Brian Berry

We have rescheduled Shasta AutoX Challenge Series Race #8 to Sunday, September 15th, at the Shasta Speedway in Anderson.  This is to replace our canceled August 25th event.  Here is the updated schedule for September:

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

Saturday & Sunday September 28th & 29th– Shasta AutoX Challenge Series Race #9 & #10 @ Thunderhill Raceway Park- Registration 8am – Noon both days- 4 run groups / 5 runs per driver- $45 entry fee each day- $30 to camp at the facility each night
– Willows Super8 $90 rooms / call direct to book

See you at the track!

The Fairgrounds let us know this afternoon that Cal Fire needs the speedway area so we are cancelling the Sunday August 25th race.  This is due to the Mountain Fire up in Jones Valley.  We will regroup in the next week or so to see if it is feasible to reschedule or not – if we do, I’ll be sure to let everyone know.  Our next scheduled event is now at Thunderhill the weekend of September 28th and 29th. 

Please stay safe!

The Trinity Touring Club is hosting autocross racing at the Shasta Speedway this Sunday!  Come on out and race with us this weekend!  Novices are always welcome!
We expect a hot day, and will have shade, iced waters, cold Gatorade, and a Portacool to help manage the heat.  Dress accordingly and remember you must have close-toed shoes for racing (no sandals / flip flops / bare feet).We have a Go Kart available for any children age 8 and above who would like to race with us – see a Club member for details, and bring out the whole family for a day of racing.  The kart will be out of it’s cage and ready to rock this weekend!

Saturday 08.24.2019 – 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 08.25.2019 – Race Day
– Gates open at 7:30am for registration and tech inspection
– Electronic payments accepted!
– 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
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 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! 

I will see you at the track!

We are meeting on Tuesday August 20th at Players Pizza in Anderson – social hour 6pm – 7pm, meeting starts at 7pm.  Please join us and help to plan for our upcoming race on August 25th, and the September weekend event @ Thunderhill!

Meeting Topics:

• Finance update
• Review of July event
• Shasta AutoX Challenge Series Race #8 – Aug 25th
• Shasta AutoX Challenge Series @ Thunderhill in September
• 2020 Officers & Goals for Next Year
• General Discussion

See you there!

We are modifying the schedule in order to be done before the afternoon heat takes hold on Sunday.  So here is the updated plan:

Shasta AutoX Challenge Series #7 Sunday, July 28th 2019
09:00am – 09:15am Driver’s Meeting
09:15am – 10:45am Run Group 1
11:00am – 12:30pm Run Group 212:30pm – 01:30pm Lunch Break + Mini-run group for late arrivals (if needed) + Fun Runs
01:30pm – 02:00pm Clean Up

This is our best estimate – things may change based on how many entries we have.  If you planned to register during lunch break and race in the afternoon, you still can, but the majority of folks will have already run.  Do your best to be at the track for the 9am driver’s meeting! 

Setup is Saturday @ 6:30pm.  See you at the track!

We are meeting tomorrow, Tuesday June 18th, at 6pm at Player’s Pizza in Anderson.  Social hour 6-7, come join us, have some food and or beverage, help us debrief on our Thunderhill experience, and plan for upcoming events.

Meeting Topics:

•     Update on Finances
•     Follow-ups from the June Thunderhill weekend
•     Discussion about future events at Thunderhill
•     Fund raising / Charitable Giving
•     Shasta AutoX Challenge Series Race #7 – July 28th 
•     General Discussion

Please check out https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/ and let me know if any corrections are needed!
Saturday’s Class winners at Thunderhill were Blake DeWit for Street, Keith Smith for CAM, David Winterburn for Modified, Jerry Shaha for Touring, and Grayson Hull was our fastest Novice.   Sunday, it was Blake for Street, Keith for CAM, and no other class had at least 3 competitors.

We are half way through the 2019 Season, with 6 races done, and 6 more to go!  The next race is July 28th in Anderson at the Shasta Speedway.  That is a long ways off!  Check out https://trinitytouringclub.com/more-info/ for other area clubs holding events, including the Sacramento SCCA at Thunderhill June 22nd & 23rd, some hill climb events, and if you really want to travel, Packwood is July 12th – 14th.

Our next Club meeting is Tuesday, June 18th at Player’s Pizza in Anderson, and we would love your feedback about the Thunderhill race.  Let us know what you thought of this event, or if you didn’t attend, what kept you away.  Just reply and share your thoughts if you aren’t able to make it to the meeting.

Don’t forget to check our Facebook page for photos and videos from the event.

Our autocross race weekend at Thunderhill is this Saturday and Sunday, June 1st and 2nd.  A few of our campers are planning to arrive Friday.  We are doing a little trackside BBQ potluck Saturday early evening, so if you are planning to camp at the track or are coming to the Saturday race, plan to stay for a while and enjoy some awesome BBQ on the Club!  Bring a side dish or dessert (grocery stores / Walmart are minutes away – no reason to prepare something unless you really want to!) and your favorite beverage. 

It should be a fun weekend and I hope you can make it!

Remember:

• Register by Noon
• Bring Cash
• Bring Chairs
• Bring Shade
• Be Safe, Go Fast, Have Fun!

We are very excited to be partnering with the North Bay Corvette Association for our Club’s first official 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 $35 each day for TTC members, $45 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.

Download all the details – https://trinitytouringclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Shasta-AutoX-Challenge-Series-Thunderhill-Info.pdf

Based on our sign up sheet from the last event, we have about 18 racers who plan to make the trip down, and half a dozen plan to camp overnight.  I’m hoping folks who didn’t make it out last weekend are planning to join us at Thunderhill and pump those numbers up!  If you didn’t sign up but plan to go, no worries, we will see you there!  We are talking about doing a little BBQ or something trackside Saturday night for those who make the trip – more to come on that.

Hope to see you there!

We had some wet weather this weekend that kept some competitors away, but we still managed to fill up a couple of run groups each morning for points racing, and then opened up the track for fun runs in the afternoon.  Safe to say even though we got a little wet, it was great to have the time to do fun runs and trade rides.    

Saturday morning’s competition laps were dry, with David Winterburn winning Fast Time and Blake DeWit taking PAX.  We need a minimum of 3 cars in each PAX group to declare a Class winner, so Saturday that was Blake for Street, Eric Haney for Touring, and Shawn McNeely for Modified. 

Sunday’s weather was the inverse, with morning competition laps in the wet, and afternoon fun runs on a dry track.  Blake managed the fastest time of the day in his E Street Miata, and I managed to squeak out a PAX win in the SVT Focus.  Class winners were Brian Berry for Street, Andrew Skemp for Touring, and Jordan Enloe for CAM. 

Complete event and season to date results are posted at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

Our next Club meeting is Tuesday May 21st @ Players Pizza in Anderson, social hour 6pm – 7pm, with meeting following.  We’ll be finalizing our plans for our next points race at Thunder Hill June 1st and 2nd – I’ll send out some additional info after the meeting.   Hope to see you there!