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A beautiful fun-filled brisk autumn weekend for our 43rd annual Loooong Race marked the end of our 2013 championship season. Congratulations to everyone who made it out to compete this year. This is a sport that pits a myriad of challenges against drivers & crews, as much off the track as on. Sometimes just having the car ready or making it through an event is a win in and of itself. I've only been doing this a few years, but I've learned this can be a challenging, frustrating, stressful, expensive little hobby... but when I'm at the track, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. On track... that's living, that's our moment... when the adrenaline's rushing & you are in peak form pushing the limits of your car and yourself, learning, improving... shaving tenths, making the perfect pass, hammering down the straight, and diving into corners. And when the season's over, our work doesn't end there. There's maintenance to be done, performance to review & planning improvements for next season... because before you know it, it'll be time to heat up some rubber again.
We also have our annual awards banquet to look forward to in the off season. I love dressing up & celebrating with my MC family. I've always had a lot of fun, but what I think is really great is that it gives Race Staff their time to shine as we congratulate (and thank) them for their support and service. I also look forward to the MCWF show. For those that don't know, the CFF drivers have a traveling trophy that is presented WWF style. I was amazed (my first banquet, my first year) by their enthusiasm and knew right then & there that I was in the right club! So, save the date for the 2013 MCSCC Awards Banquet held January 11th, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza in Madison, WI. More info will follow as it becomes available.
Oh! And speaking of getting ready for next year... 2014 medical and license forms have been posted to Forms & Files on the website.
Until we race again,
Michele Salamun
Klaxon Editor
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2013 Class Champions
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Congratulations to all our 2013 Class Champions!
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2013 High Speed Autocross Champions
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| Edwin C Smith | FTRC | | BR |
| Eric Kwasigroh | SCCR | | SU | * | Cameron Lane | LSCC | | SS |
| Howard E Mueller | SCSCC | | SM |
| Henry Klopp | NSSCC | | SR | | Bill Minor | NSSCC | | YM | * | David Lopina | NSSCC | | YP |
| Mike Nasif | LSCC | | YS |
| Phillip Klaesges | NSSCC | | XP |
| Michael Prescott | LSCC | | AM | * | Brad Oblak | SCSCC | | AP | | Rob Roderick | NSSCC | | AS | | Eric Barnes | NSSCC | | BM | | Bruce 'Chip' Walterman | SCSCC | | BP | | Steven Cates | LSCC | | BS | | James Seargents II | SCCR | | CM |
| Elvis Komskis | NSSCC | | CP |
| Demetri Kundanis | NSSCC | | DM | * | Peter Marsico | SCSCC | | DP | | Robert Dudek | NSSCC | | DS | * | Dale Szymkowski | NSSCC | | EP | * | Mark Groseth | SCSCC |
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2013 Wheel-to-Wheel Champions
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| Arthur Jahn | MSCC | | FP |
| Jared Cromas | SCSCC | | GP |
| Raymond Elliott | SCSCC | | GT2 |
| Joseph Ziltener | MSCC | | GT3 |
| Arthur Jahn | MSCC | | GTSC | * | Dick Karth | LSCC | | ITA |
| Ken Kannard | GLSCC | | ITB | * | Steven R Burns | NSSCC | | ITC |
| Chris J Bené | SCSCC | | ITD |
| Jason Martin | SCSCC | | ITGT | * | Tim McLean | LSCC | | ITS |
| Tim Schreyer | CSCC | | SM | * | Jeff Van Buren | FTRC | | SP |
| Ronald Jerominski | LSCC | | SSC |
| Michael Donlan | NSSCC | | SSGT |
| Steven Gambla | NSSCC | | ST1 |
| Jeff Vance | SCCR | | ST2 |
| Arthur Jahn | MSCC | | ASR |
| Mark Langer | GLSCC | | CFF |
| Scott 'Scoot' Reif | NSSCC | | CFI | * | Tim Roach | MSCC | | CSR |
| Arthur Jahn | MSCC | | DSR |
| Mark Schnell | MSCC | | FA |
| Rudy Mazzeo | NSSCC | | FC |
| Denis Downs | CSCC | | FF | * | Frank E Riemann | CSCC | | FV |
| Eric R Lecuyer | MSCC | | SREN |
| William Boesen | CSCC | | SRF | | Steven Greenhill | FTRC |
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Event Gallery & Winners
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Big Wheel Races at That Loooong Race.
