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| 105.1 | Snow & Ice rally | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Fri Nov 09 1990 16:18 | 27 |
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SNOW & ICE 91 RALLY
Saturday February 9, 1991
This event is sponsored by THE HONDA STORE in Fitchburg, Ma. It is a straight
forward TSD rally of approximately 170 miles. The rally is being sponsord by
Worcester Area Sports Car Club and is sanctioned by the New England Region,
SCCA. It s being run in conjuction with Ice Racing Time Trials the following
day on Newfound Lake, near Bristol, NH. For Ice racing details, contact
Dick Holden of BMWCCA 603.753.4170.
The rally will start at Howard Johnson, Rt 12, West Boylston, Ma and the
finish is at The Shaker Inn, Enfield, NH.
For those who have never driven in a rally before, there is a novice school
the Friday night before the event.
Rallymasters: David Lewis 508.453.6046, John Howe 508.852.3589
Registrar: Marianne Stevens 508.486.8666
If anyone wants a copy of the pre-registration form and the rest of the
details, drop me a line. The 1991 season has begun......
jim e
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| 105.2 | MTW 6/21-23 | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Tue Jan 08 1991 08:18 | 8 |
| The 1991 Mt Washington hillclimb is scheduled for June 21-23rd. The
schedule should be the same as last year.
Friday practice
Saturday qualifying
Sunday racing
jim e
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| 105.3 | Solo I, Solo II and Regional Race | MILKWY::DUANE | | Tue Jan 08 1991 08:57 | 9 |
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I believe it will be the third week in October ( Oct 18,19,20),
there will be a combination Solo I, Solo II and non points regional
race at NHIS.The Solo I is on Friday, Solo II on Saturday and road race
on Sunday. I believe this event will raise money for the fight against
Leukemia.
This may be the start of a Solo I series put on by SCCA in New
England. I know that a group of Solo II people have started to
look into this possibility this past Fall.
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| 105.4 | the WHATCHAMACALLIT weekend | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Tue Jan 08 1991 11:39 | 7 |
| I'll post the full schedule right after our NER banquet this weekend.
The October date also has a Rally scheduled as well.
If all goes right, we'll have a race, rally, solo I and solo II
weekend. I'm tired already....
jim e
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| 105.5 | NER 1991 Schedule | WILKIE::PLATT | | Tue Jan 08 1991 15:57 | 18 |
| Picked up the NER schedule at Budweiser World of Wheels - it's road
racing only, however:
Drivers' school NHIS 4/19
Regional NHIS 4/20 & 4/21
National Limerock 5/3 & 5/4
National NHIS 5/25 & 5/26
Regional NHIS 5/27
Regional Limerock 7/19 & 7/20
Dble Regional NHIS 7/27 & 7/28
Regional NHIS 8/10 & 8/11
Regional NHIS 9/14 & 9/15
Don't remember the October dates -- sorry
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| 105.6 | | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Tue Jan 08 1991 17:01 | 7 |
| -.1
What did you think of the booth and people representing SCCA? Just
curious.....
jim e
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| 105.7 | BOOTH AND PERSONNEL COMMENTS | CSS::PLATT | | Wed Jan 09 1991 08:43 | 16 |
| I've known Don and Cathie Denomme for ever. They're enthusiastic and
knowledgable about the sport and the organization, and seem to convey
that to the "uninitiated". I've met Slim Bryant a couple of times, and
IMHO, he's a salesperson for his own company most of the time and not
much more. Those were the only folks I saw during my three hour tour
of the Expo Center. Regarding the booth itself, it was definitely NHIS
oriented, with SCCA as a sideline. Maybe NHIS was picking up the tab
for the exhibition fee and space rental? Never did see an SCCA banner
anywhere, though they had some literature. I'm not a "fan" of the
Shelby CanAm car (or any other "spec" car for that matter) so I wasn't
impressed by seeing it there. The vehicle representation in the booth,
again, I'd have to say seemed to be more geared to NHIS than SCCA.
Rambling ended, but don't know if I answered your question. Been
working to much and racing less.
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| 105.8 | 1990 NER Worker Forum awards | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 08:52 | 133 |
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1990 NER WORKER FORUM AWARDS
O.S. AWARD : Given to the driver that has scared the workers the
most during race times.
Gary Dellaripa: At the Wedding Bell Regional was the driver who
decided to pass the car in front of him at the
same moment that that car decided to pass the car
in front of him.
Both cars went spinning into the pits and destroyed
part of the armco in pit lane.
The award as usual is a wooden plaque with a brass toilet
paper holder - with paper.
WORKER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the worker who best exemplifies the
statement "You shouldn't have seen me do it".
There was a 6 way tie for the WORKER NERD award.
Cathy Dennome: Had the wrong Mass Pike exit listed for the open house.
Jo-Ann Gerde: Forgot to turn the timing light on after lunch. She had to
call control to have a station 12 flagger run down and
turn on the light right before the cars came around the
corner.
Rona Hathaway: Dropped her whistle down her pants as she attempted to
give the grid the "start 'em up" signal.
Nancy Kapsten: Made an announcement over the PA system "Would the driver
of car number..... never mind".
Moe, Larry and Don: The three stewards who stopped the race due to a
phantom blown engine.
Race Control - Stewards and F&C: Control started to pack up while there
were 35 IT cars left on the grid.
And the winner is - Rona Hathaway
The award was was a wooden plaque with a piece of the Bryar
Track attached.
DRIVER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the driver who best exemplifies the
statement "You shouldn't have seen me do it".
There was a 2 way tie for the DRIVER NERD award.
Bruce Phalin: At the Driver School- ran into his student while ON THE
TRACK. Bruce told him that he shouldn't be braking at
that part of the track.
Ted Balcezak: During the Pig Roast race, spun on the pace lap!
And the winner is - Bruce Phalin
The award was was a wooden plaque with a piece of the Bryar
Track attached.
SPECIAL AWARD #1:
Richard French - for performing a driving feat that nobody was
able to come close to this year.
Not only was he the first at the new track to be towed in,
but he was towed in at each race. He was also towed out
to get going at a NHIS practice day.
He also never made it to Post-Race impound all year, but always
made Post-Accident scruitineering.
===>for that he gets his very own tow truck - 1 foot long with
the words:
1990 NER
WRECKER KING
RICHARD FRENCH
who is by the way the Regional Executive's husband... and she works
for DEC...
SPECIAL AWARD #2:
This award came about because Ted Goddard dug up something at the
NHIS track and thought we could use it. Only one driver came to mind.
Dave Patten.
Dave had finished his qualifying run at Mt. Washington without
any problem. While he was turning around in the lot, he couldn't
find the brake pedal and managed to place his car upon a large
boulder.
Also, Dave, at the Double Regional, lost his brake pedal going
into turn 3 at NHIS and clobbered another car. All Dave could
say after was "I lost the brake pedal, I lost the brake pedal".
===>for that he gets his very own brake pedal. This brake
pedal was an old rusty one from some farm tractor. We
had it mounted on a wooden plaque.
SPECIAL AWARD #3
This award was not given to Bob Roth by the Worker Forum, but was
given to him by his (former???) crew chief. It was for his wonderful
display of grass cutting at Lime Rock.
A toy lawnmower painted with Bob's Spec Racer colors and his #6.
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| 105.9 | the full candidate list | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 09:15 | 357 |
|
1990 NER WF AWARDS CANDIDATES
O.S. AWARD : Given to the driver that has scared the workers the most during
race times.
1. Unknown Driver: At the Dandelion GP, he was the lead SR driver on the
restart who braked on the downhill then accelerated causing everyone behind
him to get out of line real quick. Eventually causing a 3 hour meeting with
the stewards.
2. Gary DellaRipa: At the Wedding Bell Regional was the ITS driver who came
down the hill behind two slower ITC cars. As soon as they reached the
straight, Gary pulled drivers right to pass them. As he pulled along side
the one in the rear (a black GTI from a neighboring region), that car
decided it was time to pass the one in from of _him_. The GTI squeezed
Gary to the edge of the track where upon he bumped Gary off drivers right.
By this time, they reached Pit In. Both Gary's Mazda RX-7 and the GTI
bounced off the armco at Pit In and continued into the pits moving the
barrier at Tech back about 3 feet!
3. John Reisman: At the W.B. Regional, the driver of car # 39 SSGT who went
OVER the worker's outpost tire wall at Big Bend at high speed.
4. Bruce Kapsten: During a red flag situation at the Wicked Good Drivers School
(WGDS), control informed Pits to bring the three cars left on the straight
-a-way back through Pit Out. So we did. Bruce, being Chief Steward, decides
to visit the scene that caused the red flag in the pace car with Chief
Buzzard - Bob Chausse, while the cars were crossing the pits!!! Bruce
stopped about 20 feet away from the middle car.
5. name: At the WGDS; The driver of car #15 Red ITA went barrel rolling into
(then over) station 3 concrete barrier - with Rob Griffith flagging there,
giving new meaning to the words "hit the dirt". The car went over station 3
and ended up at station 10, with a tire at 11. Apparently the car was
sitting for some years and the substance in the master cylinder didn't
resemble any known brake fluid.
6. Joe Leone: Driver of FV440 #63 at the Pig Roast weekend, came into
Station 11 on 2 wheels and was headed straight for the flaggers.
7. Driver of IMSA car #81; for causing everyone at Emergency Services and
Pit Out to say "Oh S___" as his car slammed broadside into the Pit Out
barrier. Non-NER member.
WORKER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the worker who best exemplifies the statement
"You shouldn't have seen me do it".
1. Cathy Dennome: Had the wrong Mass Pike exit listed for the open house. The
Toll Booth operators had to give directions for the lost folks.
2. Larry Dignan: Had printed up copies of the 1990 worker handout for the open
house. A number of copies were somehow printed wrong and started at page 5.
3. Jerry Stevens: At the NEDIV Roundtable in Corning - was attempting to throw
a bunch of paper streamers backwards over his head at the NNJR table. He
forgot to check to see if anyone was about to walk by -- instead of hitting
the NNJR table, he got the poor waitress (carrying the coffee pot no less)
in the face.
4. Bette French: While preparing for the Dandelion GP May 4th weekend, she
put oil in the safety truck to insure that it would be ready in case it
was needed. Luckily it wasn't needed since she forgot to put the oil
filler cap back on.
5. Laurie Sheppard: While running to an incident during the Dandelion GP,
she slipped on the wet grass and fell at station 12.
6. Jo-Ann Gerde: While at the May NHIS National, realized during the pace lap
that she forgot to turn the timing light on after lunch. She had to
call control to have a station 12 flagger run down and turn on the light
right before the cars came around the corner.
7. Two unidentified crew; At the NHIS Regional May 28th volunteered their
time at Timing and Scoring (thank you, thank you...) and were handed their
cards and watches, then were given instructions. As the race began jumped
on the hood of the Magic Bus to get a better view - totally blocking the
scorers view!! They were informed to never, ever hassle T&S about late
results.
8. Jo-Ann Gerde: For having a crayon mark on the NHIS track as the official
"timing line".
9. Kevin Leach: For using T&S' crayon to mark the official "start/finish"
line at NHIS.
10. Lynne Dignan: 5/28 at NHIS (think third hot race day in a row) Responding
to T&S' plea for refreshments for the 15 kids sitting out in the hot sun
timing the cars, and the 7 adults baking in the Magic Bus oven scoring
the cars, the chief registrar arrived to save the day with 1 qt of juice,
six cups and an armload of soda. She says "I brought some soda but it's
warm. Does anyone have any ice?"
11. Worker Forum: 6/15 after the worker forum meeting, 5 "lemmings" - couldn't
find the restaurant for our "after race" get-together, so we played
"follow the leader" while at "race speed", knowing that the leader had
been there before. We had to turn around in a dirt parking lot which
kicked up a cloud of dust and back track.
12. Anna Hill: Scheduled her wedding the day of the Climb To The Clouds.
13. Barbara and Josh Hill: For making Anna change her wedding date so that
it wasn't the same day as the Climb To The Clouds.
14. Jo-Ann Gerde: While at the Climb to the Clouds weekend tried to bring her
dog Omega across the bridge at the base of the mountain. The bridge was
the type that was made up of open squares exactly the size of Omega's
paws. The look of concentration on the dog's face crossing the bridge
said it all. She made it though.
15. Ray Wenzel: Friday night after the Wedding Bell (WB) Regional qualifying
needed a note saying he wasn't drinking in order to get in the house.
Since it was written by the folks he was with, you couldn't read it
anyways. He said the note worked. She said it did not!
