Brian Berry

Thank-you to everyone who took time out of their weekend to join us at the track Sunday for some pre-season fun.  We had a long course setup for seat time, and dry weather for two of the three run groups – run group 3 was a slippery mess, followed by some really soggy fun runs.  It turned into a longer day than we expected, but we really appreciate the racers who stuck around and helped us pick up in the rain – you’re the best!

Andrew Barbitta was the fastest driver on Sunday, with a 90.11 second time in his STU classed WRX STI.  PAX went to Blake DeWit in an HS Honda Accord, picking up where he left off last year in his Miata.  At the top of their class were Blake for Street, Andrew for Touring, Tim Hasick for Prepared in a Dodge Viper, Brian Berry for Modified in the super sexy Focus SVT, and our fastest Novice was Tim Sammut in an Audi S4.

Results are now available on the website – http://www.trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

Our pre-season schedule is published on the Club’s website and Events are created on Facebook – check them out and plan to join us for a weekend of pre-season autocross racing February 20th & 21st.  

We are planning to go racing on Sunday, January 24th for our first pre-season event of the year.  All of our races this year will be managed online via motorsports.reg.  To sign up for the January pre-season race, please go to msreg.com/ttc2021ps1

Saturday 01.23.2021

– Gates open at 4:00pm Saturday afternoon for track setup – please come by and help us out with setup if you can!  The more folks, the quicker it goes! 
– Jeremy McNeely is our Competition Director and will be our track setup guide

Sunday 01.24.2021

– Gates open at 7:30am for registration- Driver’s Meeting at 9am under the cover, followed by run groups 1 & 2- Lunch break – we are on our own for lunch
– Driver’s Meeting for late registrants, followed by run group 3
– Followed by Fun Runs for registered racers

Entry fee is $32 for members and $37 for non-members paid online.  This is a great time of the year to join the club as you will get $5 off the entry fee for all Shasta Speedway autocross races – make it to half of those, and your membership pays for itself!  Plus you get a rad t-shirt at the beginning of our regular season in April, can compete for season trophies, and get the opportunity to help run our events.  Join the club at msreg.com/ttcmembership2021

Please join us for some pre-season action this month!

The Trinity Touring Club is racing Saturday and Sunday October 17th & 18th at the Shasta Speedway and raising money for two local non-profits helping the hungry in our community, the Connected Living Food Bank (formerly Shasta Senior Nutrition Program) and The Good News Rescue Mission.  The need for food assistance is growing, and you can help by making a donation as part of registering for our October race weekend!  This is our last scheduled event this year.

Donate $25 and be entered for a chance to win a 2021 TTC Season Pass for all TTC events at the Shasta Speedway next year + a Family membership (a $400 value), or donate as little as $5 and TTC will match your donation.  Register using the following links:

Saturday October 17th – http://msreg.com/ttc7

Sunday October 18th –  http://msreg.com/ttc8

Even if you can’t make it to the races, you can donate and participate in the raffle without registering to race by signing up for the ‘Trinity Touring Club 2020 Fundraiser’ event at http://msreg.com/ttcfundraiser.  The 2021 Season Pass drawing will be held at our last event of the season, Sunday October 18th. and you do not need to be present to win. 

Gates open at 7:30am with driver’s meeting for Run Groups 1 & 2 at 9am.  Driver’s meeting for Run Group 3 is at 12:00pm.  We will offer free Fun Runs to our registered racers at the conclusion of Group 3, so if you raced in Group 1 or 2 and can stay with us and help with Group 3, you can get more seat time!  Entry fee is $32 for members and $37 for non-members, and camping is available at the track for this weekend.Run group space is limited, so register today! 

We are setting up at 5:30pm Friday the 16th, and we always appreciate anyone who can make it out to help.

The organizers have canceled this weekend’s competition at Thunderhill due to air quality concerns for the health and safety of the participants.  This means TTC is not racing this weekend.  Registered participants should have gotten an email via MSR earlier today.

