2010 March Wheelspin

This can be a very difficult process but we want to help you "Make it easy and make it fun". Come to the St. Louis Region Social at Spazio's on March 15 at 6:00pm and have all your questions answered. We will have people on hand who have actually gone through this process and will help make your transition as easy as possible.

If you want to go club racing this is a must attend event.

Events

STL Upcoming Events

3/15
Region "Make it Easy, Make it Fun with STL Region SCCA"- Social, Dinner (if you choose) Bench racing, EASY ACCESS on How to go Road Racing? MiDiv Convention News Spazio's West Port 6 PM (Spazio's is open earlier if you want to go right after work)

3/20 TECH O RAMA Region Event- Get your Club Race car, PDX Car or Solo Car teched at this Sat. event, or just come by for one of the great seminars being held. At Jim Lynch Hummer in Chesterfield MO

3/27 Solo Event #2 Gateway Raceway Drag Lot
3/27 Club Racing Regional, National IT Tour Races Gateway Raceway Road Course
3/28Club Racing Regional, National IT Tour Races Gateway Raceway Road Course

4/11 Yellow Brick Road- RGTA Road Rally Jamestown Mall

4/15 PDX Afternoon Tax Day Event Gateway

4/18 STL Solo Series Event #3 Gateway

4/19 "Make it Easy, Make it Fun with STL Region SCCA" - Social, Dinner (if you choose) Bench racing, FUN with PDX - What is it and How do I do it? Spazio's West Port

5/2 Monte Python - RGTA Road Rally Jamestown Mall

5/8 PDX Full Day Event Gateway

5/9 STL Solo Series Event #4 Gateway

5/14 PDX Club Trials AM Event Gateway

5/14 Club Racing Drivers School, Regional Race Gateway

5/15 Club Racing Drivers School, Regional Race Gateway

5/16 Club Racing Drivers School, Regional Race Gateway

5/17 "Make it Easy, Make it Fun with STL Region SCCA"-Social, Dinner (if you choose) Bench racing, Having More FUN - FUN with Data Acquisition Spazio's West Port

5/23 STL Solo Series Event #5 Gateway

5/29 You Play We Pay Event - travel with the Solo Group Blytheville, AR

5/30 You Play We Pay Event - travel with the Solo Group Blytheville, AR

6/9 PDX Afternoon Event Gateway

6/13 STL Solo Series Event #6 Gateway

6/21 "Make it Easy, Make it Fun with STL Region SCCA" - Social, Dinner (if you choose) Bench racing, More FUN with your Solo Car - A Suspension Discussion Spazio's West Port

6/27 STL Solo Series Event #7 Gateway

For more info check the website for each programs info at www.stlscca.org or click on the Quick Links on the right side bar for the programs.

Tech O Rama - from Event Chairman Dave Jones

News from the Board of Directors

St. Louis Region Year End Awards.

There have been many fine recipients over the years of these awards. Each and everyone one of them should be proud to be a winner of one of them.

A couple of years ago SCCA introduced weekend memberships and made them mandatory for many of our programs. The memberships are designed to be temporary. Obviously they are designed to encourage people to try an event and join the region. One of our programs does not require membership in the region for entrants, although most of the core organizing group of that program are long time region members and the St. Louis Region is a Sponsor of that program.

Non-members may enter some of our events, weekend members may play at some of our events but the Yearly Annual Members are the members who we count on to step forward to lead our region and it's programs. They volunteer to organize events, manage programs, write newsletters, promote memberships, run the region, and support the very foundation of the St. Louis Region.

The BoD has decided that the year end awards should be awarded to annual yearly members of the region. The definition of an annual member has been added to the awards criteria.

St. Louis Region SCCA Year End Region Awards

St. Louis Region Special Award

St. Louis Region, SCCA Driver of the Year

Awarded to the St. Louis Region, SCCA driver who best exemplifies the characteristics of driving ability, competitive spirit, sportsmanship and conduct.

St. Louis Region, SCCA Rookie of the Year

Awarded to the St. Louis Region, SCCA driver who has demonstrated the greatest driving skill in the "season" of his or her first Race, Rally or Solo.

St. Louis Region, SCCA Most Improved Driver of the Year

Awarded to the St. Louis Region, SCCA driver for his or her improved driving ability. The selection should be based on driver performance, not equipment performance.

St. Louis Region SCCA Regional Executive

The Regional Executive (at his or her discretion) may make special recognition awards to such persons as he or she deems appropriate.

SCCA Mechanic of the Year

Awarded to the St. Louis Region, SCCA most outstanding mechanic. General characteristics to be considered are mechanical excellence, reliability, competitive success, enthusiasm, resourcefulness and initiative.

St. Louis Region, SCCA event of the Year

Awarded to the most outstanding St. Louis Region, SCCA event of the year.

St. Louis Region, SCCA Worker of the Year

Awarded to the St. Louis Region, SCCA worker who has contributed the most outstanding efforts in support of events throughout the season.

Spirit of St. Louis Region, SCCA

Presented to the person(s) whose direct contribution and service to our Club has resulted in an outstanding achievement that has measurably improved and benefited the entire St. Louis SCCA Region.