16. Rona Hathaway: At the W.B. Regional, dropped her whistle down her pants
as she attempted to give the grid the "start 'em up" signal.
17. Harold Craig: At the W.B. Regional was seen talking to a woodchuck trying
to convince it to leave the station before cars came around.
18. Phone operator at station 11: At W.B. Regional following race #7: when
asked by control what the track looked like after the oil spills, he
said " it looks black!".
19. Nancy Kapsten: At the Memorial Day event made an announcement over the
PA system "Would the driver of car number..... never mind".
20. Lynn Wiles: At the Double Regional - in his 4th day as a starter, dropped
the checked flag on the wrong car, causing some poor F440 driver to end
his race a lap early.
21. Scott Griffith: At the Double Regional was corner captain at station 3,
called in a FV going straight into a tirewall hard enough to bounce three
feet back as a "gentle impact".
22. Moe, Larry and Don: At the Memorial Day weekend - the three stewards who
stopped the race due to a phantom blown engine. They forgot it was speedy
dry. (Submitted by a steward).
23. Rona Hathaway: At the Double Regional she was assigned to start the
session, and was asked by her chief if she was paying attention to the
radio. Her answer was "yes mam its quiet" - when she finally had to use
the radio she called "Grid to Control" and was laughing so hard that she
forgot what she was supposed to tell them.
24. Jo-Ann Gerde: At the Double Regional; repeatedly made tongue tripping
announcements over the PA..."ATTENTION IN THE PADDOCK! The provisional
group for race grid four is now posted"!
25. Jim Evans: At the 9/6 worker forum meeting began discussing the "Wurd
Nerker" award, instead of the Nerd Worker award.
26. Race Control - Stewards and F&C: During Pig Roast day, Bob Chausse said
(so I'm told) "Here's the procedure for closing up control and I'm going
out to pick up radios", then left in the pickup truck. Control started
to close up shop when Steve McLafferty informed them there were 35 IT
cars still on the grid!!! Bob tell it slightly different. That's why
they are ALL nominated.
27. Laurie Sheppard: During the IMSA weekend was passing out lunches to the
starters by throwing them up to them. She ended up throwing them onto the
top of the van!!!
28. Bob Wanta: Safety Steward for IMSA weekend was wondering why he wasn't
hearing anything on his radio. He had it set for the wrong frequency.
29. Greg Vincent: While recruiting at the NER table at the IMSA weekend,
spilled his soda all over the handouts we were giving out.
30. Charlie Hinchcliffe: At the Runnoffs - slipped and fell into the mud at the
brook -- and when the station applauded he did a butterfly fall into the
mud again. Who was that orange clay man?
31. Dick Patullo: At the Racing Against Leukemia (R.A.L.) weekend "Dumped it
jumping off the wall at outpost at station 3. Got up, bowed to crowd, hurt
pride, face red."
32. L. Dignan: For the R.A.L. weekend - had the wrong telephone number on
both the entry forms AND the NER telephone answering machine.
33. Bill Fralick: At the R.A.L. weekend - called to the Grid to see what
was taking them so long. Grid responded that they are waiting for _him_
to give them the 5 minute warning.
34. Bob Chausse: At the R.A.L. weekend was escorting Howie Wemyss of the
Mt. Washington Auto Road up to Control so that he could get a good view
of the track..... As they got out of the elevator, Bob - without thinking
first-- said to Howie: "you aren't afraid of heights are you?"
DRIVER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the driver who best exemplifies the statement
"You shouldn't have seen me do it".
1. Richard French: Forgot to check the lugnuts on the Vee before going out
at the NHIS practice day. Lost the tire and had to be towed in. This
earned him the distinction of being the first car to be towed in at the
new NHIS during a SCCA sanctioned event.
2. Brad Loman: At NHIS 5/27/90; Driver of the #52 white F440 - locked up his
brakes at turn 3, screeeeeeched into the corner and stopped 18" away from
the tire wall. Looked left at the workers, looked right at the track, put
it in gear, nailed it AND DROVE STRAIGHT INTO THE TIRES!!! This was
submitted and signed by the 3 corner workers.....
3. Anthony Rainone: At NHIS 5/26; Driver of car FC #30 hit the wall on the
1st lap of qualifying at station 10. Anthony's explaination to a steward
was "Well, I was warned about hitting the dirt inside the apex during
practice and I guess I overcompensated".
4. Tom Mason: At NHIS Memorial Day weekend; Driver of the #32 Sports 2000 hit
the pylons at the exit of turn 3 and ended up with 2 pylons in the cockpit.
He proceded to drive up the hill throwing pylons out of the car. He has
now been dubbed "The Conemaster".
5. Dave Burden and Bruno Kreibich: Drove the Mt Washington hillclimb on their
wedding anniversaries - and didn't take their wives.
6. FORD Drivers: For all of those FORD drivers that caused Larry Dignan to
announce over the PA system at the Wedding Bell (WB) Regional "Will the IT
and Showroom Stock drivers please talk to the FORD drivers and let them know
what a yellow flag means!"
7. Bob Roth: At the W.B. Regional's last race of the day, decided the grass
was too high and decided to do something about it. Farmer Bob is looking
into what it takes to work at the track as an apprentice grass cutter. Some
of the more memorable quotes after the race were: "I am looking forward to
a more fulfilling, environmentally aware future in the agricultural
business", and "Well, it was a great race until I got the the first corner,
then I spun. Later, after losing control a second time in the `Esses' and
plowing up a bunch of grass, I realized that my true future is in farming."
8. 10 drivers: At the W.B. Regional approached T&S looking for their logbooks.
T&S' reply was "Sure, I can issue you a logbook. But you'll have to trade
in your fancy helmet and safety harness for a watch and a pencil, and
you'll be tested for your time-card subtraction abilities."
9. Not named: At the W.B. Regional - new driver ... his first race, we think.
Came flying into T&S results ... he was panicked! "There's something wrong
here! The provisional says I was a DNF and I ran the whole race--I passed
a whole bunch of cars and everything! This says I was 39th and didn't
finish and I was out there, really, I was out there!" Marty calmed him
down, gave him a quick training lesson in reading lap charts (the column
on the left is grid position, the column on the right is finishing
position) and he went away smiling (17th in a class of 22 finishers).
10. Bob Roth: At the Wicked Good Drivers School (WGDS) - was seen with a
clipboard for jotting down notes on his "pupils". This time he had it IN
his Spec Racer while on the track!!!
11. Bruce Phalin: At the WGDS ran into his student (#94 Yellow H Prod) while
ON THE TRACK. Bruce told him that he shouldn't be braking at that part
of the track.
12. Dave Patten: At the Mt. Washington hillclimb; finished his second qualifying
run to the half-way point with out any problems. He went to back it up
without looking and managed to modify his car by backing his car into, then
onto a large boulder. The next driver up was able to capture Dave via his
camcorder emerging from his car with his "best side" showing first.
13. John Taylor: At the Double Regional; Driver of the yellow #03 CF was seen
passing under the yellow at station 3 - twice in the same day.
14. Brian Wall: At the Double Regional; was assigned #88 WEEKS before the race
and showed up with #21 causing all kinds of confusion with T&S. He was
called over to T&S to discuss it and they compromised on #81 to make it
easier for HIM. He stayed as #21 for Saturday but had to be #81 Sunday.
The Chief Steward talked to him as well. What number did he show up with
Sunday? You guessed it - #21!!!
15. Dave Patten: At the Double Regional, lost his brake pedal going into
turn 3 at NHIS and clobbered another car. All Dave could say was "I
lost the brake pedal, I lost the brake pedal". Did anyone find it???
16. Ted Balcezak: Driving the #33 ITC during the Pig Roast race, spun on the
pace lap!
17. Rick Pocock: Driving the #42 ITB during the Pig Roast race, spun at turn 3,
then while trying to reenter, ended up with his front end up on the hay
bales with his car bounding up and down.
18. Bruce Myers: Driver of Spec Racer #01 at the Pig Roast weekend, had a rock
fly up from a competitors car, hit him in the helmet, then to add insult
to helmet injury, ricochet DOWN, hitting the KILL SWITCH, disabling his
car. This dropped Bruce from 4th to last. (He eventually finished 5th.)
19. Gary DellaRipa: After Gary's car finally came to rest after crashing in
the Pits, Roger French raced over (wearing Nomex, as usual) to offer
assistance. Gary jumped out of his car and started yelling at the first
driver he saw - Roger - thinking _he_ was the driver of the GTI.
20. Mike Domer: Driver of the #50 ITB at the Racing Against Leukemia weekend
decided he didn't crash properly into station 3 the first time, so he
decided to do "it right" the second time.
Honorable mentions
------------------
The female minister that was bitten in the rear by a dog at Lime Rock. This
was right after Mike Joy reminded folks that dogs are not allowed there.
The driver at the Memorial Day National race who lost a hammer from someplace
in the body work out on the track.
John Wall for the T.U.R.D. award winner FAN CLUB hats in that P*I*N*K color
that grid loves.
Laurie Sheppard imitating a catfish, and then a flounder at the campfire
during the Mt. Washington weekend.
Sports Channel America for their broadcast of "Climb to the Clouds" from
Mt. Washington, VERMONT.
John Ricker: Weather Steward for the Climb to the Clouds weekend. Animals
were gathering two by two Saturday.
Overheard from Joyce Jones - "Lets have the wedding at Lime Rock so all your
bum friends can be there, honey!"
What "Wuss" can't stick his stomach out enough to be a "Green Mountain Boy"?
No name, but he drives a Honda CRX and has been known to forget his gloves.
The new crew name on the Corvette at the WGDS - which refered to the size of
the beers the night before - "Mr. Goodquart".
The tilt bed truck driver at the Double Regional for losing a car TWICE while
flat towing it in.... the second time was in the huge puddle at Pit entrance.
Larry had to tell the truck to back up because they had lost the Vee.
The person at the Pig Roast who sat on the table that the pigs were just
carved up on.
Ken Payson, National Champion - seen on crutches at the Pig Roast weekend.
Explanation -- he fell out of a tree (no doubt while hiding from some
jealous husband).
Willy Zachmann's new name is "Magnet Butt". Willy was doing Pit In when the
cars came crashing into the Pits, and was at Pit Out when the #81 IMSA car
hit broadside into the Pit Out barrier.
Driver of the #81 IMSA car for pulling off his steering wheel while coming
down the straight-a-way.
All the drivers in the Little LeMans start -- for not hitting the timing light!
Race control calling down to the Pits during the Racing Against Leukemia
weekend. "This is the voice from above. Dave Hathaway, what the hell are
you doing"?
John Wall's team: Submitted their OS and NERD ballots for people who were not
even on the list! Something about "Johnny Wall Jr.'s underwear incident",
plus Karen Petersen for the worker nerd.
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| 105.10 | 1991 NER Open House | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 10:47 | 15 |
| The 1991 NER SCCA Open House will be:
March 17th
Ron Bouchard's
ACCURA dealership
476 Southbridge St.
Rt. 12 Auburn, Ma.
Sunday 11:30 - 5 PM
There will be representatives from road racing, rally and solo to
answer any questions you may have. I will be there to help with the
worker recruitment booth.
jim e
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| 105.11 | 1991 NER SOLO schedule | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 12:24 | 55 |
|
This is the 1991 NER SCCA SOLO program that was given out at the annual
banquet. For more information, please call Greg Vincent at (203) 653-5483
before 9PM. Greg will also be at the NER Open House March 17th to answer
any questions you may have.
* means tentative
Date Event Location
---- ----- --------
3/24 March Winds Mass Safety Council West Boylston, Ma.
4/7* The Cape Horseneck Beach
4/27 Drivers School Orange, Ma.
4/28 Event #3 Orange, Ma.
5/5* Delco Morane Bristol, Ct.
6/2* Knollsman Instr. Merrimack, Nh.
6/16* Maine Downeaster ?
6/22-23 Harrisburg Pro Harrisburg, Pa.
7/7 The Picnic Orange, Ma.
7/14 Bayside Expo Boston, Ma.
7/20* Drivers School ?
7/21* tba ?
8/3-4 Divisionals Harrisburg, Pa.
8/25* URI ?
9/7-8 Solo I National Salina. Ks
9/10-13 Solo II National Salina, Ks
9/14-15 Pro Solo Nat'l Salina, Ks.
9/29 Horseneck Beach Team Challenge
10/18 Solo I NHIS
10/19 Solo II NHIS
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| 105.12 | 1991 NER Worker Safety School | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 12:34 | 13 |
| The 1991 NER Worker Safety School will be held at:
Meadowood Fire Academy
Fitzwilliam, NH
April 6/7
I recommend this training for anyone who wishes to become an NER
worker. There should be more information at the Open House in March.
