March 2016

The 2016 Competition Schedule has been announced. I have updated the schedule at the bottom, or you can view at mcscc.org. The Enduro series will continue this year so get your friends involved!

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Announcing your 2016 Board of Directors:

President: Lynn Serra

Vice President: Jason Ostrowski

Treasurer: Dick Kneubuehl

Secretary: Michele Carlson

Comp Director: Tim McCarter

Upcoming events:

NSSCC Annual FREE Indoor Racing School on Saturday March 19th at Blackhawk Farms Raceway. Gates open at 8am, sessions start at 9am.

Click here to register by March 16th!

Annual Tech Day for W2W cars will be at Advanced Autosports on Saturday, March 26th from 9am-3pm. Lunch will be served and they are working to have a doctor available for race physicals again.
MCSCC Drivers School on April 15-16 followed by our first W2W race of the season on Sunday, April 17.
MCSCC Race Staff Clinic held on April 16, during the Drivers School.

Forms & Files Reminder:

Check the website for the updated 2016 Medical Form. Also found there are our Minor Participant Procedures and HSAX ID Application (ID needed to earn championship points).

We have an exciting new Member Benefit!

Byron Dragway

7287 N. River Road

Byron, IL 61010

(815) 378-8854

For MCSCC GROUPS.

Must contact BJ in advance at above number.

The deal: $30 for car & driver admission plus all runs offered at that time (entry card). MC attendees will be given the same lane and have a designated pit area. No proof of membership required.

John Churchill has offered to be the point person for MC.

Advertising Space Available

The banner ad space at the bottom of the mcscc.org website is currently available. The advertising space can be purchased for $600 annually. Interested parties should contact Lynn Serra at president@mcscc.org

New Pro Racers in our midst!

Blake Thompson and Stephanie Andersen will be piloting two Mazda2 cars in the Pirelli World Challenge Championship Series as part of the Black Armor Helmets team.

Blake debuted his #37 TCB Mazda2 at COTA This weekend.
Stephanie will debut her #28 TCB Mazda2 at Road America June 23-26.

Live streaming of the races is available at World-ChallengeTV.com and www.motortrendondemand.com. Good Luck to you both!

Until we race again,

Michele Salamun
Klaxon Editor

Drivers Equipment Raffle

As some of you may know my racing days are over but some of my gear is still too young, and in too good of condition, to also retire. So I have put together a kit, or maybe a starter kit, of the good stuff that can be used as a raffle in order to raise some funds for the workers which make the racing days possible. The bag or cool shirt are worth at least five dollars.

Thanks for your help,

Ray Kollock

MCSCC Wall Calendars

2016 Midwestern Council wall calendars are still available for purchase!

Cost is $10, available on a first come first served basis as quantities are limited.
Pictures from various 2015 events and the 2016 schedule are contained within.
Please contact Lynn Serra at president@mcscc.org to purchase.

NSSCC FREE Indoor Racing School

Click here to register!

IN THIS EDITION

Equipment Raffle

MCSCC Wall Calendars

FREE Indoor Race School

Spring Drivers School

2016 MCSCC Schedule

Quick Links

Board of Directors Minutes

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: March 10

Held at: Sam's Ristorante

6075 E Riverside Blvd

Rockford, IL

Minutes of the last meetings:

February 16, 2016 Minutes

Minutes are always posted to the forum first:

mcscc.org/forum

(must register to view them)

TIP: use [Forum Tools] to subscribe for email alerts when the new minutes are posted

Council Events

PLEASE NOTE:
We have a NEW online registration site:
motorsportreg.com

April 16-17
Drivers School, W2W
Event Flyer

Blackhawk Farms
South Beloit, IL

May 14-15

HPDE,HSAX,Enduro,W2W

Milwaukee Mile

West Allis, WI

May 28-30

HPDE, W2W, Enduro, HSAX

Blackhawk Farms

South Beliot, IL

Open Staffing Positions

We have 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!

Chief of Impound

Chief of Flagging and Communications: John Krebs has offered to get us going at the first event, but we are in need of someone to step in for the season.

Member Benefits

Please support our exciting partnerships so we can continue receiving benefits from these businesses. (Be prepared to show current club membership card to obtain discounts.) Full details available at MCSCC website.