(Click image to see more photos from the weekend)
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That Loooong Race Winners
| | | | VH (Race 1) | Walter Kelley | | VH (Race 2) | Bill Oakes | | SRF | Peter Jankovskis | | SREN | William Boesen | | FV | James L Bennett III | | UNR | Aaron Deer | | UNR | William Bonow | | ITS | Tim Schreyer | | SM | Voytek Burdzy | | FP | Jared Cromas | | ST2 | Arturas Lavrentjevas | | HP | Rob Woelfle | | GP | Raymond Elliott | | FA | Rudy Mazzeo | | S2000 | Anders Graff | | FF | Frank E Riemann | | CS2 | Dale Madsen | | CSR | Art Jahn | | FC | Gary A Glojek | | CFF | Lynn Serra | | CFI | Vernon Brown | | CFI | Tim Roach | | DSR | Bruce Vollbrecht | | UNR | Peter Jankovskis | | ITA | Daniel Ibrahim | | ITB | Aldas Mockus | | ITC | Chris J Bene' | | SSC | Brian Donlan | | ITD | Rich 'Woody' Carlson |
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Vintage - Historic Update
by John Saccameno
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Over the past few seasons I have been working on getting MCSCC accepted into the Vintage Motorsports Council. The VMC is made up of 27 vintage racing sanctioning bodies around the US and Canada. VSCDA, SVRA, and HSR being notable within the Midwest. Their mission, in general, is not to provide rules for vintage racing, but act as an advisory, support and educational organization. They do not legislate rules, but offer a forum to discuss new ideas and to help solve problems inherent to vintage racing. Feel free to go the attached link for additional information.
Our inclusion in the group will give MCSCC national and regional exposure to the members of the participating clubs, allow us access to shared information as to vintage drivers currently on probation or suspended, and give us visibility into participation trends in North America. VMC also supports and issues a national vintage racing license which allows members to race within sanctioning bodies which may not support a true competition license. Our membership will have zero impact on our current GCR. VMC does not legislate or act as a sanctioning body. Our current rule set will remain intact unless changed within MCSCC.
Our first in-person meeting was in Rosemont on November 9th and proved to be most informative and generally successful. Lynn Serra and I attended as MCSCC representatives and presented our request. As MCSCC is not primarily a "vintage racing" organization, there are some issues to address, but I look forward to working through them with the VMC board and have an affiliation in hand for the 2014 season.
 | John & Lynn were treated to some eye candy at the VMC meeting.
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Full-Throttle Disbanding
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After what seems like about 20 years, (pretty close, actually!) we are both happy and a little sad to announce that 2013 will be the final season for the Full Throttle Racing Club. There are a number of reasons, not the least of which is that since the club was founded there have been a lot of births, weddings (and divorces), job changes, passings, relocations, and other factors that have changed the makeup of the club such that it just doesn't have the support that it once did. The good news is that the purpose the club was formed in the first place has actually been achieved. Midwestern Council back in the mid 90's was not a fun place to be for some of us. New ideas and concepts were generally ignored with the response "but that's the way it's always been." Well, we aimed to change that, and we would like to think that in some respects we succeeded. We introduced victory lane celebrations, champagne, trophies that were something more than a flat hunk of wood with a sticker on it, worker prizes, contingency awards, goodie bags, sponsors, local media coverage, track touring, cool pace cars, and most importantly, a general sense that RACING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN. Looking at the Midwestern Council events now, you can see that theme at nearly every event. The races are much more imaginative and varied than ever before. We would like to think that in some small way that is the legacy Full Throttle has left for the rest of Midwestern Council. In order to ease the transition to another club, Full Throttle is paying every member's dues for the club of their choice for the 2014 season. The good news for the other clubs is that they will be gaining some terrific new members. In the meantime, we are in the process of using the money in the treasury to help buy a bunch of brand new equipment for a number of specialties, so Full Throttle will live on helping support Midwestern Council in the future.