I will try and answer any questions by mail.
jim e
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| 105.13 | 1991 NER Worker Handout | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Jan 14 1991 12:35 | 765 |
| This is the multi-page 1991 NER Worker Handout with tentative schedule.
SCCA
NEW ENGLAND REGION
ROAD RACING WORKER HANDOUT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES
FLAGGING AND COMMUNICATIONS (F&C)
GRID
SCRUTINEERING
TIMING AND SCORING
RACE EMERGENCY SERVICES
RACE STEWARDS
PIT AND PADDOCK
REGISTRATION
SOUND CONTROL
STARTERS
RACE CHAIRMAN
TRACK INFORMATION
WHICH TRACKS AND HOW TO GET THERE
TRACK MAPS AND WHERE THINGS ARE LOCATED ONCE YOU GET THERE
TRACK TELEPHONE NUMBERS
WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE TRACK ===>REGISTRATION
ACCOMMODATIONS
AT THE TRACK
NEAR THE TRACK
MISC.
LICENSES
GUESTS
OTHER TRACK LOCATIONS
NER WORKER FORUM
SCCA APPLICATION
CURRENT YEAR'S SCHEDULE
CONTACTS
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for your interest in the New England Region of the Sports Car Club
of America (SCCA). This is an introduction of what the Road Racing workers of
SCCA do and how you can join us having fun. The average person doesn't usually
think about the personnel that it takes to put on a racing event. How do you
get into the regional, national and professional events free and be recognized
among the officials dressed in white that you see on the racing circuits on TV?
Joining SCCA is easy. You can fill out the application form at the back of
this document. There is a good reason for becoming a member of SCCA: Only then
are you covered by the club's $500,000 medical insurance policy in case of an
injury at the track. That is a basic need if you are going to be working in an
area of potential danger. Even better, you enjoy a long list of other benefits
such as discounts on airfare, auto rental, motel accommodations, and auto parts
that can easily recapture the cost of belonging to the club. Additionally, you
can participate in the Rally and Solo programs. Nationally, SCCA is over 55,000
members strong; New England Region, the birthplace of SCCA, is the third
largest region in the country that has more than 2850 members.
Every race always needs many workers in various specialty areas in order to
conduct the event safely. For those seeking less intense, less expensive
involvement than being a driver, there are a myriad of choices run by carefully
trained, skilled professionals who work faithfully weekend after weekend to
assure that the job gets done right. You can meet these individuals who take
pride in doing this "for the fun of it" everywhere at any SCCA event in Timing
and Scoring, Registration, Scrutineering, Flagging and Communication, Starters,
Pits or Grid and Race Emergency Services. What each does is different, but
what they share is equal: They're involved in the sport of auto racing.
There is another reason to become a worker ESPECIALLY if you want to be a
driver: Where else can you learn the ins and outs of how your car should be
set up and where you should be on the track at each corner!!!
This document gives an idea of what the different specialties are and what to
expect when you come out to the track to work. It also lists names and phone
numbers if you wish to have more information in a given specialty.
COME ON OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH US!!!
DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES
Below is a brief description of the different specialties of the activities
that go on during a race day. At least one of them should be of interest to
you! By the way, not all workers wear white.
FLAGGING AND COMMUNICATION (F&C)
F&C offers an unparalleled trackside view of racing. Flag stations, strategic-
ally placed around the track wherever interesting things are likely to happen,
are staffed by a group called corner workers or flaggers, (some have even been
called crazy). To see racing up close, this specialty has "the best seat in
the house" except that these diehards spend all day on their feet, exposed to
the elements. We race rain or shine.
Useful attributes include stamina, calmness and good reflexes. A flagger needs
to think fast and respond appropriately. F&C people like teamwork with room
for individual initiative.
Gear: Wear whites (long pants and shirt or full-length coverall-MAKE SURE THEY
ARE 100% COTTON - cotton doesn't melt), novices are allowed to wear light
colored clothes; sturdy and comfortable closed shoes or boots (recommended);
and depending on the season, winter-wear and the right hat to avoid sunburn or
frostbite. Consider dust when deciding between glasses and contacts. Bring
rain gear, ear plugs or shooters earmuffs, bug repellent, sunscreen, two pair
of work gloves, whistle, small knife, small first aid kit, notebook, handker-
chief, sunglasses, stopwatch, pencils, tissues, and a bag to carry all this
like a gym bag or water proof bag. You will also need a small cooler to contain
your food and drinks while you're out at station. Usually there is time to
leave the station and come in for lunch but there are occasions where you will
have to eat lunch right there due to unforeseen circumstances. A cooler that you
can also sit on is very helpful. Avoid carbonated drinks if possible. Always
bring extra ice and water with you.
Duties: When it's going well, a corner worker monitors the action in both
directions, because spotting trouble quickly is vital to the safety of those
at the scene of the problem and drivers approaching at race speed. When it's
not, they act to keep things from becoming worse, and they advice traffic and
stewards of track conditions (using flags and phones, respectively).
The purpose of the Flagging and Communications organization is to provide
safe course control by:
A. Informing the drivers, through flags, lights or other signals, of the
conditions of the course, the condition of their cars or of any unusual
conditions affecting the running of the event.
B. Informing the Chief Steward and other officials, through the communication
network, of the condition of the course and the competing cars and of any
situation requiring decisions and/or action by the race officials.
C. Relaying information and instructions from the Chief Steward to the persons
operating the various emergency vehicles and equipment around the course
as well as to the race drivers and turn personnel.
D. Undertaking emergency action needed to protect the lives and property of
drivers, workers or spectators in the event of an accident.
E. Maintaining a clear course.
Due to safety and insurance reasons, F&C workers are required to be 18 years
or older, and must be an SCCA member.
GRID
The Grid offers you an excellent opportunity of viewing the cars close up and
a chance to meet the drivers and crew. You'll be outside all day beginning
about 8:30 until the last race of the day.
If you can follow directions, thrive under pressure, can deal effectively with
the occasional irrational person, you are able to tell time, read a schedule
and have five fingers you have the attributes needed to succeed as a Grid
Marshal.
Gear: Wear white. Long pants or coveralls and closed comfortable shoes are a
must. White will make you visible to the drivers and crew. You may have an
occasional moment to sit down, so bring a chair. The region provides you with
orange gloves, fire bottles and excitement.
Duties: Check and line up cars for practice, qualifying and arrange the cars
for the race in accordance with the grid sheet. (The fastest car is first).
Grid marshals see that the drivers and crew adhere to starting procedures in
accordance with the SCCA General Competition Rules (GCR). They also check for
safety when the cars are in line ready to roll. A useful skill is to be able
to fasten a helmet on the driver with the window net fastened. You also should
remain calm when someone's car doesn't start, no matter what the driver or
crew may say.
SCRUTINEERING
If you want a really close look at cars, Scrutineering may be for you. You'll
have the opportunity to inspect every kind of race car. You'll also have time
to watch practice and qualifying sessions, and you'll be able to watch most of
the races after checking the top finishers from the last race and before the
next group comes in.
All cars participating in SCCA race events must conform to the SCCA General
Competition Rules (GCRs) and a copy is available for a small fee. In this
specialty, it's helpful to be interested in race cars and to be technically
oriented. If you already know what goes on in a car, what and where the parts
are, you're ahead. If not, you'll be trained. You should have good people
skills in order to convince competitors that your suggestions are in their
best interest.
Gear: Long pants and sturdy closed shoes. Any color, although white is not too
practical if you have to crawl under a car. Bring rain gear, as there is not
always a place to go and duty may call you into the elements. The region will
provide you with paper supplies, tools and equipment.
Duties: Scrutineers conduct a pre-race safety check of all cars. Items checked
include driver's suit, helmet, belts, cage, wheels, suspension and fluids. In
Impound, which is after the race, the tech inspector weighs the car and checks
suspension dimensions of the top finishers. They note damages in the logbook
when a car has been involved in an accident. They take protested cars apart
and hand the pieces back in a box. Be prepared to start early, stay all day
and work an hour or so after the last race.
TIMING and SCORING
Timing and Scoring is one of the unique specialties in road racing where
workers get to sit down on the job -- and the seat they get is right at the
start/finish line where most of the excitement is.
There are a variety of jobs available in Timing and Scoring, with skills
ranging from having the ability to "climb the stairs in the timing tower to
find the person who has all the watches" . . . to calming down the harried
computer operator who's running around yelling things like "Who needs MS-DOS,
anyway?"
Gear: T&S dress is come as you are -- there is no particular requirement for
the cut or color of you clothing. The region provides all necessary equipment
and supplies: pencils, paper, stopwatches.
Duties: The jobs in T&S are divided into three separate teams (TIMING,
SCORING, RESULTS), each equally important to the ultimate goal -- producing
fast and accurate race results. The TIMERS, armed with stopwatch and pencil,
or computer and timing light, record the time of each car both in qualifying
and during the race. From these times come grid positions, lap records, and
average speeds.
SCORING involves both CHARTING and TAPING. The job of a TAPER is to list
every car number as the cars cross the start/finish line. Based on these
lists, the CHARTERs arrange the competitors into their proper running
positions for each lap, forming the official results of a race.
Most of the results work is done with the computer. The RESULTS team takes
all the data generated by the Timing and Scoring teams, checks it, collates
it, and puts it into final form for distribution.
RACE EMERGENCY SERVICES
This specialty offers Action and Drama! It also offers long spells of
inactivity (in a sheltered trackside location), ready for an instant response
while hoping your services won't be needed. The lulls are broken when an
incident occurs. Useful attributes are patience and a cool head in a crisis.
You needn't be an EMT or a professional fire fighter to join the Race Emergency
Services (A.K.A. FIRE/RESCUE), although such people are very welcome.
Gear: Sturdy and comfortable footgear is a must, as are long pants. Otherwise
the region provides the vehicle and all the equipment, tools, supplies and
personal safety garb you'll use on the job.
Duties: When called in, the team scrambles into the emergency vehicle and takes
off with the stewards' permission around the track to the scene. Once there,
they do whatever is necessary, quickly and calmly. However, it's not always
that dramatic - for example, Emergency Services is also the group you turn to
if you are in need of medical attention.
RACE STEWARDS
The Stewards are the officials in charge of the overall safe conduct of the
event. The "person in charge" is the Chief Steward, whose responsibility it is
to operate the event. Other stewards on duty will be safety stewards as well
as stewards of the meet, who make observations on the event, and rule on
disputes and incidents. There is an intensive training program for the stewards
which require many years of experience as driver and/or worker in multiple
specialties prior to applying for the Stewards-In-Training program.
PIT AND PADDOCK
Pit may be the specialty for you if you like varied assignments close to the
action, with the added advantage of being close to restrooms and the concession
stands. Primarily responsible for safety in Pit lane, pit marshals perform
traffic control, crowd control, housekeeping, and occasional emergency work.
Useful attributes include calmness, endurance, a high energy level and the
ability to tactfully communicate with the crew.
Gear: Wear closed, comfortable shoes - you will be standing and running most
of the day; wear white long pants and light blue shirt, and bring white or
clear rain gear because it will certainly pour if you don't. You may need a
blue or white sweater or coat, thermal socks, hat and orange gloves. A sun hat
or visor is useful in summer. The region provides fire bottles, brooms,
oil absorbing material and horns.
Duties: Marshals direct vehicle and pedestrian traffic into, through and out
of the pits. In and near the lane they try to safeguard cars and pedestrians
(crew, drivers on foot, spectators, photographers, ...) by warning them of
moving vehicles and enforcing safety rules (improper clothing, smoking and
minors). Janitorial chores include cleaning up spilled fluids and debris, and
picking up forgotten tools, equipment and parts. Emergency work may include
extinguishing flaming cars and flaming idiots.
Due to safety and insurance reasons, PIT workers are required to be 18 years
or older, and must be an SCCA member.
REGISTRATION
Registration is a fine choice if you like to work under a roof and meet a lot
of people. The hours are very early (7 AM usually) to mid-morning or so. It
gives you the opportunity to try out another specialty later in the day or
just enjoy the racing.
Useful attributes for the registrar include being efficient, and an unflappable,
friendly early bird. The ability to associate names with faces is a plus, as a
willingness to be as helpful as possible in making the beginning of the drivers
day easy for him or her.
Gear: Mostly, dress warmly (for Lime Rock). This year we will be in an
enclosed building at NHIS which has both heat and airconditioning. Wear
comfortable shoes. The region will provide all the papers, writing implements,
and identification items you'll need to hand out.
