Brian Berry

Pre-season autocross #2 is this weekend, Sunday, February 23rd.  We had a great group for the first pre-season race in January (some pics on Facebook), and that one was kinda wet.  We are expecting mostly clear and warm weather this weekend, so we hope to see more of you out to join us for some autocross fun!

The club will be serving up fresh donuts and hot coffee Sunday morning, and depending on attendance, we may offer free fun runs in the afternoon to anyone who paid/registered for the event.  We would like to fill up 4 run groups, so as always, it is first come, first registered, if you can stay with us for the afternoon, we’d appreciate you registering for the later groups.  This will help ensure we have rental helmets available for everyone who would like to race or ride.

Saturday 02.22.2020– 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!  We punted the annual trailer clean up to March. 
– Jeremy McNeely is our Competition Director again this year and will be our track setup guide

Sunday 02.23.2020– 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 – we are on our own for lunch
– Driver’s Meeting for late registrants, followed by run groups 3 & 4

Entry fee is $30 for members and $35 for non-members – electronic payments accepted.  Becoming a member is as easy as completing the membership application portion of the Tech Sheet and paying for an Individual ($30), Family ($35), or Business ($200, $400, or $600) membership.  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!

Other Info:

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 (this is the last year for 2005 rated helmets).2.  2020 SCCA Classes and Rules:  Changes are in the works – checkout the 2020 draft at https://www.scca.com/downloads/49002-2020-solo-rules-book-2-draft-b-2020-02-14/download We will have a hard copy of this once it is finalized – for now, it is only available online as a download.

3. March Pre-Season Race:  We are looking to move the March race up one week from 03.22 to 03.15 so we don’t conflict with SSCC Medford’s Spring Enduro, which is happening March 20th – 22nd.

4. Tentative Season Schedule:  We are submitting our schedule to the Fairgrounds and hope to hear back soon.  The official dates will be posted to https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-schedule/  when finalized, but here are the proposed dates that take into account events already booked at the Fairgrounds.  Note the Thunderhill events are CONFIRMED dates:

• April 25th & 26th
• May 9th & 10th
• June 6th & 7th – Thunderhill w/ the Northbay Corvette Association
• July 12th
• Aug 9th
• Sept 12th & 13th
• Oct 3rd & 4th – Thunderhill w/ the Northbay Corvette Association
• Oct 17th & 18th

I hope to see you at the track this weekend!

Sunday brought us a break from the rain, but a mostly wet track for our first pre-season event of 2020.  We had a good turn out with 26 racers and A LOT of spectators (nearly 80 folks signed our waiver!).  The day went off without much drama, other than running through our rental helmets pretty quickly which required some staging lane shenanigans to make sure everyone who needed a helmet had one on their head by the time they got to the starting grid.  It was great to see so many new people and I hope that we’ll see you again at our next event.

Results are published at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/
Post race, there was a good natured protest of the PAX results, and it was determined that the announced winner was actually not in the right car class due to equipment, so the Top Time of Day and PAX win both officially go to Andrew Barbitta in his totally hooked up Subaru WRX.  Other class winners included Richard Dunbar in Street, Troy Dewell in Touring in a STS Miata, Shawn McNeely for Modified in his turbo Miata, and our fastest novice (and 3rd overall) was Michael Williams in a fairly wicked WRX STI.  Of course, pre-season is just bragging rights – no points are tallied until we start our regular season in April.  Remember that if you have made changes to your car since you last raced, be sure to see if you need to move to a new class.

Our next pre-season race is coming up on Sunday, February 23rd, and we hope to see you there!

Rain or shine, we are hosting the first pre-season autocross of 2020 on Sunday, January 26th.  This is a ‘test and tune’ event and a great chance to have some fun before the points season starts in April.  We would love to have you join us this weekend!
The club will be serving up fresh donuts and hot coffee Sunday morning, and depending on attendance, we may offer free fun runs in the afternoon to anyone who registered for the event. 

Saturday 01.25.2020– 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!  We will hold off on our annual trailer clean up until the weather is more promising.
– Jeremy McNeely is our Competition Director again this year and will be our track setup guide

Sunday 01.26.2020– Gates open at 7:30am for registration and tech inspection- All cars need to be tech’d and helmets inspected for the new year
– 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 groups 3 & 4 + fun runs

Entry fee is $30 for members and $35 for non-members – electronic payments accepted.  Becoming a member is as easy as completing the membership application portion of the Tech Sheet and paying for an Individual ($30), Family ($35), or Business ($200, $400, or $600) membership.  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!

Other Info: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 (this is the last year for 2005 rated helmets).2.  2020 SCCA Classes and Rules:  Changes are in the works – checkout the 2020 draft at https://www.scca.com/downloads/48347-2020-solo-rules-book-1-draft-a-2020-01-06/download We will have a hard copy of this once it is finalized – for now, it is only available online as a download.

See you at the track this weekend!

We are just about a month away from our first pre-season event at the Shasta Speedway, scheduled for Sunday January 26th!  There are 3 pre-season dates on the calendar, and we’ll take one of those (when the weather is cooperating) to do a clean-up of the timing trailer and patch up the cone trailer.  The “Shasta AutoX Challenge Series” for 2020 will begin in April, and we are planning to partner with the Northbay Corvette Association for events at Thunderhill as part of our regular season again this year.  The full schedule will be coming together over the next couple of months and will include single day and weekend events.  Stay tuned for updates!