Region Awards are a honor and tribute to the St. Louis Region member(s) who win them. All Awards are to be awarded to a St. Louis Region Annual Members (Annual Members are defined as an yearly/annual paid member as of Dec 1 of the year the award was earned.)

SCCA Street Survival Event Chairman Found - Kevin Brown

The Board has found a person who wanted to take on this Event and Chair it for the region.

Kevin Brown is a Project Manager for Dell Computers and is active as a PDX Driver.

He contacted us and said "I am new to SCCA but feel very passionately about this event for teens. Last weekend we had funeral services for my brother in law. He was killed in a car accident in which his 17 year old son was driving. This touched our family in many ways. I had considered signing up my 17 year old daughter last year, this year it will happen." A HUGE THANKS to Kevin and what better way to honor his family and make a difference by helping with this event.

To contact Kevin to join the committee email him at 09Plym@gmail.com

Current Committee constists of: Bob Mondschein, Jose Hernandez, Chuck DeProw, Dana Hullinger, Steve Slotten. But, more are needed so please email Kevin. Much of the organization and communication will be done by email as Kevin Travels for work and can get a lot done via email while sitting around airports and hotels while on the road.

A date/location search is in progress now.

The Tire Rack Street Survival® Teen Driving School - Car control instruction designed to provide teen drivers with accident avoidance skills and knowledge.

It's not just about Driving, It's about Living....
· The leading cause of death among 13-19 year olds in the US is from a motor vehicle crash.
· 62% of teenage passenger deaths in 2004 occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager.
· Teenagers cause 2.5 million accidents per year.
· In 2007 that resulted in over 6,000 deaths of teens.
If you have a teen driver at home or know someone who does, then those sobering statistics should be of concern. Recent and well publicized national stories have brought to light the tragedy of teen injury and death caused by traffic accidents. The stories often mention how the teen driver "lost control and over-corrected..." causing a tragic accident of some kind.

The Tire Rack Street Survival® Teen Driving School will be a great community effort for the St.Louis Region, SCCA

Program News

STL Club Racing Program News - from the Committee

Program Manager, Bryon Prokopf

Club racing is looking forward to our first event of 2010. The Regional/National/IT Tour weekend at Gateway on March 27-28 will kick start the racing in the Midwest division for the season. Registration for drivers and workers is available at www.dlbracing.com We look forward to seeing everybody at the Tech-o-rama event on March 20^th and then the following weekend at Gateway.

We are also looking forward to our Double Drivers School/Double Regional weekend on May 14-16. Registration for this weekend should be available soon and we will be providing additional info on our website as we get closer. Keep an eye at http://roadracing.stlscca.org/ for updates.

We are currently looking for people to serve as race day chairs for our events this year. If you want to get more involved this is a good opportunity to learn how the weekends operate. If you, or someone you know is interested contact Bryon Prokopf at br_prok81@hotmail.com

We are in need of new EZ Up canopies, used on our corners at GIR.. We are currently in the process of taking stock of what we need and looking at different options of purchasing. We will probably need to buy new ones as the ones we have have been repaired numerous times and are in a state where they just can't be patched up anymore. We will probably look at buying 12 new ones. We are going to explore options of ways to subsidize the costs. Maybe there are members or their businesses that might want to purchase one and have their company name printed on it. Good advertising! If interested, contact Program Manager, Bryon Prokopf, br_prok81@hotmail.com

TIME TO GO CLUB RACING!!!

Do you want to go club racing and not sure how to go about it?

This can be a very confusing process but we want to help you "Make it Easy and Make it Fun". Come to the St. Louis Region Social at Spazio's on March 15 at 6:00pm and have all your questions answered. We will have people on hand who have actually gone through this process and will help make your transition simple and as easy as possible. If you ever thought about wanting to go club racing this is a must attend event.

STL PDX News - from the committee

Program Manager, Jose Hernandez

Welcome to the

2010 Solo Performance St. Louis PDX Program

Upcoming PDX Events include our group tech day which will be on March 20^th at the Jim Lynch Hummer dealership in Chesterfield. Then our first weekday event will be April 15, 2010 (Thursday afternoon) and our first full day event will be May 8, 2010 (Saturday)

Registration is open for all the events. The PDX dates for 2010 are: Thurs. April 15, 2010 Afternoon Event; Sat. May 08, 2010 Full Day Event ;Fri. May 14, 2009 Club Trial Morning Event; Wed. June 09, 2010 Afternoon Event; Wed. July 21, 2010 Afternoon Event; Wed. August 11, 2010 Afternoon Event; Sat. August 21, 2010 Full Day PDX; Wed. October 13, 2010 Afternoon Event. If you need help with Registration contact our registrar, Carla Russo at grail_girl@yahoo.com or 314-616-6313

Need Info on the 2010 Solo Performance St. Louis PDX Program? Contact our Chairman, Jose Hernandez at jose_63042@yahoo.com or 314-753-3880

We are very proud to announce our Sponsors for 2010.

They are ......................................