Equipment and Supplies:
Advance Auto Parts
Behling Racing Equipment
Boyd-Built Fabricators
Late Model Throttle, LLC
Race Car Supply
RACEShopper.com
Steve Thomas Racing

Services:

First Place Promotions & Awards

Vintage Sports Car Inc.
Historic Race Car

Hotels/Lodging:
Best Western: South Beloit, IL
Quality Inn: Beloit, WI
Fairfield Inn: Beloit, WI

Recreation/Misc:
Volo Auto Museum
Byron Dragway

Marketplace

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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Submissions

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.

2015 MCSCC Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2015 Special Award Recipients!

High Speed Autocross Rookie of the Year - Andy Borley
High Speed Autocross Driver of the Year - Rob Roderick
Wheel to Wheel Rookie of the Year - Patrick Kroll
Wheel to Wheel Driver of the Year - Jeff Vance
Vintage/Historic Driver of the Year - Glenn Stazak
Sportsman of the Year - Jeff and Ken Vance
Member of the Year - Michele Carlson
Rookie Worker of the Year - Stewart Reese
Flagging & Communications Worker of the Year - Steward Reese
Safety & Rescue Worker of the Year - Michael Ferling
W2W Timing & Scoring Worker of the Year - Karen Eberhardt
HSXA Timing & Scoring Worker of the Year - David Osborne
Lou Shaupner Award - Michael Palmer
Presidential Award - Michael Palmer and Stephanie Andersen

Click image to see more pictures from the banquet

Congratulations to our 2015 MCSCC Class Champions!

2015 HSAX Champions			2015 W2W Champions
Class	Name	Club	Class	Name	Club
AR	Shaun Mahaffey	MSCC	EP	John Wierz	NSSCC
CR	Michael Valentich*	MSCC	FP	Jared Cromas*	SCSCC
			GP	William Richardson	MSCC
SS	Henry Klopp	NSSCC	GT2	Joseph Ziltener	MSCC
			GT3	Matt Haushalter	MSCC
YM	Andy Borley	SCCR	GTP	Arthur Jahn	MSCC
YP	Mike Nasif*	LSCC	GTSC	Eric Kwasigroh	SCCR
YS	John Tennant*	NSSCC	ITA	Matthew Gerdisch*	GLSCC
			ITB	Steven R Burns*	NSSCC
XS	Steven LaCosse*	SCSCC	ITGT	Steven Gambla*	NSSCC
			ITS	Charles Peterson*	NSSCC
AM	Rob Roderick*	NSSCC	SM	Daniel Ibrahim	CSCC
AP	Graham Dalsing*	MSCC	SP	Jay Hoskins*	SCCR
AS	Eric Barnes*	NSSCC	SSB	Arthur Jahn	MSCC
			SSC	Michael Donlan	NSSCC
BM	Bruce 'Chip' Walterman*	SCSCC	ST1	Patrick Kroll	SCCR
BP	Steven Cates*	SCSCC
BS	John Qualich*	NSSCC	CFF	Scott 'Scoot' Reif	NSSCC
			DSR	Arthur Jahn	MSCC
CM	Robert Schmidt*	SCSCC	F500	Paul Nelson	GLSCC
			FA	Grant Greenfield	MSCC
DM	Joshua Snyder	MSCC	FC	Denis Downs*	CSCC
DP	Dale Szymkowski	NSSCC	FF	Frank E Riemann*	CSCC
			FV	Alden Wells	CSCC
EM	Richard Kneubuehl	SCCR		* Defending Champions
	* Defending Champions

			2015 Enduro Champions
			Class	Name	Club
			GT4	David Wessel	GLSCC
			HP	Gail Woelfle	MSCC
			HP	Rob Woelfle	MSCC
			ITA	Dewey Reeder	MSCC
			ITA	Ronda Sandsnes	MSCC
			SM	William Thompson	LSCC
			ST1	Christopher Schreyer	CSCC
			ST1	Tim Shreyer	CSCC

Click to see final point results for HSAX, W2W, and Enduro

MCSCC at the Expo!