Duties: Include checking paperwork and credentials of drivers, crew, and/or
workers. Straightening out crew lists, and collecting late entry fees (mostly
checks). You may be asked to run an errand to Timing and Scoring to deliver
paperwork or to locate a driver for some missing information.
SOUND CONTROL
The SCCA has established regulations concerning the maximum amount of sound
that may be emitted by a race vehicle. These regulations are based on OSHA
noise regulations and in some cases local ordinances. The SCCA Sound Control
official monitors the noise level of all the cars during practice, qualifying
and races. The equipment used is a calibrated sound level meter and micro-
phone. The noise level of an individual car is recorded on a log sheet along
with the levels of all other cars in a particular race group. Weather data,
location and other information is also recorded on this sheet which will be
given to the Race Stewards who will determine what action will be taken
regarding any violators.
Since Sound Control is generally run at a trackside location, F&C training
will be encouraged. No special skills are required for this specialty however
being able to read and record data rapidly and a general understanding of the
sound control manual will be helpful.
Gear: See the Flag and Communication list. Sound Control equipment is supplied
by the SCCA.
Duties: Monitor and record sound levels of the race vehicles and send the
results to the stewards.
STARTERS
Enjoy keeping everyone in suspense? You might want to be a starter! All eyes
are on the starter looking for the green to commence the start of the race and
for the checkered flag at the end. After the green flag drops, the starter may
count laps or serve as a flagger. Useful attributes are a commanding presence
and good eyesight. Being able to judge the speed of the cars on the course and
give clear distinct hand signals are a must.
There are a lot of things to keep in mind. It takes concentration. As the cars
approach the point where you will start them, tense up. If you're too relaxed
when you decide to give the green, you'll "bunch up" your muscles and give all
kinds of little signals that you're coming up with the flag. Many drivers pick
up on this and can "jump" you. Stay tense, then explode! Most starters are
recruited from the ranks of the flag and communication workers, as this is a
specialty that requires some previous experience in order to make the learning
curve shorter.
Gear: All the gear listed for F&C is appropriate for Starters, except that
white clothing is not mandatory. White clothing is recommended for visibility,
however, as starters sometimes go on track to respond to spins and
emergencies.
Duties: As the pack approaches Start while completing the pace lap, the
starter's eagle eye and judgment determines whether they'll get the green flag
for a race or a stern shake of the head for another more orderly pace lap. When
the race ends, the starter drops the checker on the winners. They also keep
track of the time of the sessions, or count laps. Starters maintain a lap
chart of the entire field during races, to keep track of the race leader in
the event that spins or crashes scramble the field. The starter is the only
race worker who is actually part of the race, and a good consistent starter
guarantees a fair start and a much safer first lap. If matching wits with
drivers looking for an edge all day sounds like fun, give it a try. Don't be
surprised if you get fooled a few times since the drivers can spot a rookie.
RACE CHAIRMAN
This is one of the most important functions of the event. Want to be a hero?
Then this is the position for you! This individual works with the Chairman of
the competition board and serves as an organizer. This person gets to help plan
the social function at the end of the day, assist the stewards with what they
need, and also gets to visit every specialty during the course of the weekend.
The Race Chairman also is able to listen to all that is going on both on and
off the track over the radio network.
TRACK INFORMATION
WHICH TRACKS AND HOW TO GET THERE
There are two tracks that we run at. New Hampshire International Speedway
(formerly known as Bryar Motorsport Park) just outside of Concord N.H. and
Lime Rock Park in Lime Rock CT.. When we run an event at Lime Rock, it is
usually on Fridays and Saturdays due to local ordinances. When we run an event
at NHIS, these are on Saturday and Sunday. Attached are maps and directions
to get you to the tracks.
New Hampshire International Speedway
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From MASS.: Rt 93 North to Concord NH., Rt 393 East to Rt 106 North.
It's on Rt 106 in Loudon, NH..
Rt 93 North
^
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| | Rt 106 North
| | to Loudon
CONCORD +--->-----------+ (on RIGHT - 9 miles to track)
(exit 15E) |
| Rt 393 East
| (3+ miles to exit 3)
Lime Rock Park
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New York . Mass RT 7
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.------------------------- I90 (Mass Pike)---------------> to Boston
. |/ <-- RT 102
. Mass | (Stockbridge, Ma)
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. Conn | <-- Canaan, Ct)
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. / | \ <-- RT 44
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. RT 44-> / |
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. /-RT112-+ <=== LRP is on RT 112
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. RT 41 RT 7
TRACK MAPS AND WHERE THINGS ARE LOCATED ONCE YOU GET THERE
Attached are the actual track maps with areas highlighted to inform people
where things are located. Since NHIS is in a reconstruction phase for the next
two years or so, this map will be given out at registration. When in doubt,
ask someone in white.
TRACK TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Odds are you won't need these, but here are the telephone numbers that can be
used to get any emergency telephone calls to you while at the tracks.
New Hampshire Int'l Speedway - (603) 783-4744
Lime Rock Park - (213) 435-2572
WHERE TO GO WHEN YOU ARRIVE?
When you first get to the track that weekend, your first stop is at
REGISTRATION. You need to sign in on the worker registration book and sign the
waiver to receive your credentials which will allow you access to restricted
areas such as the track itself. You will also be informed where your specialty
worker meeting will be and at what time.
ACCOMMODATIONS
AT THE TRACK
At both NHIS and Lime Rock, there is free worker camping. See track maps for
usual locations. Workers come equipped with everything from campers to tents
to cars and vans. One thing to remember is that there is grass at the top of
the hill at Lime Rock and mainly gravel at NHIS. Come prepared.
Other tidbits to know for staying overnight are:
-there are showers at NHIS but NOT at Lime Rock
-workers are usually given a meal at the end of the first day of racing,
but you may want to bring other provisions as well
-it can get cold at night especially in the spring and fall, so prepare
accordingly
-be prepared in case it rains.
Here is a composite of what some people bring with them if they are staying
over. It is meant to give you ideas and hopefully it will help you decide what
you may want to bring to get you through the night.
MOTORHOME/CAMPER LIST IDEAS
paper plates/cups potato salad/mayonnaise
plastic silverware/bowls/cooking utensils yogurt/cottage cheese
sharp knife/peeler carrot sticks
can opener/pots/pans cereal/milk
coffee mugs/filters/maker bread/margarine
plastic bags (sandwich/storage/trash) sugar/cream/coffee/tea/hot choc.
towels (bath/dish/paper) peanut butter/jelly
dish pan/soap, sponge/SOS fruits/vegetables/meats
frying and sauce pans/potholders bottled water
toaster salt/pepper
alarm clock mustard/relish
windex/tissues juice, can soda
sleeping bags/comforter/blanket soup
wash cloth, tooth brush/paste, toiletries hot dogs and rolls
pillows, pillow cases cheese/crackers
sleeping bags, comforter, blankets ice and water
flashlight/first aid kit/sewing kit cooler(s)
clogs for going to the showers charcoal or gas grill
firewood for the campfire/matches charcoal/matches/propane
folding chair to sit by the fire camera/film/flash
extra clothes and shoes/sneakers/boots umbrella/rain gear
NON-MOTORHOME/CAMPER LIST IDEAS
Any or all of the above plus,
-a dry place to sleep: van/car or tent/tarp with ground cloth/rope/tent pegs
-something to sleep on: air mattress/pad
NEAR THE TRACK
For those of you whose idea of camping is a motel with TV and comfy bed, then
you can find accommodations near the track. If you would like to stay at a real
campground, we've also listed them. Warning - since these accommodations are
taken from track magazines and phone books, some of the information we have
here may be incorrect. Plan ahead. Let us know of any errors you find.
This is the list of motels and campgrounds taken right out of the Concord,
NH phone book which are within a reasonable distance to NHIS. All phone
numbers are in the (603) area code.
Brick Tower Motor Inn 414 S.Main St. Concord 224-9565
Capital Motor Inn Gulf St. Concord 224-4011
Cascade Park Camping Area Rt 106 Concord 224-3212
Concord Coach Motor Inn 406 S. Main St. Concord 224-2511
Lun Hing Motel Fisherville Rd. Concord 224-3471
Ramada Inn 172 N. Main St. Concord 224-9534
106 Motel and Apartments Rt 106 Loudon 783-4536
This is the list of motels and campgrounds taken from the LRP track magazine
which are within a reasonable distance.
Lone Oaks Campground E. Canaan, Ct (203) 824-7051
Interlaken Inn Lakeville, Ct (203) 435-9878
Iron Masters Motel Lakeville, Ct (203) 435-9844
Village Coffee Shop Lakeville, Ct (203) 435-2515
AT HOME
There are a number of workers that live within a reasonable commuting distance
to the track and decide to go home and come back the next day.
MISC.
LICENSES
Temporary - Temporary license is issued to a worker who is not an SCCA member
but wants to work a weekend before committing to a full SCCA membership. The
fee is $15 and covers your insurance for the weekend and goes towards the full
$50 membership if you join. This was instituted by the National Board of
Directors and may possibly be removed during the season.
There are three classes of annual licenses: regional, divisional and national.
Regional - Regional licenses are issued to all first year workers. They must
be kept by each worker and contains a section for logging each event and
number of days worked.
Divisional - Divisional licenses are issued only to SCCA members upon
successfully meeting the number of required days/events and a satisfactory
skill level.
National - The national license is the highest level of license that the club
may issue. To gain a national license, one must be skilled to the level of
functioning as the chief of a specialty at any track at any time. To reach
this level you have to have successfully progressed through the regional and
divisional levels of licensing.
GUESTS
Most tracks allow workers one guest pass if you are working the event. Guest
passes are compliments of the track and must not be abused.
OTHER TRACK LOCATIONS
Once someone obtains a divisional or national license, they may wish to have
fun and gain experience at other SCCA race tracks. No worker should ever be
turned away. See your Specialty Chief(s) for working other tracks.
NER WORKER FORUM
The charter of the NER SCCA Worker Forum is to provide an open communication
forum for the workers to bring forth ideas and to volunteer for assignments
that will:
- Help keep existing workers in all specialties coming back to work the
events,
- Help recruit new workers in all specialties,
- Improve the quality and quantity of the worker force,
- Act as a liason between the workers and the NER Board of Directors,
- Help keep it fun for all.
The meetings are open to everyone and the schedule will be published in
PIT TALK.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Sports Car Club of America, Inc
Dear Prospective SCCA Member:
To apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, the world's
largest member participation automotive organization, please complete the
form below IN FULL and return, with payment, to your Region or the SCCA
Membership Department, P.O. Box 3278 DTC, Englewood, CO. 80155
Omer H. Norton, NER Membership Chairman, 39 Candide Lane, Storrs, CT. 06268
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE
Applicant's Name _______________________________ Date of Birth ____________
Home Address ___________________________________ Telephone (___) __________
City ___________________________ State _________ Zip Code _________________
Business Address _______________________________ Telephone (___) __________
City ___________________________ State _________ Zip Code _________________
Occupation _____________________ Marital Status __ Spouse's Name __________
Additional family membership names & ages (if applicable) ______________
________________________________________________________________________
Have you ever been an SCCA Member before: _____ No _____ Yes _____ Year.
I am interested in the following areas of SCCA activity: ___ Pro Racing
___ Club Racing ___ Road Rally ___ Pro Rally ___ Solo ___ Worker/Official
___ Other ________________________
(Indicate with an "x" which address you wish mail sent to, and which
telephone - or both - you prefer listed in the Region's roster.)
=========================
Membership in the Sports Car Club of America is dual - National and Regional.
Dues are for one (1) year from the date of payment. Make one check/M.O. for
the total amount payable to: SCCA, Inc.
ANNUAL NATIONAL DUES ANNUAL REGIONAL DUES TOTAL +--------------+
Regular Member $35.00 Regular Member $15.00 $50.00 | OFFICIAL USE |
Spouse Member 5.00 Spouse Member - 5.00 | ONLY |
Junior Member 20.00 Junior Member 5.00 25.00 | |
Family Membership 50.00 Family Membership 15.00 65.00 | |
Spouse must be Regular Member's spouse. Junior and family | |
members must be under 18 years old. +--------------+
I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, Inc., and
it's NEW ENGLAND Region and agree to abide by the bylaws.
Applicant's Signature _________________________________ Date ____________
=============================
___ Enclosed is my check or money order for $_____________ U.S.
___ Bank Americard or VISA No. _________________ Expiration Date _________
___ Mastercard No. _____________________________ Expiration Date _________
___ Interbank I.D. No. _________________________ Expiration Date _________
Signature ____________________________ <WF>
1991 RACING SEASON
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
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March 17 Open House at Ron Bouchard's ACCURA dealership in Auburn, Ma.