Solo Performance Specialties has been the official title sponsor of our PDX Series for a few years. SPS is the nation's largest and oldest distributor of racing supplies tailored for Solo, amateur racing and track events. Since 1984, they have been providing the highest quality products at great prices to amateur racers throughout the USA. The owners of our company participate in SCCA Solo competition and track day events. They leverage this experience to provide the products you need. They pride themselves on stocking a large selection of products, in ALL of the sizes and colors you need. No more searching the Internet or big box stores looking for that XS pair of gloves or XXL sized helmet. Visit Dave Whitworth or Jan Rick at www.soloperformance.com or at 636-343-5095.

Izzy's Custom Cages is a fabrication shop in St. Louis, Missouri specializing in custom roll cages, race car and off-road fabrication for competition in Club Racing, Drag Racing, Rally, Track Days and Drift. Being a small shop built on the pure enjoyment of race car fabrication, they can afford the attention to detail that each customer should expect when having custom work done on their project. They believe in doing one thing and doing it well. Izzy's focus means you get the best product at the best price. Visit Scott Rhea at www.Izzyscustomcages.com or 314-302-3395

McDonough-Whitlow, P.C. 's mission is to meet the needs of their clients by providing innovative, professional services, within our realm of expertise; to provide those services at a reasonable and competitive fee; and to conduct business honestly, fairly, and professionally. McDonough-Whitlow, P.C. has achieved recognition throughout Central Illinois for a multitude of services rendered to State, County, and Municipal Agencies. Our specialty services in Structural, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Transportation Engineering and Land Surveying have augmented the design teams of Architects and other Engineering Professionals. Visit Toni M. McDonough at www.mcdonough-whitlow.com or 217-532-9233

Dads Auto Repair is located in Saint Peters, Missouri, Dad's Auto Repair provides you with no-hassle, quality service that helps you take care of your vehicle without spending massive amounts of time and money. Since 1990, our professionals have been providing exceptional and reasonably priced service. At Dad's Auto Repair, we understand cars and the people who drive them. Therefore, we cater to your specific needs to ensure that our service exceeds your expectations. Visit Bruce Stephens at www.dadsautorepair.net 636-970-2140

LKQ Corporation together with its subsidiaries, provides replacement systems, components, and parts needed to repair vehicles in the United States. They provide recycled original equipment (OEM) products and related services, as well as aftermarket collision replacement products and refurbished bumper covers and wheels. The company's products include engines, vehicle front end assemblies, doors, transmissions, trunk lids, bumper assemblies, wheels, head and tail lamp assemblies, mirrors, fenders, and axles; and aftermarket products, such as head lamps, tail lamps, grilles, hoods, mirrors, bumpers, bumper covers, and fenders, as well as paint and related repair materials. LKQ Corporation also performs refurbishing of OEM wheels, bumpers, head lamps, and tail lamps. It serves collision and mechanical repair shops and insurance companies, including extended warranty companies, through its sales staff. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Visit Steve Kleeschulte at www.lkqcorp.com or 800-605-7359

Lynch Hummer, Chesterfield, MO Lynch Hummer has sold more Pre-owned Hummer H1s more New H1 Hummers more certified used Hummers and more Hummer parts than anyone in the World! Jim Lynch is the only Hummer Dealer whose ONLY automotive dealership business is Hummers. Our pricing on new and used Hummers is extremely aggressive. Find out why everyone is buying their Hummer from Lynch Hummer. Visit Jim Lynch at www.lynchhummer.com or 636-777-7600 or 1-800-HUMMER9.

Adventure Performance of St. Louis, MO offers the latest in DynoJet Tuning technology. We can customize your tune to any combination of aftermarket modifications you have made to your vehicle and we have the in-house experience and expertise to optimize the addition of any performance modification including cold air intake kits, exhaust modifications, superchargers, and more. This is Performance Tuning by Race Industry Experts. Visit Jim Lynch or Omar Phelps at www.adventureperformance.com or 636-777-7600

Takata is the world leader in safety technology and the ultimate in safety and style. Takata Multi-Point Racing harnesses, now available at Solo Performance Specialties trackside store and online. SCCA members be sure to take advantage of special pricing on harnesses. Strap in like a pro! For more info contact www.soloperformance.com or at 636-343-5095.

PhotoMotion was born of a combination of two passions: photography and motorsport. We strive to capture all the speed, excitement and adrenalin that draw so many to the sport and to provide those images to the drivers who participate. Our goal is to ensure that participants go home happy with a way to enjoy their experience well after the last checkered flag is waved. As enthusiasts ourselves, we understand how driver's schools, track days and race events are put together. We work with club and track officials to get the best shots possible for the attendees and to meet any of the club's needs such as group pictures, staging shots, or materials for driver training. We're very familiar with track protocol and safety, so we can provide you with a value-add without getting under foot or throwing off an event's timing. Visit Robert Phelan at www.photomotiononline.com or call 314-795-9778

Spazio's is the official Bistro and meeting place for the St. Louis Region, SCCA. The facility includes three Banquet rooms. Spazio's Bistro and Garden Rooms offer a more casual setting. The Bistro is a wonderful area for your guests to enjoy Cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Sunday Brunch. Spazio's is part of Russo's Gourmet Catering which is one of the top catering companies in the St. Louis Metro Area. Great Food at reasonable prices. Visit Mark Russo at www.russosgourmet.com or call 314-576-0400.