By Lynn Serra

Midwestern Council was represented at the 9th Annual Race & Performance Expo which ran February 20th - 21st at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. This is our 9th year exhibiting at this event as it is an excellent opportunity to promote our club to individuals who already have an interest in car racing; however are unaware of the multiple opportunities within Midwestern Council.

Although the venue used for the first 8 years afforded us opportunities to spread the word about our club's awesome Drivers Schools, HSAX, HPDE, Current era and Vintage/Historic Wheel-to-Wheel programs, and Enduro Series, its layout had booths in 3 different rooms between 2 different buildings. If attendees were aware the show spanned a second site they were offered shuttle services between buildings. Renaissance Schaumburg increased booth traffic by its capability to hold the entire Expo in 1 mammoth room. The suitable weather this year didn't hurt either.

Photo by Michael Palmer

I want to thank the members who volunteered to give up part or all of their weekend to man the booth this year:

Marcell Berkhout

Dave Bralich

Gary Cooke

Dan Gilman

Bruce Gracz

Mitch Lelito

John Lewis

Larry Noble

Michael Palmer

Rob Roderick

Gus Rubio

Lynn Serra

David Stockwell

Also, a hardy thank you to the throngs of other members who stopped by the booth to give us support.

Gus Rubio, Dave Bralich, and Gary Cooke

And a special thank you to:

Gus Rubio who brought his HSAX/daily driver and

Gary Cooke who brought his W2W Porsche.

To give you some insight into the dedication Gus has to our club - since Gus' HSAX car is also his daily driver once he brought the car to the booth on Thursday he then had to find a way home since he does not trailer his vehicle. No problem! (I should mention at this time that both Gus and Gary were asked to create a poster or handout that described their vehicle and covered the most frequently asked questions car show attendees might ask.) Gary Cooke, who was meeting Gus in Schaumburg to get the cars squeezed in to the booth, offered to give him a ride home. Psych! Gary realized that there was no room in his car because of the poster, so Gus ended up ON THE BUS! The next time you see Gary suggest he get a roof rack...for the poster, of course.

Gary Cooke helps a young racecar enthusiast into his car

Our booth was located near the Engine Building Challenge. High School teams from around the nation compete at several locations. Those teams breaking down and rebuilding an engine in less than 35 minutes, using only hand tools, advance to the Nationals. Members of the National winning team can earn tens of thousands of dollars toward further education. The teams are assessed time penalties for things such as dropping parts or tools, stepping outside the work area, incorrect build, or cursing. An opportunistic Bruce Gracz was seen working the crowd surrounding the Challenge handing out High Performance Driver Education flyers with coupons.

Over the 2 days of the show we made a lot of good contacts - both vendor and attendee. We commented on the large number of "quality" attendees that stopped at the booth; asking the right type of question, building the right type of car. So watch for new competitors in the paddock and make them feel welcome. Also, watch for additional member benefits on our website coming up soon.

Bruce Gracz reeling them in.

2016 Spring Drivers School

For more information, please contact Dan Ibrahim school-chief@mcscc.org.

2016 Midwestern Council Schedule

Date	Place	Event	Host Club
Apr 16-17	Blackhawk Farms	Drivers School, Race	NSSCC
May 14-15	Milwaukee Mile	HPDE, HSAX, Enduro, Race	LSCC, GLSCC
May 28-30	Blackhawk Farms	HPDE, Race, Enduro, HSAX	MSCC
Jun 11-12	Milwaukee Mile	HPDE, HSAX, Race	GLSCC, LSCC
Jun 17-19	Blackhawk Farms	VSCDA Classic (MC Staffing event)	VSCDA
Jul 2-4	Blackhawk Farms	Drivers School, Race, HPDE, HSAX	NSSCC
Jul 30-31	Blackhawk Farms	HPDE, HSAX, Race	SCSCC
Aug 13-14	Road America	Double Race Weekend, plus HPDE	LSCC, SCCR, CSCC
Sep 17-18	GingerMan Raceway	Double Race Weekend, plus Enduro	MSCC
Oct 1-2	Blackhawk Farms	HPDE, HSAX, Race	SCCR
Oct 22-23	Blackhawk Farms	That Loooong Race� 46	CSCC

The order of the events within a weekend is subject to change depending on how each club arranges their event. Consult the event flyer when available at MotorsportReg.com.

For general information about our events, please click here.