2014 Season Concludes, Nominations Open

Sunday 10/19 saw a successful closing to the 2014 Championship season with DawgtoberFast drawing over 80 entries on a balmy day at Shelton.  In competition highlights, a tight FTD battle ensued with Wes Snaza narrowly besting John Burford (both in ex-FSAE cars).  PRO1 went to Bill Zerr over Glen Hernandez, and Geoff Clark was in his usual spot atop ST3.  ST2 saw an incredibly tight race between Nick Ruiz and Greg Lee, with Nick coming out on top by .005 seconds, indexed.  The UW FSAE crew had a great turnout of workers to support this event, and competitors enjoyed four runs, on-site concessions, and a 4pm finishing time.  Many drivers took advantage of the Rent-A-Student program to make more than an average number of laps; ultimate hardcore Ivan Rouzanov totaled 16 runs for the day.

Nominations are now open for WWSCC Board positions: President, Vice President, and Secretary (Treasurer Pete Peters has volunteered to continue for 2015).  If you can help out with any of these, please come to the November meeting (11/17, 7pm, Ricardo's Factoria).

Nominations are also open for our year-end special awards: the Del Hines Sportsmanship award and the Craig Anderson Heart of the Council.  Descriptions of these may be found via the "WWSCC Awards" link at the left.  The Council also recognizes a Rookie of the Year and a Worker of the Year; please submit your recommendations for those as well.  Nominations may be sent to president@wwscc.org

The WWSCC Open Meeting for rules change proposals will occur just before the regular meeting on 11/17, at 6pm, at Ricardo's Factoria.  Those wishing to propose a change should bring a dozen copies of the proposal to this meeting and be prepared to explain why it's a fantastic idea.

DawgtoberFast Next Up on October 19th

The UWFSAE Team will be presenting DawgtoberFast at Shelton on Sunday, October 19th.  This is event #9 in the series, and is the last WWSCC Championship event for 2014. This is a fund raiser for the Husky UWFSAE team, which each year designs and builds an open-wheel car for both national and world competition.  You can read more about the team here: http://uwashingtonfsae.com/

Run/work order is as follows:

AM: STOCK
Run 1, Work 2: SS, WSA, SB, WSC, WSD, SE, WSR, PRO1, TOAM, WNOVAM, NOVAM
Run 2, Work 1: WSS, SA, WSB, SC, SD, WSE, SR, WPRO1, TOAM,
PM: NON-STOCK
Run 1, Work 2: IA, IB, IC, WM, WP, OS, ST2, WST3, PRO2, TOPM
Run 2, Work 1: WIA, WIB, WIC, MA, MB, PA, PB, PC, WOS, WST2, ST3, WPRO2, TOPM, WNOVPM, NOVPM

Registration and Tech will be 7:30-8:30 and 11:30-12:30.  Entry fee is $25 for those who are pre-registered, $30 for on-site entries.

Rent-a-Student will be available for those who would rather donate $20 than do a work assignment; $30 for both day halves if you're running both a.m. and p.m.  Subject to the limitations based on the number of UW guys/gals available.

Pre-registration is available here.

Understeer/Oversteer at Packwood 9/27-28

It's that time of the year - Torque Steerers will be hosting the annual Understeer and Oversteer 2014 at Hampton Mills in beautiful Packwood WA on 9/27 and 9/28! As usual, this will be a two-event weekend, with events on Saturday and Sunday. Both events are part of the 2014 WWSCC Championship Series, co-sponsored by Jim's Detail Shop and Garth Vader Motorsports.

Registration is already open right here: http://scorekeeper.wwscc.org/register/ww2014

In addition to the great autocrossing at this awesome site, TS will be throwing in a few bonus items:

BONUS #1: There will be a post event Saturday night potluck social at the site in the main Pit Building - TS will provide burgers, hot dogs, condiments and some non-alcoholic beverages. In return for the burger and hot dogs, we ask you to bring a side dish to share, pretty please. Alcohol is permitted on site AFTER the event, please be responsible. This promises to be as much fun as it was last year, and it's becoming a great tradition onto itself.

BONUS #2: In addition to the standard class trophies, Random Accomplishment Awards will be handed out for feats such as Most Improved, Best Poker Hand, Most Consistent, Biggest Grin, and anything else we think will be fun!

Double entries are allowed - Pre-register online - registration is allowed onsite, but there's a $5 discount for pre-registration

Schedule (both days):

AM Session

Registration: 7:30am - 8:30am, Tech inspection: 7:35am - 8:35am, Drivers' Meeting: 9:00am

PM Session

Registration: 11:30am - 12:30pm, Tech inspection: 11:35am - 12:35pm, Drivers' Meeting: 1:15pm, or 45 minutes after completion of AM session

Fees: TS membership is required - $5 for Weekend Membership (good for both days)

Pre-registered

$25 pre-reg TS member

$25+$5 pre-reg TS weekend member

Not Pre-registered

$30 - non-pre-reg TS member

$30+$5 - non-pre-reg TS weekend member

WWSCC Driver Registration Fee: $5 once per year (charged at your first WW event of the year) Second entry of the day is $25

What to bring:

Your valid driver's license

Weather appropriate gear (sun, rain, whatever)

A Snell rated helmet 2000 or newer— Loaner helmets are available . Helmets with only a DOT rating are not allowed due to our insurance requirements.

Side dish if you plan to attend the potluck

Run Groups:
(note you can run both halves of the day, but you can only run in a competition class once per day during your first runs of the day; you can run Time Only all day)

Saturday

AM: STOCK

Run 1, Work 2: WSS, SA, WSB, SC, SD, WSE, SR, WPRO1, TOAM

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

PM: NON-STOCK

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

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

Sunday

AM: NON-STOCK

Run 1, Work 2: WIA, WIB, WIC, MA, MB, PA, PB, PC, WOS, WST2, ST3, WPRO2, TOAM, WNOVAM, NOVAM

Run 2, Work 1: IA, IB, IC, WM, WP, OS, ST2, WST3, PRO2, TOAM

PM: STOCK

Run 1, Work 2: WSS, SA, WSB, SC, SD, WSE, SR, WPRO1, TOPM

Run 2, Work 1: SS, WSA, SB, WSC, WSD, SE, WSR, PRO1, TOPM, WNOVPM, NOVPM

Miscellaneous Site Rules & Info:

Camping is allowed onsite

No fires

No Drugs

No excessive noise after dark

Everyone must sign the waiver

As always, we'll be looking for help with various positions, so if you want to help with something in particular, please send a note to the TS board(Tasha Mikko, Drew Hanft, Steve Atwood, Drew Hanft, and Enrique Garcia) or to the event chairs (Drew Hanft and Karl Coleman.) We really hope you can make the trip to Packwood to support these events - it's one of the best autox sites in the Northwest and it has covered pit and grid areas! See you at the races!