VISIT OUR SPONSORS SOON AND THANK THEM FOR SUPPORTING OUR FUN!

STL RallyCross News

Program Managers, John Huebbe and Mark Huebbe

Nothing is planned yet for the year for the regional program. The program needs help from members to be on the Rally Cross committee. Positions needed: Chair for each event, Treasurer, Secretary

2010 SCCA RallyCross National Championship Schedule
Jan. 16 - 17 Stafford Speedway Stafford Springs, Conn.
Feb. 27 - 28* Site TBA Florida Region
March 27 Miller Motorsports Park Tooele, Utah
May 22 Eastern States Challenge Championship Lenawee County Fairgrounds Adrian, Mich.
June 12 - 13 Summit Point Motorsports Park Summit Point, W.V.
June 19 - 20 Western States Championship
Site TBA San Diego Region
June 26 - 27* Washington County Fair Complex Hillsboro, Ore.
July TBA Corcoran Lions Park Corcoran, Minn.
Sept. 11 - 12 Tennessee Roberts Field Manchester, Tenn.
Sept. TBA Gateway International Raceway Madison, Ill.
Sept. 25 - 26* National Trail Raceway Hebron, Ohio TBA
Site TBA San Francisco Region
2010 RallyCross National Championship Aug. 20 - 22
U.S. Truck Driving School - Fountain, Colo.
* - Tentative

STL Solo News - from the Committee

Program Manager, April Schnardthorst.

Dear Fellow Autocrossers,

Well, we're finally coming up on our first event for 2010. I figure most of you are anxious to get back "in the seat".
New this year, when you register online, the registration system will verify your membership and force you to get a weekend membership if you need it. When it does that, it will transmit that information to the national office so you DON"T have to sign any weekend membership documents the day of the event...YAY! More reasons to pre-register.

Have you all seen the *new Solo website* at stlsolo.org <http://www.stlsolo.org>? If not, why not? We hope it is much more useful that what we previously had for you. Please contact the webmistress (oh yeah, that's me) if you have any questions, comments, constructive criticism, requests, etc....no complaints please :D If you have experience with Drupal theming, I would welcome a new theme for the website.

Finally but not to be considered any less important, are you coming to the *Tech-O-Rama on March 20th*?? Why would you come, what is it, where is it, and what does it cost?? Well, not only can you get all these answers on our new website, but I'll save you some time but telling you that it will be a not-to-miss event to help kick off the St. Louis Region SCCA season! We will have Dyno testing for cars available for $45 (chance to win free test), annual tech for Solo and PDX, membership information, other program representatives so you can get more information, several local car clubs, and giveaways including memberships, event entries, brakes, tires, and more! It will be held on March 20th from 9am to 5pm (drawings at 4pm, need not be present to win) at the Jim Lynch Hummer dealership in Chesterfield. It's completely FREE and we will even be serving FREE hot dogs and drinks and everyone attending will get a free gift. This is a great opportunity for you to find out more about the other SCCA programs as well as to bring your friends so they can see what we do and some of the cool cars we race! If you are available to volunteer to help with the event in any capacity for any time during that day, please let us know!

We had 3 new people join Solo at the February social. , Regarding changes to Program committee/staff, personnel, etc., April Schnardthorst is the new SAC Chairperson and James Sarino has stepped down as Course Chief. We have Tom Cindrich and Kelly Smith co-chairing in his place..

We had the EVO school the 1^st weekend in March . The Novice school is March 13. The day after the Novice school is our 1^st points event, all entrants in the novice school are automatically entered into the points event. We will put on our 2^nd points event later in March.

Because of lot availability our points season will end in August however, we will still have our traditional End-Of-Year event in September.

We have a request from a St. Charles County police officer to put on a charity event for Back-Stoppers. He has already found that there is interest among his fellow police officers. They will race their squad cars and will potentially allow some of our members to co drive their cars. We will ask an additional fee of the co-drivers which will go directly to charity. He has gotten 93.7 The Bull to provide free advertising for us. Lee Hanson will meet with him and ensure the advertising is directed at attracting new members and not spectators.

At this time, we are looking forward to working with the Board and other Programs for a promotional video. April Schnardthorst will attend the March BoD meeting to give details.

Our 3^rd points event will take place in April with a total of 10 points events for the year. We hope to increase membership this year through several steps we are taking toward promotion, education, and making it more fun.

Thanks and let's get ready to have some fun!
April Schnardthorst, Chief of Registration, SAC Chairperson

A Solo Safety Steward School will be offered after April 2010. Watch for info here in Wheelspin, on the solo site and on our forums.

Registration is open for the events at www.motorsportreg.com.