Thanks to all the clubs for their help and support over the years,
Full Throttle Racing Club, Ltd.
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Good News from Ray Jackson
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Way back in May I sent the email below (this is a shortened version obviously) to all of you, and thought I had sent at least one more note after this one. Shortly after this note, I decided to put my news on Caring Bridge that any of you could access whenever you wanted to, but I may not have sent an email to you guys to let you know about that. If so, I apologize, I thought you were all reading about my experience (if you wanted to) on Caring Bridge. That's why there have been no updates since then, ones that I emailed anyway.
So what is Caring Bridge? There may be some of you who are not familiar with it, so I'll give the short version. It is a free web site for sharing news with friends and family, typically used by people with medical problems. I started my site in mid-May, telling about my experiences with my leukemia from about a year ago. The site is at caringbridge.org, and my site name is "rayjacksonmadison", which you have to enter to visit it. You will have to register with your name and email address to access many of the individual sites. There are security options on each site, I have chosen the medium privacy setting that requires you to sign up and log in, but no passwords required. That one would allow me to block anyone's access if I felt it necessary.
So to answer [someone's] question, I'll tell you the short version of the events since the beginning of May.
The potential donor for my stem cell transplant came through after all, and I had my transplant on July 3rd, after four days of chemo and three rest days. I stayed in the hospital until July 23rd, and have been recuperating at home ever since. By now I am feeling pretty good, almost normal, but it hasn't all been so easy. Even now I have no stamina, it still surprises me how little exertion it takes to be completely exhausted. But I have passed the 100 day mark, considered a major milestone. Now it's mostly just a matter of regaining my strength and resuming a "normal" life again. There is still a possibility of Graft Versus Host Disease, the biggest risk still out there, but so far there has been no sight of it.
Bonnie is doing well too. She had surgery to patch up some problems in her abdomen on June 10th, just two weeks before I entered the hospital. So really she is still recovering from that, plus acting as my caregiver all this time.
For more details, go read my Caring Bridge site. It's all there, and I am planning a couple of new entries this week.
ray
Also, Ray's son Kyle has shared that a caring individual from a cancer support group Ray attends has set up a fundraising effort for him. To contribute, please click to visit the donation page on youcaring.com.
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Submissions
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Everyone is welcome, and encouraged, to submit stories/comments/pictures/videos/etc. Share your experiences with us! Simply email klaxon@mcscc.org by the 25th (generally) for inclusion in the next month's Klaxon.
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Board of Directors Minutes
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Representatives from each club meet in Rockford the 2nd Thursday of each month to discuss upcoming events and issues that arise. These meetings are open to all MC members.
Next Meeting: November 15
Held at: Sam's Ristorante
6075 E Riverside Blvd
Rockford, IL
Minutes of the last meeting:
October 10, 2013 Minutes
Minutes are always posted to the forum first: mcscc.org/forum
(you need to register to view them)
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Council Events
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January 11, 2014
2013 MCSCC Awards Banquet
Crowne Plaza
Madison, WI
(more info to follow)
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We still have a few vacant positions in need of dedicated members. It is important to our organization that all open positions be filled so that our events can be run as smoothly as possible. If you can help, please email racestaff@mcscc.org to volunteer. Thanks!
HSAX Director (John Churchill will continue as Acting Director until a new one is found.)
HSAX Starters (We would like to have a team of starters in place for HSAX events. Starters who are also HSAX participants are still able to race and will receive priority access to the track for scheduled Practice Sessions and Timed Runs.)
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Member Benefits
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Lynn Serra continues to compile a members' benefit package (e.g. coupons for dollars or a percentage off of merchandise or services) for MCSCC.
