Torque Steerers managed to not only snag a terrific weather day on Sunday, but to attract 135 entrants to its Giddyup! event at Emerald Downs in Auburn.  Top Time of Day, and Pro1 class win, went to Kevin Dietz in the S2000; Bob Bundy was just .012 behind in the super fast Miata. Very few people had all four runs clean; Joey Sim and Stacey Molleker were two notables who accomplished the feat.

Full results are available here: http://www.wwscc.org/event_results/2015/wwscc-01.html

Next WWSCC Event is the UWFSAE Dawg Dash, April 11th at Shelton.

 

By now probably everyone has heard about the tragic loss of Chris Kmetz.  The Council extends its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of this terrific person and autocrosser.

To read more and find out how you can help the Kmetz family, go here.

 

The 2015 WWSCC Championship Series kicks off Sunday, March 8th, with Torque Steerers hosting Event #1 "Giddyup!" at Emerald Downs in Auburn, WA.  Stock classes and  Pro1 run in the morning while Non-Stock and Pro2 run in the afternoon.  Novice and Time Only classes will be run both halves of the day in the usual manner.  The "out the door" price is $40 for pre-registered entries and $45 for registration on-site (including a $30/$35 entry fee, $5 TS weekend membership, and $5 WWSCC yearly driver registration fee).  Second entries, if allowed, will be an additional $30.  Morning registration opens at 7:30; afternoon opens at 11:30.  The tentative Run/Work order is:

Morning Session:

Run 1/Work 2: SS, WSA, SB, WSC, WSD, SE,  PRO1, TOAM, WNOVAM, NOVAM

Run 2/Work 1: WSS, SA, WSB, SC, SD, WSE, WPRO1, TOAM, NOVAM, WNOVAM

Afternoon Session:

Run 1/Work 2: IA, IB, IC, WM, WP, OS, ST2, WST3, ST4, PRO2, TOPM

Run 2/Work 1: WIA, WIB, WIC, MA, MB, PA, PB, PC, WOS, WST2, ST3, WST4, WPRO2, TOPM, WNOVPM, NOVPM

As you might expect, the location is close to the race horse stables at the Emerald Downs track. The horses do not respond well to loud noises, especially excessive tire squealing noise.  To ensure the safety of the race horses, Emerald Downs reserves the right to shut down the event at any time, and without any prior warning, if the horses become alarmed or get spooked by our activity at the site. The safety of the horses (in addition to the safety all participants) at the facility is our primary concern.

In order to mitigate this, note the following:

- Do not perform any tire burnouts, squealing, or other loud tire noises in the paddock, pits, access roads, or anywhere in the vicinity of the Emerald Downs site. If you do, you will be asked to leave the site immediately.

- The 2015 SCCA sound limit of 96db (at 50ft) will be enforced at this event in the same manner it is at SCCA events. Please refer to supplemental rule 33 of the NWR-SCCA series for a description of this rule:  http://www.nwr-scca.org/solo/Supps.htm

- Any tire squealing/sound done on-course that is deemed as excessive by the event chair or any of the event officials may be deemed "unsporstmanlike conduct" at this event, and as such, is grounds for disqualification and other sanctions. Please refer to rules 2.5.3 and 3.2.2 of the WWSCC Autoslalom Standards for more information.

We do not expect tire and/or engine noise to be an issue at this event, but we are counting on all attendees to help us with this issue. We cannot overemphasize how important your cooperation on this issue is to the success of this event and the continued use of this site, and we thank you in advance for your observance and help with this.

Additional event information and updates can be found on the Facebook event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1388825098097042/

All of the rule change proposals except 1A passed as voted upon at the February 16th Council Meeting.  In addition, the slate of volunteer officers was officially voted in; Jerry Lamb for President, Dave Lawniczak for Vice President, Pete Peters for Treasurer, Elisha White for Secretary.

The first WWSCC event of the season will be March 8th at Emerald Downs, presented by Torque Steerers.  More information as it becomes available.  Full preliminary schedule will be out later this week.

Next month's meeting will be March 16th at the Factoria Red Robin, 7 pm.

The February 2015 WWSCC Meeting will take place at the Factoria Mall Red Robin, at 7 pm Monday February 16th.  Topics will include finalizing the 2015 event schedule, previewing the Torque Steerers event at Emerald Downs in March, and voting on the 2015 rule change proposals (see here).

The current volunteers/nominees for 2015 officers are:

President: Jerry Lamb

Vice President: Dave Lawniczak

Treasurer: Pete Peters

Secretary: Elisha White

Thank you to the above volunteers who have stepped up to help run the Council this year.  The actual voting on the above slate will take place at the February meeting, 2/16.