Event Chairman and Solo Safety Stewards are needed for the events. Contact Lynn Wilson at lew240z@dslextreme.com ASAP. Remember we need these positions filled ASAP - paperwork must be completed 30 day prior to the event for Gateway. Please contact Lynn now.i

You can always contact the Solo Committee by emailing them at SAC@stlsolo.org

Visit the Solo Website at www.stlsolo.org

STL Road Rally News

Program Manager, Ron Ferris

Upcoming 2010 Events planned to date are:

The April 11 Event (Yellow Brick Road) and May 2 Event (Monte Python) will be GTA Course Following sign identification events with theme trivia for tie breakers.

Registration at noon and the start at 1PM for both rallies will be at Jamestown Mall in front of the Food Court.

The April event will end at Dave & Buster's, the May event will end in Grafton, Illinois.

The July (July 10-11) events will be National Championship rallies. On the Roads Again is a Tour Rally and Trust Me Two is a Course event.

For more info contact Ron Ferris at ronmferris@hotmail.com

STL Rally News - from the 100 Acre Wood Committee

Program Manager, Tom vanHatten:

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT - FEB. 26-27, 2010

The 2010 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood has come and gone, and is being hailed by competitors and fans as the best 100 Acre Wood yet!. We stated 47 teams on Friday from Steelville, Missouri, most them attempting to break Ken Block's four-year stranglehold on overall victory in the two-day Rally America National portion of the rally. However, when the 37 teams that survived the intense competition made it back to Salem on Saturday night, Ken Block and his codriver Alex Gelsomino emerged victorious, winning an unprecedented firth consecutive overall win in the rally.

2009 National Champion Travis Pastrana gave it his best, but fell by the wayside halfway through Saturday's stages with a broken rear suspension member at the Potosi Lions' Park super-special stage, handing the victory to Block. The win was the first for the Monster World Rally Team, whose Ford Fiesta gave Ford its first overall win in the US stage rally for the revived model, and the first Ford overall US win in over 10 years. Quebecois Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard finished just shy of Block in their Mitsubishi Evo X. The son-father team of Travis and Terry Hanson took Super Production class honors in a Subary WRX Sti, and Chris Duplessis and Catherine Woods won the 2WD class win in their Volkswagen Golf, finishing ahead of most of the AWD contingent at the event as well.

The win was the first for the Monster World Rally Team, whose Ford Fiesta gave Ford its first overall win in the US stage rally for the revived model, and the first Ford overall US win in over 10 years.

Local Rallyists fared well in the both the National and Regional portions of the rally. Codriver Kim DeMotte finished fourth in 2WD in the National with his driver, Gary Wiggin. In Regional action, John and Mark Huebbe finished second in Group 2 in both the Friday and Saturday regional rallies, and 2009 StL Region Rally Driver of the Year James Haas finished ninth in the Friday regional and third in the Saturday regional, with his wife, Caitlin, as his new codriver.

The real story of the weekend, however was the beautiful weather that graced south central Missouri, which was a stark contrast to the cloud, cold, and snow we've seen for the past several years. The weather brought out both volunteers and spectators in unprecedented numbers. At each Parc Expose and service area at the rally, crowds of spectators of 1000-1500 were seen. An average of 300 to 500 spectators were at the onstage spectator points, and for the most part were well behaved. The Potosi Lions' Park superspecial stage had a crowd estimated at around 2500 spectators! These numbers are unheard of at any stage rally in the United States! Anyone with a t-shirt or a commemorative pin from this rally as a true keepsake--we ran out of both over the weekend. This was an unbelievable weekend, both for US stage rallying, and for the 100 Acre Wood in particular.

A lot of people volunteered to make the rally work--and a lot of them were St. Louis Region members from club areas other than performance rally who did yeoman's work, particularly on Saturday. We're going to have to work hard to better this kind of performance, much less repeat it. That, however, is just what we're going to do.

We've already started work on the 2011 Rally on the 100 Acre Wood, and have some interesting and exciting additions to our event planned. A lot of this will involve what we can do for our spectators at super special stages, daily rally starts, service areas, and onstage spectator points, and it will be much more than just ordering more t-shirts and commemorative pins. Spectator interest in stage rallies, and maintaining it without sacrificing event safety, is now at the top of the priority list for our rally. It's a tall challenge to meet, and we'll need a lot of hands to meet it successfully. If you want to volunteer for next year's rally, now's as good a time as any to let us know. Contact any committee member from the list that can be found at the event website (www.100aw.org). Thanks for helping to make 2010 the best 100 Acre Wood rally ever, and we look forward to your help in 2011!

FYI - This event is sponsored by the St. Louis Region SCCA.

This event is not sanctioned, operated or organized by SCCA, Inc.