April 6/7 Worker Safety School - Meadowood Fire Academy,
Fitzwilliams, NH. Contact Neil MacArthur if attending.
19/20 Driver School NHIS
21 Regional NHIS
May 3/4 National Lime Rock
25/26 National NHIS
27 Regional NHIS
June 21-23 Special Event Hillclimb Mt Washington
July 19/20 Regional Lime Rock
27/28 Double Regional NHIS
August 10/11 Regional NHIS
Sept 14/15 Regional NHIS
Oct 18 Solo I/Rally NHIS
19 Solo II NHIS
20 Regional NHIS
CONTACTS
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FLAGGING AND COMMUNICATIONS (F&C): Bob Chausse at (508) 947-1055
GRID: Bette French at (603) 673-4370
SCRUTINEERING and SOUND CONTROL: Jerry Stevens at (508) 486-8666
TIMING AND SCORING: Martha Mount or Jo-Ann Gerde at (508) 632-6082
RACE EMERGENCY SERVICES: Jane or Neil MacArthur at (617) 729-1994
RACE STEWARDS and RACE CHAIRMAN: Larry Dignan at (508) 630-2848
PIT AND PADDOCK: Dave Hathaway at (413) 443-4670
REGISTRATION: Lynne Dignan at (508) 630-2848
STARTERS: Steve McLafferty at (603) 888-7055
WORKER FORUM: Jim Evans at (508) 658-4544
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This is the 1991 RALLY program that was given out at the annual banquet.
For more information, please call Darlene Nolan at (617) 696-0966 before 9PM.
Darlene will also be at the NER Open House March 17th to answer any questions
you may have.
There are also other rallys in the local area. For those who would like
a copy of the entire schedule, please send me your mailstop.
1991 New England Rally Championship Schedule
Date Event Location Rallymaster Phone <9PM
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2/9 Snow and Ice West Boylston, Ma Dave Lewis 508.453.6046
3/16 Hocus Croak-US Sturbridge, Ma Pego Mack 203.633.8663
4/6 Cape Codder Providence, RI Mark Ziburis 203.870.9047
5/18 May Mtn Melee Bennington, Vt Karen Logan 603.886.6550
6/8 Yankee Routes Old Orchard Beach Patti Mikkelsen 207.583.4148
8/17/18 Midnight Mtn Manchester, NH Mike Collier 603.485.8709
9/7 Big Mamie Fall River, Ma Richard Golan 508.636.6792
9/28 Nutmeg Westport, Ct Clint Gross 203.222.8531
11/2 Covered Bridge White River Jct. Ted Goddard 802.263.5678
Special Events
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6/21-23 Mt Washington Jackson, NH
Driver registration Bette French 603.673.4370
Worker registration Bob Chausse 508.947.3259
10/19? Race Against Leukemia NHIS? Darlene Nolan 617.696.0966
Again, your best bet is to come to the NER Open House March 17th in
Auburn, Ma. for more information.
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| 105.15 | Hokus Croak-Us rally | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Tue Feb 05 1991 11:26 | 4 |
| I have registration forms for the Hokus Croak-Us TSD rally if anyone
needs them. Just drop me a line.
jim e
|
| 105.16 | | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Wed Mar 13 1991 08:41 | 5 |
| This is just a reminder that we have our open house this Sunday. More
details are in .10
jim e
|
| 105.17 | worker school changed | MLCSSE::EVANS | | Mon Mar 18 1991 08:44 | 6 |
| This is an update to .12.
The worker safety school has been changed to April 27th. Location is
TBD. I will post the location when I know more.
jim e
|
| 105.18 | What happened? | DATABS::SOO | We need the machine that goes *ping*. | Wed Apr 24 1991 00:11 | 6 |
| Jim,
Do you know the location for the worker safety school this saturday
yet?
-=Chong=-
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| 105.19 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Wed Apr 24 1991 13:23 | 10 |
| Chong,
No I don't. I just moved locations and I don't have my SCCA stuff with
me. Would you please call Neil MacArthur (see inside Pit Talk) and put
the answer here?
Thanks.
jim e
|
| 105.20 | school cancelled | SASE::J_EVANS | | Thu Apr 25 1991 14:33 | 5 |
| The worker school scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled.
Sorry. This means all training will be "on the job".
jim e
|
| 105.21 | | JETSAM::WHITNEY | | Mon Jun 17 1991 09:20 | 8 |
| I got my Auto Week in the mail on Saturday and was brousing through
it and came across a great article. It did an article on the SCCA.
Great pictures and good article. Off the top of my head I can't tell
you the name of the track but if anybody wants it send me mail. We'll
be going to Mt. Washington this weekend so I'll have copies there.
Good article though good plug for the SCCA.
Scott
|
| 105.22 | mt washington | SASE::J_EVANS | | Mon Jun 17 1991 09:30 | 4 |
| Speaking of Mount Washington, who else is going up besides Scott and
myself?
jim e
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| 105.23 | nope | OASS::BURDEN_D | He's no fun, he fell right over | Mon Jun 17 1991 10:20 | 3 |
| Not me. Maybe next year.....
Dave
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| 105.24 | Can I work Saturday only? | MLTVAX::FISHER | Building a faster pig | Mon Jun 17 1991 13:42 | 5 |
| I'd be interested in being a worker, if I can do it for Saturday only.
Should I call somebody, or can I just sign up that morning? Also, is
SCCA renting out Dolly Copp again?
Carl
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| 105.25 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Mon Jun 17 1991 14:16 | 7 |
| Call Bob Chausse at 508.947.3259 and see if he needs more workers. You
didn't say what kind of work you wanted to do.
SCCA has most of Barnes Field (part of Dolly Copp), but not all.
jim e
|
| 105.26 | | BEING::MCCULLEY | RSX Pro | Mon Jun 17 1991 16:11 | 5 |
| I expect to be there. Is it necessary to sign up for a campsite in the
SCCA reserved area, and if so how do I do that?
--bruce
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| 105.27 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Tue Jun 18 1991 09:15 | 10 |
| Bruce,
Register at the official registration area (Nordic Village), then go to
the campsite.
Registration is 5PM to 10PM Thursday (according to Chausse's
newsletter).
jim e
|
| 105.28 | | BOOKS::GERDE | Cymbal crash 2X only...DTN 237-6302 | Tue Jun 18 1991 10:07 | 10 |
| I'll of course be there, too.
RE. Registration.
Thursday's registration is at the Nordic Village Rental Office
from 5:30 PM to 10 PM for workers. 6 PM to 10 PM for drivers.
Friday's registration is at the Glen House.
Jo-Ann
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| 105.29 | | JETSAM::WHITNEY | | Tue Jun 18 1991 10:32 | 15 |
| I know this could be a dumb question but I'll ask it. How about
Saturday morning's registration? I should be getting there about god
forsaken 3-4 AM. I think wherever I land will be good enough for us to
camp at! I'll explain it later to you Jim.
Thanks for the map. I also re-read the SCCA article in Autoweek. The
track was Elk Hart, Wi. I'll bring copies if anybody wants them.
Regards,
Scott (Who can't wait for the fun on Saturday!!!) Prelim. weather
report is great! Sunny in the low 80's to high 70's.
Anybody going to run up the road with me on Saturday and Sunday
morning?
|
| 105.30 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Tue Jun 18 1991 14:32 | 8 |
| Scott,
My alarm goes off at 4AM Saturday so I can make coffee. When you see
the lights, come on over....
We'll worry about 5AM registration AFTER you get there..... :-)
jim e
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| 105.31 | | JETSAM::WHITNEY | | Mon Jun 24 1991 12:08 | 71 |
| Maybe I should start a new note for this but what the hey. Mt
Washington weekend went great. This is from a workers stand point.
The weather was great! I worked the bottom of the mountain and was in
sunshine the whole weekend. From talking to Bette French on Sunday she
couldn't believe how smoothly everything went. Great job Bette and
anybody else that helped out. This was my first Mt. Washington weekend
since this is my first year in the SCCA, so I was impressed with the
Auto Cross cars and how they operated.
Saturday started out quite early. Got registered early Saturday
morning, can't quite remember the time because of the 4 1/2 hour ride
up on Friday night. All I remember is that we got to see the sun rise
over the mountain. It was fantastic. I worked on station 4 with a ham
radio operator and a AMTV person. The ham operator is an announcer for
ESPN. So he knew a little about what we were doing. The TV woman was
pleasant and had alot of fun with us. Station 4 was a good place to
be, it was gravel that had a couple of quick dips and then it
tranisioned to pavement. The pavement began about 10 feet in front of
us. Some cars comming through would hit approx. 55-60 MPH. When they
hit the dips they would catch a little air every now and again. The
Ham operator really liked that. The 23 spec racer, Slim Bryant came
through once and bottomed out, and I thought the Ham operator was going
to die. The spark show was fantastic. Another problem we had was when
the cars came through they would bring gravel and rocks with them. We
got hit a few times. The TV woman didn't appriciate that too much!
Saturday went by pretty fast. We're used to all day affairs. Not too
much altercations at our station, all-in-all it was a quiet day for us.
We went back to get a hotle so we could catch a shower and a nap for
the festivities and night.
Saturday night was fun. Fireworks, food and of course BEER! Watched
the firework show which was great. Swaped stories of other races and
what happened during the day. Good story I heard. Here goes.
Jim Evans and Mary-Ann was working a station up top on the Mountain.
Jim was the Ham operator and Mary-Ann was the flagger. Jim got cold
and started looking for a place to get out of the wind. Jim not
knowing had his mike for his radio on VOX, voice activated, found a
spot and went to take cover. I will try to quote the transmission as
best as I remember. Now remember we can't see Jim but we do hear him,
Jim says, "Come on over hear and sit on this" What was he talking
about??? Inquiring minds want to know!
Sunday started off later compared to Saturday. Workers meeting and
then we headed up the mountain. Again a beautiful day. I was on
station 7. It was about 65 degrees and sunny. Station 7 was an uphill
straight with a drivers left and then quick right into 8. No real
action all day just cars speeding by us. I was very impressed with the
Audi quarto. He eventually broke the record. 7:03 I believe. Very
fast. Most all the cars in my opinion picked up their times from the
previous day. They were quite a bit faster on Sunday. From what I was
hearing people had a tire problems in 13. At least 3 cars in a row
threw tires in that turn. Made to be very interesting. Other than
that for me it was a very quiet weekend on station.
The vintage Indy car was neat. It made it up the mountain. Great to
see something like that go up. Meeting and talking to the drivers was
neat. Meeting other people in the SCCA like the Auto Cross people was
fun. Swapping stories talking about cars and the day was fun. The
Hams that helped out was great. Very pleasant people found out that
some worked here at DEC. Made alot of new friends and looking forward
to possibly working with them again.
Can't wait for next year. Had a great time. The weather was
fantastic, made a few new friends and learned a little about Auto
ralling. If you didn't go this year, plan on next year, you won't be
sorry.
Next mission: Limerock Park. Until then hope you enjoyed this. Sorry
for being so long winded.
Scott
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| 105.32 | quite a nice time | BEING::MCCULLEY | RSX Pro | Mon Jun 24 1991 12:47 | 60 |
| .32> Mt. Washington weekend went great. This is from a workers stand point.
.32> The weather was great! I worked the bottom of the mountain and was in
.32> sunshine the whole weekend.
Generally I'm in total agreement. The one minor exception comes from
spending Friday on station 24, above the treeline on a day when the
summit reported 55 mph winds... I kept thinking it would be more
comfortable to know that if I caught a gust it would be possible to
step back to steady myself, but there was nothing there to step back
onto!
Saturday I was on station 16, below treeline, a long run uphill, fairly
straight with lefthanders above and below. The guy with the radar gun
near the upper end of our section told me last year they were clocking
90mph speeds there. Quite impressive, especially when Jerry, the guy
with the Edmunds Special hillclimb car, waved at us during his run and
almost dropped a wheel off, then almost overcorrected off. All that at
full throttle for the 454 and a nice treelined drop to greet him. And
shelter from the wind was much appreciated.
Sunday I was initially assigned to 16 again, but arranged a swap
(thanks to Andy Macinnis) to 21 so the spectator area would be
convenient for my wife and daughter. Andy's station caught one of the
flat tires from station 13 that Scott mentioned, and I was glad he
didn't have a totally dull day. We had a fairly eventful day,
beginning with the old Studebaker Indy car dying up near 23 and backing
down into our turnout. He made it to the top in 11:45 or so on
Saturday, but the car decided to give up on Sunday's run. Got some
great pictures of it, and enjoyd chatting with the driver. He told us
the car won Pikes Peak sixty years ago this summer!