If you are willing to travel a bit more, Reno has an event this weekend and registration is open on MSR:  https://renoscca.motorsportreg.com/

We are evaluating whether we can book another weekend at the Speedway and keep our planned 10 race season and will send an update on the schedule when we have more information.

The deadline is here to sign up and race with the Corvette club at Thunderhill this weekend.  There is no onsite registration, all entrants must be signed up on MSR by October 1st @ 11am.  Don’t expect to just show up and waive sweaty money in someone’s face, it won’t work.  You need to be signed up via MSR and complete the Speedwaiver to race.

https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/nbca-ttc-auto-x-87-88-thunderhill-raceway-park-wscc-north-bay-corvette-531495

More details about the event schedule and track maps will be sent via email from MSR to those who are registered.  Please let me know if you have any questions, or you can also contact the event organizer (Jeff Farber) via MSR.

Get signed up now!

Thanks to all who made it out to our September points race!  It was a tight battle for top time all weekend between Boris Podtetenieff in the Tesla Model 3 Performance and Larry Nelson in the Brunton Stalker – these were the only two racers with times in the 61’s both Saturday and Sunday.  Boris got the win, sweeping the weekend for Top Time, and pulling off the rare double on Sunday, with a PAX win as well.  Saturday’s PAX winner was Blake DeWit in his E Street Miata.

Saturday’s Class winners were Blake for Street, Jerry Shaha for Touring in an STR Miata, Larry for Modified, Boris for Prepared, Keith Smith for CAM, and Garret Murphy was the fastest Novice in a Nissan 300ZX.  Sunday’s Class winners included Blake, Jerry, Larry, and Boris.
Complete event and season results are available at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

We raised $565 so far in donations for this year’s fundraiser, and will continue the campaign through our October race weekend.  You can donate online at msreg.com/ttcfundraiser  without having to register for a race, or you can donate once again when registration for our October weekend opens up in a few weeks.  The drawing for a 2021 season pass for those who donated $25 will be held on Sunday October 18th.

Next up is Thunderhill October 3rd and 4th!  Get all the details and register online https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/nbca-ttc-auto-x-87-88-thunderhill-raceway-park-wscc-north-bay-corvette-531495

Please take a moment and sign up for the Shasta AutoX Challenge Series events Saturday and Sunday at the Shasta Speedway in Anderson.  We are tracking to our goal of hosting 10 points races this year, 4 have been completed and this weekend is round 5 & 6.  Use these links to register:

Saturday September 12th – http://msreg.com/ttc5

Sunday September 13th – http://msreg.com/ttc6

Club members need 4 races completed in their car class to be eligible for a Season win, and the two lowest scored events will be dropped (best 8 of 10).  We would really like to see our members and supporters at the track this weekend!  Club T-shirts will be hot off the press!  

See you at the track!

The Trinity Touring Club is racing Saturday and Sunday September 12th & 13th at the Shasta Speedway and raising money for two local non-profits helping the hungry in our community, the Connected Living Food Bank (formerly Shasta Senior Nutrition Program) and The Good News Rescue Mission.  The need for food assistance is growing, and you can help by making a donation as part of registering for our September race weekend!

Donate $25 and be entered for a chance to win a 2021 TTC Season Pass for all TTC events at the Shasta Speedway next year + a Family membership (a $400 value), or donate as little as $5 and TTC will match your donation.  Register using the following links:

Saturday September 12th – http://msreg.com/ttc5

Sunday September 13th – http://msreg.com/ttc6

Even if you can’t make it to the races, you can donate and participate in the raffle without registering to race by signing up for the ‘Trinity Touring Club 2020 Fundraiser’ event at http://msreg.com/ttcfundraiser.  The 2021 Season Pass drawing will be held at our last event of the season, Sunday October 18th. and you do not need to be present to win. 