Membership

Membership News - from Membership Chairman Steve Slotten

2010 is the 60th Anniversary of the St. Louis Region SCCA

The March 2010 Membership Report:

551 Members as of 3/8/10

Age's of the members of the St. Louis Region SCCA

Over 70 13

Age 61-69 76

Age 51-59 109

Age 41-49 104

Age 31-39 72

Age 21-29 71

Under 20 51

No DOB Reported - 56

Long Time Members

Vance Braxton Jr St Louis MO 4/1/1955

L Tough III Brentwood MO 11/1/1958

Tom Tomlinson Tarpon Springs FL 2/1/1961

R James Boehm Bend OR 4/1/1965

Rameau Johnson Asheville NC 4/1/1966

Bernie Sunier Olivette MO 10/1/1967

Jerold Anna Belleville IL 11/1/1968

Kim Demotte St Louis MO 5/1/1970

Ed Smith Saint Louis MO 10/1/1970

Mark Weber Saint Louis MO 10/1/1970

Carol Cohn Saint Louis MO 9/1/1971

Jerilyn Wilson Saint Louis MO 10/1/1971

New members who recently joined the St. Louis Region - WELCOME

Name Joined

John Nelson 1/4/2010

Phyllis Nelson 1/4/2010

Stephanie Woerndle 1/4/2010

Ron Trimmer 1/5/2010

Jason McNew 1/14/2010

Jay Lutz 1/16/2010

Josh Harper 2/10/2010

Rose Harper 2/10/2010

Michael Roberson 2/12/2010

Ricky Sisk 2/22/2010

Withan Lemmon 2/26/2010

Paul Weishaar 2/26/2010

Margaret Demotte 3/2/2010

Ann Chase 3/3/2010

chris Moellenbeck 3/5/2010

Gregory Camarda 3/7/2010

Joshua Miller 3/8/2010

Reminder **************************Memberships that expired recently

If you aleady haven't renewed we hope you will do so soon!

Laten Carter 1/31/2010

Lauri Carter 1/31/2010

R Carter 1/31/2010

Sophia Carter 1/31/2010

Ron Flier 1/31/2010

Gregory Havener 1/31/2010

Robert Hoffman 1/31/2010

Benjamin Larson 1/31/2010

Kevin Morgan 1/31/2010

David Oder 1/31/2010

Bryon Prokopf 1/31/2010

Jody Sotiropoulos 1/31/2010

Michael Sotiropoulos 1/31/2010

Sarah Sotiropoulos 1/31/2010

Thomas Sotiropoulos 1/31/2010

Eileen Vonhatten 1/31/2010

Grace Vonhatten 1/31/2010

J Vonhatten 1/31/2010

Rose Vonhatten 1/31/2010

Ryan Barrett 2/28/2010

Julian Cates 2/28/2010

Donald Dickey 2/28/2010

Christopher Doebert 2/28/2010

Charles Herbig 2/28/2010

Tom Langley 2/28/2010

Don Melvin 2/28/2010

Brent Meyer 2/28/2010

Stephen Montgomery 2/28/2010

michael owen 2/28/2010

James Stevens 2/28/2010

Brad Stout 2/28/2010

L Tough III 2/28/2010

Deloris Warren 2/28/2010

Douglas Warren 2/28/2010

Michael Webers 2/28/2010

St. Louis Region Member Birthday in March:

(info compiled based off SCCA membership records)

Lesley Albin

Morgan Baskett

George Behring

David Bohler

N Braun

Micheal Byington

R Carter

Patrick Dent

Carol Eichelberger

Raymond Elliott

John Gamby

Adam Hardin

Josh Harper

Ancel Henry

Glen Johnson

Bob Keller

Kristopher Kephart

Orchun Kolcu

Kyle Langley

Andrew Mackey

Christine Maupin

Jason Mucha

Alexander Osborn

Kathleen Osborn

Henry Roddiger

Tom Scheifler

Donna Scheller

Steven Scheller

Barry Schonberger

Stanley Schultz

Kenneth Sellenriek Jr

Bruno Stopka

Michael Tierney

Karen Trifonoff

Maura Trimble

Pete Wells

Nicholas Wexberg

Brian Woerndle

Curt Zitza

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday from the STL Region SCCA,

Happy Birthday to YOU!

SCCA Membership Contest (contest runs 1/1/10 to 12/1/10)

2010 SCCA Region Membership Statistics

St. Louis Region as of 1/1/2010

2010 Goal = 551

Jan 10 = 545

# to goal = 6

2009 Year End = 540

2010 New = 7

Lost * = 2

Retention * = 100%

SCCA Membership Contest Rules

Contest runs from January 1, 2010 through December 1, 2010.

Reward Categories:

Category 1: Current SCCA Members

Category 2: Current SCCA Regions (and corresponding Chapters)

Category 1 Rewards:

For each new member, referring members will receive $10.00 in "SCCA Gold" that may be used

for the purchase of SCCA merchandise, applied to entry fees to a SCCA National Event or

applied to SCCA membership. There is no limit to the amount of "SCCA Gold" a member may

earn based on new member referrals. "SCCA Gold" will be applied as a credit in the

membership record of the member. Additionally, for each referral, the referring member will

earn one entry into a Grand Prize drawing.

1st Place - Skip Barber Racing School (valued at $7,000)

2nd Place - $1,500 Tire Rack ® Gift Certificate

3rd Place - $500 SCCA Merchandise Gift Certificate

Category 2 Rewards:

Regions are eligible for rewards based on an overall increase in their total membership and their

membership retention rate. Both are important for the continued growth of the SCCA, since

renewing members are more likely to stay with the SCCA for more years while new members

are needed to replace those that don't renew.