One brief adrenaline moment, the Edmunds Hillclimb special went off the
mountain (literally!) above us, and the call for a red flag came as car
#9 was exiting the corner about 20 yards below us. I hung the flag out
in time for him to stop within another 20 to 30 yards. Turned out he'd
bent a rim down at 13 and was continuing his run with a known flat
tire! We sent him down riding the little air remaining in the tire
carcass, and he got it changed in time for another run. I believe he
took first in class, not sure for which run - but I still figure he
owes me a beer for getting him turned around for the repair!
At the end of the day we decided to drive up to the top, only to find
the road blocked by a tow truck picking up the Edmunds from its resting
place about thirty feet or so off the side of the road (that's 30 feet
on the diagonal, probably fifteen to twenty vertical!!! I took a
couple of pictures, then helped them winch it up. That was a real
pisser, the boulder field made it necessary to balance the car in
unstable positions while the tow truck repositioned for a different
pull. Meanwhile this took so much time that the G**** D**** marshals
at the top decided to open the road regardless of our protests, so that
the waiting traffic could proceed down to the point where the road was
blocked. Then they just got in the way of the tow truck. Real smooth
move, I was only glad one of the marshals was in the forefront to enjoy
his handiwork.
Best part was, it gave us an inkling of what was to come, while we were
still below it. So we pulled a K-turn and headed down before the rush,
to end a real fun weekend.
I just wish they were all as good!
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| 105.33 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Mon Jun 24 1991 17:13 | 7 |
| I'll post my weekend with my PIT TALK article later on, but I'll follow
this with the _preliminary_ worker nerd, driver nerd and honorable
mentions from the weekend.
Just for the record - Marianne DID "sit on it"....
jim e
|
| 105.34 | | SASE::J_EVANS | | Tue Jun 25 1991 17:26 | 6 |
| Scott,
Deb added salt to the wounds last night. When I told her, she said
"Sounds like you got it caught in your zipper"........ which I did....
jim e
|
| 105.35 | ESPN's Mt Washington hillclimb | SASE::J_EVANS | | Mon Jul 08 1991 13:57 | 4 |
| This Saturday at noon-ish, ESPN is scheduled to have the program for
the Mt Washington Climb to the Clouds. Get the VCR's ready....
jim e - who's not in it...
|
| 105.36 | Mt Washington article for Pit Talk | SASE::J_EVANS | | Tue Jul 09 1991 09:28 | 156 |
| The Climb to the Clouds Weekend
by Jim Evans - N1HTS
Well folks, this year's event has come and gone. John Ricker as weather
steward was a good choice. Not one drop of rain the whole time. This can't
be New Hampshire!!! Larry, invite John to NHIS... We also had a new winner
who broke the record BIG TIME. Paul Choiniere's new record is 7:09 and was
clocked in the radar trap at 80mph.
Thursday was a nice leisurely trip up 93 around the mountain with a stop
to take a picture of the Old Man of the Mountain. Pulled into the campsite
listed for hams at Barnes Field and another worker was there already. He
knew it was for hams and understood there may be some DITS and DAHS heard
in the wee hours of the morning. Good thing too, because there were. It
turns out that Patrick had been studying to be a ham. This year Ken (WO1N)
came back up, but we brought two more hams with us - Mark (AB1X) and Erik
(KA1RV). The standard line that weekend was "So, YOU'RE Erik. We've heard
about you". It must have been due to the group looking through his telescope
to see the 4 moons of Jupitor that night. Right?
Friday comes early at 4AM. Go to pull out the coffee pot in the camper and
find the box, but no pot. OK, time to KILL MY BROTHER. He had the camper
last. We learned real quickly how to make coffee using cooking pots. Eat
breakfast, pack lunch and we're OFF. (Oopppssss, can't use that word).
Get to the worker meeting and they've assigned Marianne Stevens and myself
checkpoint 29 which is WAY up beyond treeline. They also had coffee at the
meeting instead across the street. THANK YOU!!! Control had their standard
meeting. Told us to be warm and safe, plus some other things. We only ran
the top half Friday. Catch a ride with Terry and set up station. Nothing
much happened to us since we couldn't see anything due to the clouds we were
in. Oh yes, one thing _did_ happen. My mike was stuck in the on position for
5 minutes during a break. One comment was "Marianne, why don't you come sit
on this". I won't give any details, but she DID sit on it... Weather was a
pleasant 47 degrees and 44 mph wind. People were in t-shirts at the base,
while we are looking for more layers to put on.
Mark was at CP28 which was good, since we could hear him call "car ## by 28".
From this we could judge how far the checkpoint was from us. Line of sight?
Hah! Erik was at CP32 which was the last checkpoint before the finish line.
Ken, ended up in John Ricker's safety car all weekend long. Good thing he
didn't drink the night before. John had to drive up before each run and then
drive down leading the parade. I'd rather be stationary! John DID drop some
transmission fluid going up and down the road. Nothing like a safety steward
oiling the course. [--->note to Carolyn and Dwight - maybe this last sentence
is one of the ones you highlight in a box<---]
We finish the practice day and get back down. It took us the whole ride down
to get warm again. It's funny how when you're the "keeper of the list"
EVERYONE knows what you've done to deserve a nomination, and wants it written
up IMMEDIATELY so you don't forget. We had our post-practice meeting and I was
reminded AGAIN what I had done. (This went on all weekend long, and will
continue through the rest of the season...I'm sure).
Friday afternoon was a nice and peaceful time at the campsite with Mark and
Ken going for a hike. Erik went into Gorham to pick up some odds and ends like
a COFFEE POT, etc. Later that evening, we cooked up the fish we caught a few
Friday's ago on the charter out of Newburyport, then went to the campfire in
the next area. After a while, the fire died down, and so did the folks around
the fire.
Saturday morning the alarm goes off and I'm ready with the match and coffee
pot. A little breakfast before the "sandwich brigade" gets going and before
you know it, back at this little control building for today's assignment.
I'm back with Marianne but at CP24. (They didn't learn from the day before).
They did provide is with Tony and Mary - two more hams. We had a gorgeous
spot looking out over the mountain ranges. We could see control and hear
the cars squealing as they left the starting line.
This day was uneventful although we did have to catch a car with a red flag
due to an incident up further. This was also Erik's day to have his mike
stuck in the open position. Luckily I knew it was him right away and went
to see him at the next checkpoint. Running uphill is not my idea of fun.
Mark got a suprise at CP29. They saw Phil Cardoza drive by then assumed
he made it to the next checkpoint. Somehow Phil didn't make the right turn
properly and blew a tire out of the view of the checkpoint view and were
shocked to see Phil walking down waiving his hands. After some huffing and
puffing they got to Phil's car and called it in. Since Phil had handy notes
stuck on his dashboard, rumor has it the note said HARD RIGHT and Phil thought
it said BUD LIGHT. Nat the "Stagecoach-Driver-From-Hell" now calls the cow
pasture "Cardoza's Farm Stand".
Tim O'Neil almost had an O.S. writeup that would have allowed us to give
him the award right on the spot. No questions asked!!! When Tim got to the
parking lot on top, he set the emergency brake and left the transmission in
neutral. When the brakes cooled, they didn't hold. The car started rolling
towards the edge and Tim had to scramble over the hood of the AMC Rambler
to get in and stop it right before it went OFF the mountain. There would not
have been a part that anyone could have identified if it did go OFF from that
height. Real good Tim.
After qualifying, John Howe had stopped by Phil's car and offered to drive to
the bottom to get a HONDA spare tire and jack so that Phil wouldn't have to
come down on the wrecker. Two-thirds back up the mountain John realized HIS
tire and spare in back would fit. Yeah, I'm not the only one being written up.
Good brunch but it's rumored that Rally will be sponsoring the worker brunch
next year (so what if we started the rumor...). Great afternoon for a nap in
order to get ready for the shower at the AMC lodge then the cookout at the
base of the mountain. We stopped after the showers to see how Phil made out
repairing the damages. I noticed that there was a bed pan on his roof, and
when I asked why, Anne Vincent replied "because he had an accident". This is
the same Anne that after the brunch, went walking into the woods with a big
axe and wasn't seen for hours.
At the cookout, the crowd didn't seem as big as last year. That's ok, they
still had to send out for more beer. There was a special award given to
Drew Young by Paul Giblin. It was a MOONIE that looked like Drew on a plaque
for last year's show. We all laughed until Drew grabbed his ankles. Would
he in front of all the kids standing around him? Good news is that he didn't.
It was also fun to have everyone come up and say "Did you see so-and-so do
this?" The temperature was cool and getting cooler, so right before the
fireworks, everyone was in sweaters and jackets. All except one - Sydnia.
She was wearing a sleeve-less blouse and shorts. Since she was mixing the
champagne and OJ for the brunch, then was hanging around with Anne, could it
be due to MIMOSAS R US? [--->to Carolyn and Dwight, can you turn the "R"
around? if not, no biggie<--- jim e]
Time for the fireworks and the stagecoach-driver-from-hell decided to help
the festivities a bit by getting in front of the wall of workers and doing
some hand movements for ooo's, ahss' and whoopees. We tried to get Howie
Wemyss to raise his hand but he refused. I already had him written up twice
as it was. Then we practiced a "wave". Now we're ready for the fireworks
with were pretty good. There was one that burst like a planet and had a large
ring around it like Saturn. After the fireworks, someone down near fireworks
central had some small stuff - more like wimpworks - after seeing the other
stuff.
Ah, the last campfire of the weekend. Started with all the bacon grease from
the brunch and fueled by all the wood people brought but didn't want to carry
home. We also figured out how to make money. We'll offer a convenient method
of submitting candidates to the list by getting a phone number you can dial.
1-900-NER-DIRT. You can hear all the latest candidates and submit any new ones.
If you already on the list, you can prevent people from hearing about you by
staying on the line. That should bring in enough to buy a GT1.
Sunday comes and we pack up the camper before heading to the worker meeting
at 8:30. Now this is more like it! I'm assigned as CP17 which has the radar
crew just down the road from me. Once I knew this, I scanned until I found
them on the scanner. Most of the cars were between 50 and 70 mph, but Paul
Choiniere hit 80 mph and Bob Smolinski's #15 hit 91 mph. They asked them to
repeat #15's speed. Tim's car broke so he didn't stand a chance, but he'll
be back. There were a couple of OFF road excursions, but everything turned
out ok.
Back down to the base and more festivities. The awards were given out and the
thank-you's said. We even got Slim Bryant to start his (new) engine again
one last time. Ray Wenzel took a picture and you couldn't see the car with all
the blue smoke. The workers sung a few lines to Drew. We started on DREW MOON
with the tune of Blue Moon, but it will take a few more campfires (and beers)
to finish it - with maybe the help of the Green Mountain Boys.
See you next year.
|
| 105.37 | | JETSAM::WHITNEY | | Tue Jul 09 1991 13:12 | 7 |
| Just got my Auto Week and at the back of the magazine they did an
article about the Climb to the Clouds. If anybody wants it I will
make photo copies of it. I will have them and I will bring some along
with me to NHIS in 3 weeks. I can't make it to Limerock. If you want
one sooner let me know.
Scott
|
| 105.38 | this week at Lime Rock | IMGAWN::J_EVANS | | Mon Jul 22 1991 13:10 | 18 |
| For those who missed this weekend's Lime Rock event, you didn't get to
see our "BEST BUNS" contest where "butt judges" (yes, they had buttons)
went around putting bows on male and female buns, and that the
candidates had to stand up on the tables at the beer party and turn so
that every one else could see.
Catagories were male and female - over and under 40 years. I don't have
the winners' names but they will appear in Pit Talk. In case you were
wondering, everyone was properly clothed, but I can day that the female
who won the under 40 catagory had a bathing suit bottom under her
cutoffs. She did show the bathing suit to us.
Also, Friday at trackside, one of the crew members holding a tire
temperature meter had it registering 118 degrees..... Saturday was only
105 degrees. This is before he used it on any tires...
jim e
|
| 105.39 | Our Pig Roast mailing to members | SASE::J_EVANS | | Thu Aug 15 1991 12:39 | 12 |
|
The NER Worker Forum would like to invite all NER members to
come and work a specialty at the annual Pig Roast weekend
Sept 14/15. If you are interested, in working a specialty
call Nancy Kapsten at (508) 281-0489 to let us know you
are coming.
