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We are on a trajectory to host Autocross racing at the Fairgrounds beginning in July.  Here is the updated “Shasta AutoX Challenge Series” schedule:

Race 1 & 2  July 11th & 12th

Race 3 & 4: August 8th & 9th

Race 5 & 6: September 12th & 13th

Race 7 & 8: October 3rd & 4th  (Thunderhill w/ North Bay Corvettes)

Race 9 & 10: October 17th & 18th

5 Weekends, 10 races, and hopefully a ton of fun.  Feedback from current and prior year members on proposed event changes was positive – these changes are outlined below:

1.  Online Registration using https://www.motorsportreg.com/
The Club is moving to online registration and payments starting with the July event.  The system provides many benefits outside of eliminating paperwork, including the ability to pre-register, select your run group, and work assignments.  If you are already registered with them, great, if not, sign up, its free.  Registration for the July event will open towards the end of June, when we have the best confidence that we are going to be able to use the Fairgrounds.  More details to come as we get closer to the July date.

2.  Increase in Entry FeesEntry fees are increasing to $32 for Members and $37 for Guests to cover the processing fees for motorsports.reg 

3.  Self TechAs part of online registration, the ‘TTC Tech Sheet’ is available for download for your personal use.  Participants are required to self tech their entry prior to the event, and certify their helmet.  We would do spot inspections at the track to verify.

4.  Spectator Area Moved to West Parking Lot
Only registered racers and Club event staff are allowed entry into the pit area.  Spectators and guests may gather in the parking area facing the pits.  This provides plenty of space for people to maintain social distance.  Spectators can bring chairs, shade covers, beverages, etc. 

5.  Other Changes
– Participants must bring their own compliant helmet.  We will not be renting helmets or asking anyone to share them. 
– Bring your own beverages and food.  No ice chests / community water or food will be provided by the Club- Camping is still allowed at the facility, but there are no Club social events or gatherings planned.
Our next Club meeting is coming up on June 16th and we plan to have it at Players in Anderson, social hour at 6 with meeting at 7pm. 

The Corvette Club board met late last week and have canceled the planned event at Thunderhill for June 6th and 7th. 

We continue to work on the schedule and are engaged with the Fairgrounds on when we can resume hosting events.  The proposed season schedule as of today is:

2020 Shasta AutoX Challenge Series

• Race 1 & 2:  June 13th & 14th (pending approval)
• Race 3 & 4: July 11th & 12th
• Race 5 & 6: August 8th & 9th
• Race 7 & 8: September 12th & 13th
• Race 9 & 10: October 3rd & 4th (Thunderhill)
• Race 11 & 12: October 17th – 18th

Our next Club meeting is set for May 26th, and Club members should have gotten an email requesting feedback on proposed event changes that we plan to review at the meeting.

We will send out a schedule update as soon as we have more information.

The start of our autocross season remains on hold as we wait for the green flag to go back to racing at the Fairgrounds.  The next opportunity to race with us may be the Thunderhill event with the North Bay Corvette Association still scheduled for June 6th and 7th.  The organizers of that event are using https://www.motorsportreg.com/ this year, so I’d encourage you to sign up now for a free account, and then you’ll be ready when registration opens.  I’ll keep you posted of updates as they become available for Thunderhill, as well as when the Fairgrounds in Anderson will reopen.

Stay tuned for updates!

Following the latest guidelines and Executive Order from the State of California, the April race dates have been canceled by the Fairgrounds.  The April club meeting is also canceled.  The May dates are still on the calendar, and I’ll send an update as we learn more about May and the rest of the year.

Once we have the green flag from the venue to hold our next event, we will schedule a TTC meeting and set ourselves up for a great season kickoff, whenever that may be.  In the meantime, the TTC Board is staying in touch via email and text.  I will be sending a Secretary / Treasurer update to our Club members shortly to bring everyone up to date on finances, etc. since we did not have a March meeting.

If you planned to Sponsor this year, please reply so we know who to put on the t-shirts and banners, once we get to that point – so far Perry’s Automotive and Dr. Richard Dunbar DDS are confirmed sponsors for 2020.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, and please stay safe!

The TTC Board has met via email and decided to cancel the Tuesday club meeting and the March 22nd Pre Season race event this month, out of precaution for COVID-19 virus and potential impact to our members and extended community.  As each day brings news of tightening restrictions and further concerns about containing the spread of the virus, we felt it was safest to set aside the events this month and look ahead to April.

Our next meeting is set for Tuesday, April 21st, followed by our season kick-off race weekend April 25th and 26th.  More information to come as we get closer to the April weekend.

We have our dates confirmed with our venues, and the official schedule is now available at https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-schedule/

Our final pre-season race is coming up on Sunday, March 22nd – hope to see you there!

If you are planning to sponsor the Club this year, we are looking to finalize all of our sponsors by the end of the March race weekend.  Please bring your sponsor monies to our next meeting (Tuesday March 17th) or to the race on Sunday the 22nd so that you can be included on the shirts etc. for this year. 

Sunday’s race was very well attended, with 43 completing the event!  Thank-you to everyone who took time out of their weekend to join us at the track.  The battle for top time was waged in Run Group 4, where 3 drivers were able to get into the 52 second zone, but only one of those drivers made it into the 51’s – Troy Dewell took home the bragging rights in is DP classed Miata, beating 2nd place Danny Ide by 2/10ths.  Scott Murchison rounded out the top 3 fastest for the day.   PAX went to Jackson Bevier, with a narrow win in his Fiesta ST over Keith Smith in CAMT.  Class winners were Troy for Prepared, Danny for Modified, Uriah for Touring, Jackson for Street, and our fastest Novice was Garret Murphy in a 300ZX.
Results available on the website – https://trinitytouringclub.com/race-results/

We hope you can make it out for our final pre-season race on March 22nd!  Regular season schedule begins in April, stay tuned for details.

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!