Region Goals:

· Membership Growth - 2%

· Membership Retention - 80%

Rewards:

· Level 1: Achieve 2% Growth: Receive $20 in "SCCA Gold" per Member (Individual

and First Gear) and $30 in "SCCA Gold" per Family Membership above 2009

membership.

· Level 2: Achieve 2% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 5%

discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

· Level 3: Achieve 10% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 10%

discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

· Level 4: Achieve 20% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 15%

discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

Recognition:

The top ten referring members and top ten Regions in percentage of new members and

retention will be recognized monthly in Inside Line and the top ten and grand prize winners will

be officially recognized in SportsCar.

Eligibility:

· Members; to be eligible for drawing, current SCCA members must be paid members in

good standing through December 31, 2010.

· Regions; to be eligible, Regions must be in good standing.

New Membership Definition:

A new membership is defined as a membership for an individual that has not previously

belonged to the SCCA, or an individual that was previously a SCCA member but whose

membership lapsed at least six months prior to the date of the new membership. A new

membership with a corresponding spouse or family membership counts as one membership.

New members may join:

1. By visiting www.scca.com and submitting an online application. To receive credit the

referring member's name and membership number must be entered in the appropriate

space on the online application form.

2. By mailing a membership application to: Sports Car Club of America, P.O. Box 299,

Topeka, KS 66601-0299. In order to receive credit, the referring member's name and

membership number must be written on the membership application. Membership

applications can also be faxed to 785.232.7213.

Membership applications/brochures are available from the SCCA by contacting Membership

Services at 800-770-2055 or via email at membership@scca.com.

Deadline and Restrictions:

· All new member applications must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2010 to be

counted.

· If referred by a current SCCA member, a new member application must contain the

name and membership number of the referring member in order for the referring

member to receive credit. Referral credit will not be given to applications received

without the referring member's membership number.

· If not used, "SCCA Gold" will be automatically applied to your Membership Renewal.

· For purpose of this contest, 2009 Membership is total membership as of December 31,

2009.

· For Regions, "SCCA Gold" will be awarded at the end of the program January 1, 2011.

· SCCA members who are paid employees of SCCA are eligible for referral award

incentives, but are not eligible for the grand prize drawing.

Membership Dues Changes as of April 1, 2010

2010 Membership Programs and Incentives Summary (effective April 1, 2010)

Membership Types and Dues

Annual

Individual $65 SCCA dues plus Region dues

Family(primary member, spouse, children under age 21) $85 SCCA dues plus Region dues

First Gear(under age 25) $45 (includes both SCCA and Region dues)

New Club Racing Volunteer $30 (includes both SCCA and Region dues)

Not a SCCA member in the past 18 months -First weekend is free Renewable for a second and third year by working four days

Weekend Membership-Recommended Fee Structure (read details below)

All events except Road Rally $15

Road Rally $15 for one participant (driver or navigator is not an annual member)

$20 for two participants (both driver and navigator not annual members)

Discounts and Rebates

Membership Referral

New Members - the referred member - Individual - $15 discount

Existing Member - the referring member $10 in "SCCA Gold", plus one entry into Grand Prize drawing for each member referred.No limit, may use "SCCA Gold" for dues, merchandise or entry fees.

Club Racing Volunteer Incentive

Based upon number of Club Racing volunteer participation days

Two days Free Annual Waiver Hard Card

Four days $15 membership discount

Six days $22 membership discount

Eight days $30 membership discount

Twelve or more $45 discount, recognition in SportsCar, & special ID card

Weekend Membership

With the issuance of a Weekend Membership the Weekend-Member receives a Weekend-Member number, this number serves as $15 discount coupon that may be applied towards an annual membership.

Maximum of two coupons may be applied to any type of annual membership, up to the full price of the

membership. Discounts/coupons must be used within 60 days of issuance.

Military

Dues rebate of $35 upon receiving proof of active duty status; reduces SCCA dues to $30 plus Region dues.Regions may elect to reduce or waive dues by notifying Member Relations.

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA, INC. P.O. Box 19400 - Topeka, KS 66619-0400 800-770-2055

Promotional Brochures and Membership Forms

For a person new to SCCA, joining can be confusing. Select a membership type, decide what Region to belong too, and add up SCCA dues and the Region dues together (assuming the potential member has access to the dues list). And by the way what is a Region? To address this issue and simplify the process SCCA Promotional brochures and generic membership forms list a single price for each membership type, this price includes both SCCA and Region dues.

Who has to be a member?

Any competitor or competing team at any SCCA Club Racing, Rally, RallyCross, or Solo sanctioned event.

Any passenger in a Solo, RallyCross, or PDX/Time Trial competition car.

The SCCA portion of the Weekend membership fee is waived for passengers at Solo and RallyCross events who are not entered in the event as a driver.

Passengers in a RoadRally car do not have to be members, but is encouraged.