For people with a helmet of 2005 vintage, 2020 is the last year they are allowed – check to see if your helmet is legal by downloading the latest SCCA certification sheet here.  The 2020 PAX index is updated and linked from our More Info page – check to see if your Class has been updated!

The Club board met on Tuesday and reviewed our financial results for the year, and are happy to announce there are no fee changes for 2020 – membership remains $30 for individuals, $35 for a family membership, and race entry fees are $30 for members and $35 for non-member guests.  The updated Sponsor sheet is attached to this email for those wishing to renew or start a club sponsorship.   We thank all of our 2019 sponsors for their participation, and hope everyone returns for another year.  For our club members and supporters, you can help support the Club by bringing your family & friends to our events, and racing with us! 

Wishing you all the best for the Holidays, and looking forward to seeing you at the track in 2020.

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!

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

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!

Our 2nd autocross race weekend at Thunderhill is this Saturday and Sunday, September 28th & 29th.  A few of our campers are planning to arrive Friday evening.  We are also invited to join the Corvette Club for dinner at Round Table in Willows on Saturday night.  

It should be a fun weekend with spectacularly nice weather, and I hope you can make it!

Remember:– For those pre-registering, the deadline is tonight @ 9pm
– You can also register at the event 8am – Noon each day
– Bring Cash
– Bring Chairs
– Be Safe, Go Fast, Have Fun!

See you this weekend!
– Brian

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We are once again partnering with the North Bay Corvette Association for an autocross event on the 7 acre Large Skid Pad at Thunderhill Raceway Park!  North Bay Corvettes will be managing the event and taking your money.  Registration is $45 each day for TTC members, $50 for non-members.  This is a points race weekend for TTC – you will only be scored against your fellow TTC competitors for season points.  You will be competing against others at the event for the ‘Fun Car Class’ (basically everything that isn’t a Corvette) and Fastest Car of the Day bragging rights.  We will have Fast Time, Top PAX, and Class winners for our participants as we do for all of our events.

Here are the details!

We’ve had about a dozen racers pre-register, and several others have indicated they will be registering at the event.  If you didn’t sign up ahead of time but plan to go either one or both days, no worries, we will see you there! 

We had a great day of autocross on Sunday – the track was a blast and the weather was near perfect.  David Winterburn took his JBS Sports Racer to the the top of the speed chart, getting the only sub 70 second time of the day, and Blake DeWit scored another PAX win in his ES Miata.  Jeremy McNeely won Modified in his turbo SSM Miata, Jerry Shaha in a Miata was the fastest Touring driver, and Terance Lawheed was the fastest Novice in his EVO 8.   

Event and season to date results are posted at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/ – Club Members – check the ‘Season Points’ sheet.  You need to complete 4 events in your car class and be the points leader in order to get that year end trophy – if you are looking short, no worries!  We have four events left this year!  Our next event is at Thunderhill September 28th and 29th, followed by our final race of weekend of the year October 19th and 20th.

Our next Club meeting is Tuesday (tomorrow) September 17th at Player’s Pizza in Anderson.  Social hour 6 – 7pm, meeting starts and 8pm.  We are looking for Club officers for next year and would love your participation.

Please join us this Sunday for autocross racing at the Shasta Speedway!  This is race #8 of the Shasta Autocross Challenge Series, and there are just a few weekends of racing left this season.  Our next event is at Thunderhill in two weeks, followed by our final weekend of racing in October.  Here is the schedule:

Saturday 09.14.2019 – Track Setup
– Gates open at 6:30pm for track setup – the more hands, the quicker it goes, so please join us and help out!  Jeremy McNeely is our Race Director and will bring us maps for setup. 

Sunday 09.15.2019 – Race Day
– Gates open at 7:30am for registration and tech inspection
– Electronic payments accepted!  $30 for Club members, $35 for guests
– 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
We hope you can make it out to race with us! 

Club Updates:

1.  T-Shirts:Additional shirts are now just $10 each – pick up an extra and help support the Club!

2.  Club Officers for 2020:  We need your help to manage the Club for next Season!  President, Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer and 4 Board Members are needed each year.  Please consider taking on an active role in the club and be ready for Officer nominations in September.  Volunteer!  Let us know you are interested!
3.  Thunderhill – September 28th – 29th:  The Shasta AutoX Challenge Series returns to Thunderhill with the North Bay Corvette Association in September!  This will be points races #9 & #10 and the entry fee is $45 each day, with $10 returning to the Club to help cover our annual expenses.  Please plan to attend and to bring other racers along to join us – we need a big turn out for TTC!  The Corvette club has reserved a block of rooms at the Super 8 in Willows – $90 per night, and they are expected to sell out, so contact the Super 8 soon if you’d like to book.  Dry camping is available at the facility for $30 a night. 

4.  October 19th – 20th Race Weekend & Fundraiser:  For our final race weekend of the year October 19th & 20th, we are planning to fund raise for Northern California Wheelchair Athletics, a local non-profit.  More info to come!