia, Vivid Detailz, and others, thanks to the efforts of our Board Member and Race Director, Jeremy McNeely!  Sharon Haley is also donating a 2020 TTC season pass for all 12 regular season races!  Raffle tickets are just $1 and we’ll be selling them up through lunch time on Sunday, so be sure to get in on the action!

Race entry fees are $35 for non-members, $30 for members each day.  Club T-shirts are on sale for just $5!  Electronic payments accepted!  Campers are welcome this weekend.  We will have the Go Kart available for any children age 8 and above who would like to race with us – see a Club member for details. 

Friday 10.18.2018
– Gates open at 5:00pm for track setup – the more hands, the quicker it goes, so please join us and help out!  We got a preview of the course, and it is big car friendly!

Saturday 10.19.2019
– Gates open at 7:30am for registration and tech inspection – you can register for both days and reserve your run groups, first come, first served
– 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 at the conclusion of lunch break, followed by run groups 3 & 4
– Racing event concludes around 4pm
– Dinner setup by 5:00pm

Chili Cook-off Potluck Saturday 5:00pm – Track Side
– Bring a big crock pot of your best chili – we will have a table setup w/power- Bring a side dish, corn bread, chips, salsa, etc- Dessert:  We love dessert! 
– Soft drinks provided, BYOB for anything else
Trophy for the Best Chili!
Sunday 10.20.2019
– 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 at the conclusion of lunch break, followed by run groups 3 & 4
– Event concludes with track clean up around 4pm

Come race with us this weekend and help raise money for a great, local non-profit!

Club Meeting Tuesday, October 15th

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The 2019 season is wrapping up!  We are meeting on Tuesday October 15th at Players Pizza in Anderson – social hour 6pm – 7pm, meeting starts at 7pm.  Please join us and help to plan for our final race weekend of 2019, a kickin Chili cook-off, and fundraiser, all happening the weekend of October 19th and 20th.
Meeting Topics:

  • Finance update
  • Review of September Thunderhill event
  • Shasta AutoX Challenge Series Race #11 & 12, Fundraiser & Chili Cookoff
  • Year End Dinner November 16th – Finalize Plans
  • 2020 Officers & Any Goals for Next Year
  • General Discussion

Thunderhill Results are Posted!

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Sorry this took longer than usual, but hopefully everything is accurate.  All of our times are entered in the timing computer and Season results are updated.  Check out the results at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/ and let me know of any issues.  Here are the official top times for our racers at the event:

Saturday 09.28.2019– Top Time: Troy Dewell / Mazda Miata – PAX Time:   Troy Dewell / Mazda Miata– Class Winners
— Street – Brian Berry / Focus SVT– Touring – Andrew Skemp / Mazda Miata– Modified – Jeremy McNeely / Mazda Miata– CAM – Keith Smith / ’71 Camaro

Sunday 09.29.2019– Top Time:  David Winterburn / JBS Sports Racer- PAX Time:  Keith Smith / ’71 Camaro– Class Winners— Street – Brian Berry / Focus SVT– Touring – Andrew Skemp / Mazda Miata– Modified –  David Winterburn / JBS Sports Racer– CAM – Keith Smith /  ’71 Camaro


You can view the raw results (and compare your times to the Corvettes) using the info on http://www.northbaycorvettes.org/eventsresults.html
Our final race weekend of the season is just a few weeks away on October 19th and 20th.  We will be doing a Chili Cookoff Saturday night, and are raising money all weekend for Northern California Wheelchair Athletics, a local non-profit.  There will be a raffle and of course, lots of great autocross racing Saturday and Sunday – we hope to see you there!