Anyone in a "hot" area at Club Racing or PDX/Time Trial event.

Impact of Membership Programs and Discounts Upon Region Dues.

The Member Referral and Weekend Membership discounts do NOT affect the Region dues payments.

The New Volunteer Membership program has reduced dues for both SCCA and Regions. For individual members SCCA receives $25, Regions receive $5. SCCA promotional brochures provide for generic dues payments to Regions regardless of the Region joined. The generic Region dues only apply to the first year of membership, after the first year the member pays specific to their Region. Generic Region dues for Individual memberships are $15 and Family memberships are $20.

Ordering Forms

Forms are no longer being automatically mailed when a sanction is issued. The automatic mailing of forms was intended to prime the pump, and not an ongoing process.

Anyone may order Weekend Membership or Volunteer Incentive Membership forms; there is no charge for forms. Forms may be ordered by: Calling Member Relations at 800-770-2055 Via email at membership@scca.com Region supply order form Ordering supplies online in the Member section of SCCA.com

As of April 1, 2010 National dues have been lowered (for an individual) to $65. St. Louis Region dues will be going up to $20 (from $15)on April 1, 2010 also. FYI - This is the first increase in St. Louis Region dues in over 20 years. If we had been increasing all along to keep up with inflation, dues would be $30. On the bright side, we will have 25% more Solos, 33% more PDX's including a Club Trials, and the Road Rally program has been restarted with several events on the schedule. Also, it looks like we will have at least one teen TireRack Street Survival School and there is a very good chance we will initiate a drifting program. Not to mention the monthly socials at Spazio's, an the expanded and improved email Wheelspin newsletter (also online at stlscca.org).

The list of businesses offering discounts to SCCA members can be found at http://www.scca.com/contentpage.aspx?content=81

Some of the Added Value for 2010 as part of your St. Louis Region Membership:

ü Expanded and Regular Wheelspin's - NOW on Line too

ü Monday Socials added 3^rd Monday

ü Membership drive activities in progress

ü Tech O Rama event

ü Improved Website

ü Plans in progress on adding a Street Survival Program for the region

ü Plans in progress to add a Drifting program for the region

ü Solo events have been increased by 25% for 2010.

ü More Charitable events planned

ü The PDX Program is having 33% more events this year than last year.

ü PDX Program is offering a Club Trial event

ü Club Racing program is holding a double school/ double regional in 2010

ü Club Racing is back to 3 race weekend for 2010

ü Road Rally Program planned for 2010, events scheduled

ü 60^th Anniversary Banquet planned for January 2011

SCCA Mid-West Division News

St. Louis Region Member Wins Divisional Award

MIDIV SPIRIT OF SOLO AWARD

This year, the Midwest Solo Community lost a dear friend in Sam Scharnberg. With Sam, the solo community enjoyed years of leadership, guidance and friendship. Momma Sam molded our Divisional program and nurtured those in the wings.

A stone engraved with the following was presented to Sam's family. Kiersten, Tim and Michael were at the Midwest Convention banquet to receive this. Sam's husband< greg was not able to attend.

Emcee Donna Hill said "I am honored to present you with this stone symbolizing the rock and foundation that we - as individuals and as a community - all loved, honored and respected, your wife, your mother and your grandma."

The stone reads:

SAM SCHARNBERG

MIDIV SPIRIT OF SOLO AWARD

In memory of Sam Scharnberg, the MidWest Division SCCA solo community honors her for her vision and commitment to the solo program, her mentorship and, most important, her friendship. Her far-reaching contributions and example provide guidance and inspiration to those following, and those to come.

Donna went on to then present the FIRST Sam Scharnberg MiDiv Spirit of Solo Award.

Here is her presentation:

Several years before Sam "retired" as our Divisional Steward, she was contacted by a region who wanted to do a Divisional event - a region that had not done one for many years. Most of this region's leaders had moved or faded into occasional autocrossers. The solo chairman had not chaired a large event. Sam was concerned that she needed someone with a lot of experience to chair this region's Divisional effort. Sam contacted one of region's experienced soloists and offered the event if that person would chair it.

That person agreed as long as the assignment would include a co-chairman of a younger person who also had a passion for our solo program.

This person put together a team of the younger, new solo people AND the older solo people who had experience. He led that team to an event with new ideas and lots of experience that made it an excellent event, which won the Divisional of the Year.

Sam began looking for someone to mentor and teach all her years of solo knowledge. She found it in this person who showed how well he could handle this divisional event. He spent time with Sam and learned everything he could from her about what makes a great Divisional event and series.

He has been a recipient of the MiDiv Worker of the Year award. He has supported the Divisional Solo program exactly as Sam designed. Heck - he and his wife named their daughter Sam after someone very special to them. He has been a true mentor to me, personally. And I am HONORED to present this inaugural Sam Scharnberg Midiv Spirit of Solo Award to one of the most appreciative students Sam Scharnberg ever taught, Dave Whitworth.

Congratulations to Dave Whitworth, of the St. Louis Region SCCA as the 2009 winner of the MIDIV SPIRIT OF SOLO AWARD

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