We are trying out 3 run groups this time.  Gates open at 7:30am with driver’s meeting for Run Groups 1 & 2 at 9am.  Driver’s meeting for Run Group 3 is at 12:00pm.  We will offer free Fun Runs to our registered racers at the conclusion of Group 3, so if you raced in Group 1 or 2 and can stay with us and help with Group 3, you can get more seat time!  Entry fee is $32 for members and $37 for non-members, and camping is available at the track for this weekend.Run group space is limited, so register today! 

We are setting up at 6:00pm Friday the 11th, and we always appreciate anyone who can make it out to help.

It was a hot and fast weekend of racing with the Trinity Touring Club!  We had different overall winners each day and some very close competition. 
Saturday, Troy Dewell was fastest in his DP Miata, with Keith Smith taking PAX in his CAM-T Camaro.  Class winners included Boris Podtetenieff for Prepared in the Tesla Model 3 Performance, Blake DeWit for Street in his ES Miata, Heinz Simoneit for Touring in his STX Civic SI, and ‘Fast’ Larry Nelson for Modified in the Brunton Stalker Super. 

Sunday, it was Larry Nelson at the top of the speed chart, getting around the course in a ‘zen’ worthy run of 61.373 (the only sub 62 second time of the weekend).  The PAX winner was Praneil Prasad who expertly guided his 2016 STR Miata to a dominating PAX win – great job!  Class winners included Praneil for Touring, Boris for Prepared, Blake for Street, and Larry for Modified.

Complete results and Season Points updated – https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

We plan to do it all again September 12th & 13th.  Hope to see you there!

Race #3 and #4 for the Shasta AutoX Challenge Series is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday August 8th and 9th!  Setup is Friday at 6:30pm in the pit area at the Shasta Speedway.  Gates open at 7:30am and 1st Driver’s Meeting at 9:00am both Saturday and Sunday. 

We will do our best to start on time, and complete the events before the afternoon heat takes hold, so please be on time and ready to go racing! 

Online registration: 
– Saturday August 8th – http://msreg.com/ttc3 – Sunday August 9th – http://msreg.com/ttc4

Walk-ups can sign up online using their phone at the event.  Your best bet is to register online ahead of time as run group space is limited.

Self Tech:  Download the Self Tech sheet as part of MSR registration and inspect your race entry prior to the event.  You do not need to bring the form to the track, just be sure to do the inspection and correct any issues before we find them at the track and send you home!  We are doing inspections in the staging lane for every car this weekend.

Waivers / Wristbands:  Everyone in the pit area should be a driver, rider, or TTC event staff.  All must sign the event liability waiver and put on a wristband.  The waiver station is under the shade cover.  Use the hand sanitizer after signing the waiver!

Spectators:  Only driver’s or riders in the pit area.  Spectators may use the West parking lot fence area to view the event and are expected to social distance.  Bring shade and water!

Other Changes:
– You must bring your own compliant helmet.  No rental helmets are available- Bring your own cold beverages and a hat – it is going to be hot!
– Camping is allowed at the facility, but there are no Club social events or gatherings planned- For Club Members competing for Season points, you need to complete 4 of the 10 events, and we will have 2 drops for a best 8 out of 10 races. 
– T-Shirts / Plaques:  We won’t have anything printed for this event, but we are working on it for next time.

Notice to Participants: In light of the current COVID-19 situation, every attempt will be made to minimize the risks of exposure to the virus. New processes and procedures are being developed and will be put into place for events going forward.

Ultimately, it is your responsibility to assess the risk to you, both on-track and off, and to make the decision on whether or not to participate. If you are feeling unwell or are experiencing symptoms such as fever, cough, or shortness of breath please stay home. If you have been in contact with someone who has been experiencing these symptoms in the last two weeks, please stay home.

While on site please take the health and safety of your fellow participants, volunteers and staff into consideration and practice social distancing, wear a mask, and wash your hands and/or use hand sanitizer frequently.