Please support our exciting partnerships so we can continue receiving benefits from these businesses. MCSCC members should be prepared to show their current club membership card to obtain any discount.
 Continuing Benefits:
Advanced Auto Parts
Discounts varies depending on product. You must mention Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs and provide our phone number (815) 708-6796.
Discount applies in store only. Ask the cashier to do a wide area search for Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs because the origin store changes.
MCSCC currently has the highest level of discount & must spend spend $500/month or more to maintain it.
Behling Racing Equipment
5170 N. 125th Street
Select SA2010 helmets discounted for MCSCC while supplies last. Show current club membership card to receive percentages off on all race equipment (discount varies by product).
Boyd-Built Fabricators
Sheet Metal Brakes
423-6989-1270
www.Boyd-Built.com
boydbuiltfabricators@comcast.net
$50 off 7' 2" racer brake and $75 off any size commercial brake with proof of MCSCC membership.
Late Model Throttle, LLC
Devon Hassinger
$15 off Dyno Pulls: normal price $65 for 2 wheel drive cars and $80 for 4 wheel drive cars. This is 3 pulls with AFR.
10% off Dyno Tuning.
Race Car Supply
Butch Deer
(847) 695-6978
cell (859) 963-8318
www.sracing.com
Butch@racecarsupply.com
Currently offering a $500.00 discount on a new Evolution Formula First Kit or $1000.00 on a complete car. Also, 10% discount on Racequip safety products (suits, helmets, FIA and SFI harness systems, gloves, and shoes).
RACEShopper.com
(800) 733-8380
Free shipping on orders over $50. Mention you are an MCSCC Member & promo code MCSCC2013RACE
Steve Thomas Racing
410 Pera Street
Ludlow, IL 60949
(217) 766-7889
25% off all Bell Helmets and Products. Visit the store or website. Choose your merchandise and then call Steve directly at (217) 766-7889. Mention Midwestern Council membership to receive discount
First Place Trophies & Awards
The Trophy Store Inc.
48 N Ayer St Harvard, IL
815-943-7870
* 10% off awards and embroidary
* No set-up fees
* Free digitizing for orders of $200+
* Free delivery & shipping
Vintage Sports Car Inc.
and Historic Race Car
1114 Rail Drive, Unit D
Woodstock, IL 60098
(815) 337 4001
$10 per hour discount on service
Hotels>
Best Western
5910 Technology Drive
South Beloit, IL
Debbie will provide MCSCC members a room rate of $86/night +tax (year round) if they mention Blackhawk Farms Raceway.
Comfort Inn
2786 Milwaukee Rd.
Beloit, WI 53511
Phone: (608) 362-2666
Fax: (608) 362-0590
Jason will provide MCSCC members a room rate of $69/night +tax (year round) if they mention Blackhawk Farms Raceway.
Fairfield Inn of Beloit 2784 Milwaukee Rd Beloit, WI
Ask for the Blackhawk Farms rate:
Traditional King - $84 2 Queen beds - $84 King Suite - $99 2 Queen Suite - $99 All prices are plus tax.
Recreation>
Melrose Park Indoor Grand Prix
2225 W. North Avenue
Melrose Park, IL
(708) 343-RACE
Show current club membership card to receive the following special pricing 7 days/week with no expiration and no exceptions:
* 3 Races for $20
* Free Daily License
* Free Daily Headsock
* 10% discount for parties
Volo Auto Museum
27582 Volo Village Road
Volo, IL 60073
(815) 385-3644
www.volocars.com
Click here for $ off coupon.
Restaurants>
Rockton Inn
102 E Main St, Rockton, IL
(815) 624-8877
Order "Tammy's appetizer of the day" with dinner to receive that appetizer for free.
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Marketplace
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Midwestern Council's website has a Classified Ads section. Council members may place ads there free of charge!
The MCSCC Forum also has a place to post an add for items you Want to Buy or have For Sale.
MCSCC logo items are available for purchase at Cafe Press.
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