Theme for the weekend is PIGS IN A BLANKET. This means a pajama
party Saturday night!!! We also have a special treat. A midnight
showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show that same night - place TBD,
but come in costume. It will be fun.
|
| 105.40 | for our October weekend | SASE::J_EVANS | | Thu Aug 15 1991 12:40 | 20 |
|
The Worker Forum would like all NER members to come to the Racing Against
Leukemia weekend at NHIS. This is a unique weekend where all three
competition types get together and have fun.
In support of R.A.L., at the regional, there will be children and parents
of the WHY ME organization - which is for cancer patients. Please come and
show your support for these worthy causes.
The Road Racing co-chairmen will be Gerry Stevens and Bob Roth, and
everyone at the regional will also get to vote for the O.S, Worker NERD
and Driver NERD candidates as well. Those trophies will be presented
in January.
Oct 18 SOLO I and Rally
Oct 19 SOLO II
Oct 20 Regional Road Race
|
| 105.41 | solo and rally update | SASE::J_EVANS | | Thu Aug 29 1991 12:47 | 12 |
| I've just been informed that the Big Mamie rally scheduled Sept 7th has
been cancelled. It appears that BOB took out 6 bridges that was part of
the route.
They are checking the SOLO on the Cape as well to see how the lot came
through the storm.
If you were planning to participate in either of these events, please
call ahead for any updates.
jim e
|
| 105.42 | Racing Against Leukemia Rally | SASE::J_EVANS | | Tue Sep 17 1991 17:23 | 49 |
| Racing --------------
Against \ N.E.R. /
Leukemia \ New /
L \England /
Y \Region/
\SCCA/
\ /
\/
October 18, 1991
Start/Finish New Hampshire International Speedway's
Checkered Flag restaurant
(so in case you get lost, you know where to go....)
Registration 5PM
First car off 7PM
First car finish 9PM
For more information contact Dave Lewis 508.453.4046
------------------------------------------------------------------------
For pre-registration before Oct 11th, detach and mail completed entry form,
along with check to: Marianne Rhodes, 181 Littleton Rd. #302, Chelmsford, Ma.
01824.
Driver____________________________ Navigator____________________________
Street____________________________ Street_______________________________
City/St/Zip_______________________ City/St/Zip__________________________
Classes 1. _____ Experienced Non-Equiped 2. _____ Novice
Vehicle Year/Make/Model __________________ Reg# ______________ State ____
Entry Fee (SCCA members @$15/car; Others $20/car) _____________
The entrant warrants that an auto insurance policy with liability in limits
of not less than $100,000/$200,000/$50,000 is in force for the vehicle
entered. If either the driver or navigator is under 18, a minor release
form must be obtained and filled out before the rally.
Signatures
Driver ____________________________ Navigator __________________________
|
| 105.43 | October SOLO I and II at NHIS | SASE::J_EVANS | | Fri Sep 20 1991 09:43 | 53 |
|
Racing --------------
Against \ N.E.R. /
Leukemia \ New /
\England /
SOLO EVENTS \Region/
New Hampshire International Speedway \SCCA/
\ /
\/
ALL Drivers must be 18 years or older to compete and have a valid
drivers license.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLO I - October 18, 1991
Event will run under SCCA SOLO I rules, and is classified as a non-passing
event.
For more information or entry forms, contact:
Kathleen Barnes
653 Shenipsit Lk. Rd.
Tolland, CT. 06084
(203) 875-2220 NO CALLS AFTER 10PM. Answering machine on during day.
$90 Driver (SCCA member), $10 First Crew and $15 for all additional Crew.
Entries must be received by Oct 15, 1991 to avoid the $50 late fee.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLO II - October 19, 1991
This is a non-points event and will be run under SCCA SOLO II rules with
supplementary regulations. Unmuffled Road Racing cars will be allowed.
For more information or entry forms, contact:
Anne Vincent
26 Sakrison Rd.
Granby, CT. 06035
(203) 653-5483 NO CALLS AFTER 9PM.
$20 SCCA member, $25 non-SCCA member and $5 for each crew member.
Entries must be received by Oct 12, 1991 to avoid the $10 late fee.
Protest fees will be $50 and donated to the RACING AGAINST LEUKEMIA
program.
No driver with a Road Racing Competition License may compete in the
Novice class, unless obvious incompetence is demonstrated.
|
| 105.44 | Racing Against Leukemia | SASE::J_EVANS | | Fri Sep 20 1991 10:37 | 12 |
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For those folks that cannot make the event but would like to donate to
this wonderful cause, or would like more information, contact:
Racing Against Leukemia Kim and Fred Moehring 508.248.3804
P.O. Box 1252 Cheryl and Ed Funk 413.774.2425
Charlton City, MA. 01508
Donation checks made out to UMASS PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY will go strictly to
childhood leukemia research conducted by three pediatric oncologists.
Donation checks made out to CAITLIN RAYMOND INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY will be
used for blood testing bone marrow donors.
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| 105.45 | updated phone number | SASE::J_EVANS | | Thu Sep 26 1991 10:05 | 8 |
| re.45
I was informed that the phone number for ALL the RALly flyers has Dave
Lewis' phone number listed wrong.
His correct phone number is 508.453.6046.
jim e
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| 105.46 | final 1991 list | SASE::J_EVANS | | Fri Nov 15 1991 09:50 | 462 |
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This is the final 1991 list of NER candidates sent to Pit Talk.
Mr. Moderator: Since I couldn't delete the previous list, kindly
do so. I've deleted all others to save space. Thanks.
jim e
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1991 NER WF AWARDS CANDIDATES
O.S. AWARD : Given to the driver that has scared the workers the most during
race times.
1. John Ricker: At Mt Washington, gave Bette French a quick ride up the hill
in the safety car. The depression in the floor on the passenger side,
where a brake pedal might be if it was a British car attests to Bette's
enjoyment.
2. John Ricker: At Mt Washington, for the four wheel drift through checkpoint
nine with Laurie Sheppard in the front seat. It was good enough to cause
the station to call in with an order for new tires for the safety car.
3. Gordon Cooper: At the Pig Roast weekend went into Station 3 so hard that
he cracked the reinforced concrete barrier, blew out his windshield and
twisted his car's frame. All in front of the rookie flaggers with Sparks
and Sparks. Gordon's comment after his crash was that maybe it
straightened out his brain.
===>sent to Pit Talk
WORKER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the worker who best exemplifies the statement
"You shouldn't have seen me do it".
1. Ted Goddard: While on his way to the Pittsburg miniconvention, came to the
airport on Friday with his itinerary for the Pittsburg trip, but with the
tickets for the Tampa trip the next week. The Pittsburg tickets were home
in Vermont.
2. Karen Petersen: Had "Woker Forum" mailing labels printed.
3. Nancy Kapsten, Marianne Stevens and Jerry Stevens: At the Friday Night
festivities stood next to the slide projector advancing the slide tray
ON AN AUTOMATIC PROJECTOR.
4. Marianne Stevens: While announcing the DRIVER NERD winner, opened the
clearly marked envelope for the WORKER NERD.
5. Jane and Neil MacArthur: Sent out questionaires for the Worker Safety
school with instructions to return them in the S.A.S.E. - that wasn't
provided.
6. Judy Knight (a.k.a. JJ): While in Control during the Driver School weekend
asked in a serious manner "What color is that red car?"
7. Barbara Roth: While on yellow flag duty at station 3 during the Driver School
weekend went to wave the flag and dropped the new flagging instructor
(Ed Sparks) to his knees with a split lip.
8. Neil MacArthur: At the Drivers School was caught trying to talk into the
back side of his radio.
9. Ed Sparks: At the Dandelion National at Lime Rock - while instructing some
newcomers to flagging, decided to show the hand signals for car numbers.
He somehow showed them the wrong way and started from the hand instead of
the shoulder for #1. His excuse? "I'm lefthanded".
10. Station 11 at Dandelion National: Called control to ask that Ed Sparks
and the newcomers NOT be there for the next session. Ed was there for the
first three races and there were emergencies during each race. The turkey
vulture circling 11 didn't help either.
11. Larry Dignan: At the Memorial Day Regional announced that "the Pace Car is
possessed" instead of "in position". Control had to ask if there were
demons in the car.
12. Bette French: During the Memorial Day weekend, received a ticket from
New Hampshire's "finest". She was stopped in the NHIS PACE CAR.
13. Jane MacArthur (a.k.a. Valley Sprouts): During the Memorial Day Regional
called in that Will Tallmadge was driving with keys sticking out of his
trunk. This was confirmed by 4 stations, hence the meatball. On inspection
in the pits, there was no set of keys. There wasn't even a place for keys.
It was a leather strap hanging out.
14. Ron LaFord (a.k.a. Froggie): During the Memorial Day National at station 3
was running to help a perched car across the track, fell in the middle of
the track, as cars were coming around 2. This caused Nancy K to stop
talking in control. Ron's comments when he got back to station was "I wonder
why there are no old slow flaggers?"
15. Ron LaFord: During the same weekend was using his binoculars to check the
track condition while at station 9 - always when someone was coming out
of the port-o-let at station 4. It wasn't until the 3rd time that he
noticed he still had the lens cap on the left eye piece, promoting the
rookie on station to say "I didn't want to say anything... I thought he
was blind in one eye".
16. Judi Whitney: Rookie taper during the last race of the Memorial Day
Regional, announced after seeing a white car go by during a final pace
lap - that will allow a one lap race to the finish - "there goes the
pace car". Since there were no cars behind the "pace car", T&S was all
confused. Finally, taper Alice Beldon quietly let T&S all know that the
pace car was the one WITHOUT a number, and had lights on its roof, and
was coming around by station 11.
17. Russ Horton: During the Memorial Day weekend - at station 4 - was running
to assist the workers hold back a rolling car. The workers called out
"Russ - the rock, the rock" so that Russ would pick up the rock nearby
and put it against the wheel to stop the car. What did Russ do? He stopped
to pick up the rock - and threw it in the opposite direction.
18: Bob Chausse: During the Memorial Day regional, gave a lecture at the flag
meeting to say YES OR NO to the question "Is the car in a safe position?".
While Bob was on phones at station 3 that day, he was asked the question
and gave a full and long description of the incident.
19. Jim Evans: While playing radio operator at Mt. Washington with Marianne
Stevens as flagger on Friday, Jim's microphone button was accidently
locked into the ON position during a break, and Jim broadcasted random
babbles to the world for 5 minutes. One of the comments was "Marianne,
why don't you come sit on this?".
20. Howie Wemyss: For having a sticker on his golf cart that said "This CART
climbed Mt Washington.
21. Howie Wemyss: For letting Phil Cardoza drive the golf cart around after
Phil's accident.
22. Jeremy Sheppard: While at the Mt Washington Saturday night party, IGNORED
his girl friend all night to play with Bruce McCulley's 5 year old
daughter.
23. John Ricker: During the first day at Mt Washington, was driving a safety
car up and down the mountain all day - while leaking transmission fluid.
Nothing like having the safety steward oil the course.
24. Mega the mountain dog: Is now afraid of heights. On every trip down the
mountain in the T&S van, she put her Yoda face on (ears out to the side),
would peek out the front window, and put her head down ... slowly she'd
look up again, then put her head back down. She never relaxed until well
below tree-line.
25. Omer Norton: Who had to be called during the Berkshires Sprints at Lime
Rock because there were people standing around waiting to give him
money to join. His comment "I thought it was a one day regional".
26. Sydnia Czarnecki: While going to the Berkshire Sprints at Lime Rock with
Paul, spent the night in an Auburn motel due to their VW bus' breakdown.
While Paul repaired the bus, Sydnia insisted on taking the SOLO car to get
to the track early, but was warned to watch her lead foot. Paul ended up
passing her while she was being ticketed and he arrived at the track first.
27. Jim Evans: At the Double Regional - was getting his first victory lap in
Wilson Wright's #11 ITA and was attempting to get in the car via the
window - until Wilson said "It's easier if you open the door".
28. Jim Evans: Also at the Double Regional - was trying to leave registration
until he backed his van's bumper onto a car trailer. It took a few bodies
to help get everything untangled.
29. Marty Mount: At the Double Regional was seen walking the "ugliest baby" in
a baby carriage on track. This baby had a flat top and a red bottom, plus
two nipples -- one marked POS and one marked NEG.
30. Bette French: At the Double Regional's evening party, was seen slow dancing
with Phil Cardoza.
31. Jeremy Sheppard: At the Double Regional called into control "Pack OK by 4"
while at station 10.
