Club News & Updates

Triangle Chapter Report - May 2012

Submitted by racestarter on May 08, 2012

RALEIGH, NC – (NCRSCCA) – The May meeting of the Triangle Chapter featured in-car video from a new source. Neal Harrison provided footage of his third and fourth place finishes at Roebling Road the preceding weekend.  Late Chuck Hines showed us in-car from his Miata for the same weekend.  Thanks, guys!  Poor Chuck didn’t do as well.  He took second on Saturday but had head gasket issues which prevented a finish on Sunday.  Better luck next time, big guy!  And speaking of race results, James Echells took a third in his E Prod Miata.  Good show, James!

Triangle Chapter Report - April 2012

Submitted by racestarter on April 09, 2012

RALEIGH, NC – (NCRSCCA) – The April Triangle Chapter meeting wasn’t as well attended as the March one, but we had a great time, with good food, lively discussion, and good news.  The good news came in the form of race results. Steve Rose was there and he told us about his 1st and 2nd place finishes in IT-7 at Carolina Motorsports Park the preceding weekend.  Steve was pretty pumped when he told us about getting some driving tips that resulted in his first lap under three minutes there.  Way to go, Steve!  Then Chuck Hines told us all that he took back-to-back firsts in ITS, while Neal Harrison, who could not make the meeting, had done the same in IT-A.  We congratulated them all! Late in the evening we even saw some in-car video from Mr. Hines.

Triangle Chapter Report - March 2012

Submitted by racestarter on March 17, 2012

RALEIGH, NC – (NCRSCCA) – The March meeting of the Triangle Chapter was surprisingly well-attended, given that we had our first racing event just three days away.  Steve Keadle, our Treasurer and Chief Steward for the “March Memories” event told us that there were 273 cars pre-registered and that things seemed to be moving along nicely.  That energized the crowd, as did the discussion of the inaugural Tarheel Cup Pro Series races which were to be a part of it.  Series Pointskeeper, Steve Rose, was on-hand and he assured us that they were ready to go.

Need Some Additional Track Time at VIR? Read on...

Submitted by racestarter on March 10, 2012

RALEIGH, NC -- (NCRSCCA) -- The Tar Heel Sports Car Club (THSCC) has announced that they are adding a “test and tune” group to their April 7-8 HPDE/TT at VIR (see below). This is a big plus for our folks as it means that SCCA racers with competition licenses and logbooks who are looking for some track time to tweak their cars or their driving skills, can now participate. They also note that their student run groups are only about half full right now, so there is still lots of room for those who want to do the school. (Thanks to Mark Senior for this “heads up”!)

RE Report - February 2012

Submitted by racestarter on February 21, 2012

RALEIGH, NC – (NCRSCCA) - Our season of racing was remarkable, considering the state of the economy. While revenues have been down, our specialty chiefs and other participants have cut costs, so we finished the season with a very small loss. This is great considering we processed a large amount of money through our club in that period of time.

Going into the 13 Hour race, we were low on entries. Our board reacted by removing obstacles some might have encountered trying to enter late. This and other moves helped get more entries into that race, and we wound up having a good number of entries, and having a good race. This helped our bottom line for the season.

Cape Fear Chapter Report - February 2012

Submitted by racestarter on February 16, 2012

WILMINGTON, NC – (NCRSCCA) - The Cape Fear Chapter converged on a new meeting spot, Elizabeth’s Pizza, on February 7th to enjoy great drinks, Italian cuisine, and camaraderie.  Twenty enthusiastic members were in attendance, anxious to catch up on the off-season’s news and get started on 2012.  The elephant in the room was the missing NCR Solo Schedule so we jumped right into that discussion.  The skinny of it is the BlackWater solo pad, the site we visited six times last year, is unavailable for public rental this year.  We were planning to broaden our horizons to new sites for 2012, but the BlackWater news sped up the process.  Five potential new sites were already on the table before the meeting.  Thanks to some member input that list quickly grew to nine.  A few of those look to be likely hosts to a 2012 Solo event.  Despite the slow start it’s shaping up to be an exciting season of NCR Autocross.

West Chapter Report - February 2012

Submitted by racestarter on February 09, 2012

GREENSBORO, NC - (NCRSCCA) – The West Chapter NCRSCCA met Feb 7, 2012 at Coopers Ale House in Greensboro, NC.  With 21 racing fans attending, we filled up the room.  The food was great and the beverage was cold, yeah, there was the random cup of coffee being enjoyed.  I must admit that I to, most often finish the evening up with a cup of decaf.  We welcomed a new guest, Daniel Copsey.  Daniel is ready to see some racing acition and all hooked up for the March weekend.

The list of topics ranged from the great Banquet in January to review of the last Board meeting.

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