32. Ray Wenzel: At the Double Regional was trying to cross from control to
start/finish and couldn't find his way. Bob Chausse finally called down
to start "Steve, help Ray find a hole".
33. Jo-Ann Gerde: At the Double Regional heard a car spin out right by Timing.
With part of the car hidden from view, she said "Wow! Half the car is
gone ... there's no front!"
34. Ed Sparks: At the Granite State Regional was using his own backup warning
buzzer with the dually with "Beer, beer, beer, ....".
35. Grant McStay: At the Granite State Regional was running across track at 3
and stepped in hot rubber, catching his right foot and pitching him head
first onto the track just in front of the FF/CF pack.
36. Grant McStay: At the Memorial Day IMSA GTP race was responding to a flip
of the #48 Acura. Thinking he was opening the door, ripped off the engine
cover, thereby displaying the car number to the station. TV commentator
said "He must be looking for any fire".
37. Laurie Sheppard: For being the THIRD grid worker to be pulled over by an
officer of the law, on the way to the track this year.
38. Rob Griffith: While taking Bob Roth to Fanuel (sp?) Hall, proceded to
dump Bob out of his chair in front of a crowd. Rob never saw the hole.
39. Nancy Kapsten: Picked the "Pigs in a Blanket" theme for the Pig Roast
weekend - which was suppose to include a pajama party. What did she
do that night? She went to a motel with Bruce!!!
40. Bruce Kapsten: For asking at the Pig Roast weekend "Has anyone seen
my wife - the pig?"
41. Karen Petersen: For being the FOURTH Grid person to get stopped on the
way to the track.
42. Marty Mount: During the Pig Roast weekend was attempting to FAX results
up to control. When it got there, control said it was blank. Marty's
response? "I guess I have to turn it over."
43. Susie Quint: During her first ever time on phones informed the station
at the beginning of the race "The checkered flag is out" - which caused
a bit of confusion at first. At the end of the session she also announced
that "The green flag is out".
44. Larry Dignan: While getting the sodas cold for the IMSA race day worker
lunch, left a beer in the bucket. Naturally nobody opened it.
45. Bob Chausse: At the IMSA practice day was checking on how the flag net was
going so he purposely started a course check at station 1. What did he do
race day? Yup, he started another course check starting at 1. This time
was a real check.
46. Rick Pocock: While Rick was a first day flagger at IMSA weekend, asked
why the flagger on station was holding both hands up in the air while
trying to get a car to re-enter the course. Rick, how long have you been
driving?
47. Bruce Cole: For putting out 2 fires in the same day at the IMSA GTO/U
Friday.
DRIVER N.E.R.D. AWARD : Given to the driver who best exemplifies the statement
"You shouldn't have seen me do it".
1. Roger French: At the Memorial Day Regional - now has the honor of being the
first driver ever to be released TWICE from medical in the SAME RACE.
2. Bryan Wall: Tried to register at the Memorial Day National with an expired
Novice permit. He said "someone went into his drawers and moved it".
3. Steve Dahl (Driver of car 84 SSB): During the Memorial Day National, made
a nice chip shot. He hit the tire stack at 10's apex with his left rear
bumper, and with 3 bounces placed the tires in the corner STANDING UPRIGHT.
4. Carmelo Consoli (Driver of #20 SSGT): During the Memorial Day Regional,
ended up at Station 3. While Walt Emory was trying to help him get out of
his car as it was about to be impacted by another SS car, Carmelo slipped
and kicked Walt in the left ankle -- resulting in a trip to the hospital
for x-rays.
5. Bob Beede - (The Driver of car 48 SSA): Earned the "Joey Chitwood Look-
Ma-I-Can-Drive-on-Two-Wheels Award". During the Memorial Day National,
rounding the apex at turn 10, he clipped the tire stack and flipped his
car up on two wheels - inside tires 2 feet off the road - and drove on as
if nothing had happened.
6. Mike Cox: Wins the trophy for "driving the greatest distance while totally
out of control without hitting anything". During qualifications for the
Memorial Day Regional, after driving four wheels off at the exit of turn
12, he proceeded to fish-tail all the way to the Start-Finish line, where
he spun to a halt less than 2 feet from the pit wall.
7. Bill Fralick: During the Memorial Day weekend was frantically looking for
his arm restraints before going out. They were ON his arms....
8. Boris Said: During an ESCORT race out west, apparantly blew the radiator
or something and filled the car with smoke and could not see at all. He
wanted to get back to the pits so they could fix it, so he unbuckled the
belts, stuck his head out the window and drove (at close to speed) back
to the pits. On national TV no less.
9. Tim O'Neil: At the top of Mt Washington parked his car and used his
emergency brake to hold the car steady. He forgot the brakes were hot, and
when they cooled, they didn't hold. Tim climbed over the AMC Rambler's hood
in order to stop the car right before it went OFF the mountain. It would
have landed at the bottom of Tuckerman's.
10. Drew Young: While on the parade down Mt Washington, used his new MOONIE
to "wave" to the workers.
11. John Howe: Offered to help Phil Cardoza get his race car down the mountain
by getting a spare tire and jack to fix the flat. John drove all the way
down from checkpoint 29 and got the spare. Two-thirds back up the mountain,
John realized that HIS spare and jack in the car would have worked.
12. Phil Cardoza: While walking away from the Mt Washington party, walked
right into the traffic gate on the bridge almost cutting him in half.
But Phil in true form did not spill his beer.
13. Slim Bryant: For having the smokiest car at Mt Washington.
14. Buzz Hooker: At the Double Regional was seen in grid putting his balaclava
on backwards two days in a row.
15. William Collyer: At the Double Regional has his hood blow off his #88
Sprite during the pace lap.
16. John Wall, Jr: At the Double Regional at NHIS - was a no-show for his
qualifier on Sunday. When John Sr. called his home to see what time he
had left, his 3 year old said ""Bup"...Daddy's sleeping. He won't get up."
Apparently his biological clock is still on Saudi Arabia time.
17. Tina Kennedy: At the Granite State Regional had her crew use a pylon in
pit lane to help add water to the radiator.
18. Doug Fisher (#79 F Prod): At the Pig Roast weekend lost his hood at
station 2 during the first practice lap.
19. Bill Mack (#19 S2000): At the Pig Roast weekend crashed in turn 3 escaping
unscathed. While they were getting the car on the wrecker, Bill smacked his
head into the boom of the tow truck - resulting in a trip to medical.
20. Dan Grace (#83 FV): Was attempting to keep dry in the garages - loaded up
the VEEs onto the trailer. He then he had to pack again when he realized
the car was too high on the trailer to get out of the garage. He had a
trailer with two VEEs. One on top of the other.
21. Ed Pacitto (#73 ITC): During his race at the Pig Roast weekend, accidently
shut off his fuel pump and dropped to last place. He worked his way back
to third and came by to pick up his FIRST EVER trophy - only to have Gert
run out of them.
22. Ed Valpey (#14 SR) #: For "practice makes perfect". At the Pig Roast
weekend was the second time he crashed into the wall near station 2. He
crashed at the same place in July.
23. Phil Cardoza: For driving away at the end of the Pig Roast weekend with
one of the pig heads attached to his race car roof.
24. Mike Joy: For having his crew chief not know why a little paper cup was
suppose to be taped to the trunk for the Lil LeMans. This was not PRO-CREW.
===>sent to Pit Talk
Honorable mentions
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Which NEDIV RE was caught lying on the floor with her eyes closed while in
Baltimore?
John Howe: While in Baltimore lead a group of "lemmings" on a walk for 45
minutes to go to a place only 10 minutes away. Rallymaster material?
Which NEDIV RE while at the National Aquarium in Baltimore was asked if she a
"hooker"? She was carrying her fishing pole at the time.
What SCCA Vice President was found to have a wet string on his fishing
pole at the National Aquarium? [answer Steve Petty]
MO-HUD: For having the following NEDIV meetings. An open NARRC meeting, the
closed NARRC Meeting, the next closed NARRC meeting, the secret NARRC meeting
the super-secret NARRC meeting, and the revision to the secret/super-secret
NARRC meeting.
What was Karen doing with baby Bill's pants??? And where did she put that
quarter?
Paul Czarnecki for missing the beginning of the race day with his first (so he
says..) hangover.
Bette French for standing on the street corner in the RED LIGHT district of
Baltimore yelling for "John".
Jane MacArthur for standing on the same corner yelling for "Dick".
Jamie Wellspring of the Wall crew, while taking a shower during the Memorial
Day Regional seemed to lose all of his clothes. He was left with only his
shoes, sunglasses and a towel, which Karen duly recorded on film.
Honorable O.S. - at the Nelson Ledges' National. Boris Said while qualifying
had a half shaft break sending his Camaro into the woods. When he was asked
by NER's Grid crew, about the incident his first remark was "It wasn't my
fault!" Driver's excuse #1. Maybe a chorus of the "Lumberjack song" is in
order. (Boris' favorite song).
Honorable O.S. - Wally Szymanski (driver of #41 FC - NNJ): While coming into
Pit Lane for the Memorial Day qualifying session, broke a wheel spindle
causing the rear wheel to come flying off straight for Jim Evans. Jim side-
stepped the wheel which bounced off the pit wall, then bounced back through
all of the other cars coming from the grid into the pits.
Honorble Driver Nerd: William Goldkind (driver of #26 CF): Had mag wheel lug
nuts instead of the racing lug nuts on after the change to rain tires. NYR...
New class of cars - Shelby Can Spam
Not-so-new acronym: GLOG - Glorious Ladies Of Grid
Commentator at the base of Mt Washington saying "You can see this race LIVE
on ESPN July 13th."
NER's new way to submit "candidates" to the list. Just call 1-900-NER-DIRT.
You must be 18 or older to call.
Mack Beal (W1PNR) the control operator on the emergency net at Mt Washington,
for saying the word OFF 13 times on Saturday, after a big lecture regarding
the use of that word.
Erik Piip (KA1RV) for having his microphone locked in the open position for
4 minutes on Saturday, after the lectures to watch out for stuck-open mikes.
Erik came with Jim Evans.
New official name for the cow pasture at Mt Washington - Cardoza's Farm Stand.
Anne Vincent: who played in the woods with an axe for what seemed like hours
after the Mt Washington champagne brunch. This is the same Anne who painted
people's toe nails whether they were barefoot or not!
While painting Bob Roth's house, why were Steve McLafferty and Paul Czarnecki
(who were in the upstairs bathroom) looking for Vaseline?
For those who heard the "monkeys" at Lime Rock. Looks like Sydnia and Marianne
are not the only ones who are crazy.
The couple who sat down on the picnic table at the Double Regional causing
the table to tip over and spill the pizza, salad and drinks all over them.
What S2000 driver came to medical after the race to say "I'm seeing double"?
What Fire Rescue worker picked up a fire bottle at pit in and ran down pit
lane - passing 5 other bottles on the wall - to help with a potential fire?
What driver/worker at the Granite State Regional had 3 flats on his trailer,
all within 10 miles of the track, then wrecked his car on track?
Neil MacArthur for announcing to Jane over the safety truck's PA system
"Don't forget to lock the hospital", while she's sitting 10 feet away.
Unknown flagger at the Lime Rock vintage - at turn 5, was seen blue-flagging
using the yellow!
Jesse Van Why - for asking "Why is Harold named Harold?" Harold's response was
"I didn't want to be called Fred".
For the 10PM "midnight" showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
To the FORD drivers during the Pig Roast weekend - for doing NOTHING DUMB in
the rain. Thank You!!!
David Cobbs (Mo-Hud): At the IMSA weekend said "It pops out when I smile".
Honorable Oh Shit : Not a NER driver, HOWEVER it was an NER flag station and
Larry was the operating steward for the race. During the GT4 Race on Friday
two cars came together and one was sent into the armco bunker at turn 3 at
Road Atlanta. He knocked the armco down which served as a launching pad for
the car which became airborne flying over the heads of Steve McLafferty and
Rick Bower who were working at outpost there. The car then sailed over the
fence (the rear wheels of the car took down the fence) and the car hit the
front of 2 flaggers cars and finally came to rest upside down 48 feet inside
the spectator area. Fortunately there were no spectators in that particular
area when the incident occurred.
Rob - from Texas: At the Pig Roast weekend was "standing yellow" with his
blue flag.
===>sent to Pit Talk
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| 105.47 | winners | SASE::J_EVANS | | Mon Jan 13 1992 12:34 | 9 |
| and the winners.....
O.S........... Gordon Cooper
Worker Nerd... Ron LaFord (#15)
Driver Nerd... Bill Mack
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