Charlie Campbell Wins !Drew Bickel wins PAX Twice!

FOG Happens!

Bill’s BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 May Solo Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Solo #1 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Solo #2 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5April Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

May Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Membership Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Membership Application and Officers List . . . 11Dates to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The Events of April & May 2016

Drew Bickel won the PAX at our first Solo at a very foggy Lake Erie Speedway

Charlie Campbell takes a wet checkered flag to win FP at the Mid-Ohio Majors

Bill’s BS by Bill Stewart 5/29/16 No rest for the wicked! And Mother Nature is testing us all!

I know that I never was fast, and that I’ m getting slower every day, but lately, I’m having trouble just keeping up. It seems that I have been going to Teen Street Survival School meetings all Spring. Mahoning Valley had the first actual School April 17th with 15 students and fantastic weather. Reed and Sandi Kryder did a great job. Auto accidents are the #1 cause of teen deaths and 1/3 of new drivers will have an accident in their first year driving. The TRSS schools help keep them safe. Earlier that week, I participated in SCCA’s second Solo Safety Steward Webinar to renew my SSS licence. It was easy once I traced down how to go it. Doug Gill with SCCA staff arranges them.

Our Solo Test & Tune at LES April 30th was great. We all shook the cobwebs out and had a great time. Our Solo on Sunday was a battle with the weather. Not bad went to damp and ended early with pea soup fog. Thanks to the fog, the PAX results will not count towards the PAX Championship. With his Honda Civic Si now in HS, Drew Bickel may have a lock on the PAX. I missed our May 22 Solo. I was up at Mosport, now Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, with Pirelli World Challenge. Casey Rand took some great pictures. Check them out on our Misery Bay Facebook site. The Maddens have been bringing quite a group up from Titusville. Great to have you! 11 Novices! Congrates to Tim Mackey on his FTD! and another PAX for Drew! Andy Ferrara seems to have his Miata really dialed in.

In roadracing, our Charlie Campbell has at best, mixed luck. At the first Majors for our Northeastern Conference down at Virginia International, Charlie was on the FP pole, but came in 2 laps short and couldn’t start on Sunday. Next was Summit Point where Charlie’s luck repeated. He was on the FP pole for both races, but only managed one slow lap on Saturday and none on Sunday. He did manage mid-pack finishes in Spec Miata. Bob Mazza had great luck in his STU Celica, with a third on Saturday and a WIN! on Sunday when the two faster cars went off slick track. continued on p. 6

2Aaron Young holding Tom Hall at the

start of one of the last runs into the fog

Bob Cox and former RE Scott Brown came down to the Pitt Race Majors with the

Presque Isle Miata Club

May Solos

Tim Mackey won FTDat the May 22 Solo

Casey Rand Photo

Nick Simon wrinkles a coneGreat Casey Rand photo! 3

Andrew Donaldson in the BS Chevrolet Corvette Saturday

Andres Serrano leaves the grid and into the fog Sunday

The Rausch Lotus only made it to the Test & Tune on Saturday

Drew Bickel 3 wheels his Honda Civic Si on Saturday

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Misery Bay Solo #1Lake Erie Speedway

May 1, 2016Street Road Tire Class Results

Place & Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX 1st Drew Bickel HS Honda Civic Si 34.260 42.933 1 2nd David Griffin GS Volkswagen GTI 34.342 42.608 FTD 2 3rd James Turner CS Scion FRS 36.192 44.191 34th Taylor Pearson FS BMW M5 36.393 44.710 45th Ron Madurski BS Subaru WRX STi 36.734 44.473 56th Dan Cook ES Porsche 944 36.854 45.668 67th John Pearson FS BMW M5 37.139 45.626 78th Keith Schneider ES Mazda Miata 37.251 46.161 89th Andres Serrano SS Porsche GT3 37.351 44.732 910th Sam Mehler BS Honda S2000 37.503 45.404 1011th Michael Vallimont HS Scion TC 37.866 47.452 1212th Tom Hall AS Pontiac Solstice GXP 38.175 45.829 1313th Henry Young CS BMW Z3 38.719 47.277 1614th Gene Kern CS Mazda Miata 39.260 47.937 1915th Tim Staggs ES Mazda Miata 43.996 54.519 32

Street Touring Class Results1st Matt Curry STR Honda S2000 38.914 46.272 172nd Lance Dunn STF Acura RSX-S A-Spec 38.944 48.139 183rd Pushkar Joshi STX Scion FRS 39.546 47.304 214th Carl Shaw STS Mazda Miata 40.012 48.092 23

Modified & Prepared Street Tire Class Results1st Tim Mackey ASP Mitsubishi EVO X 37.621 43.243 11 2nd Matt Ramey ASP Audi S5 38.220 44.186 143rd Gary Layden SM Volkswagen R32 38.332 44.060 154th Justin Stull SM Scion FR-S 39.760 45.702 225th Charles White ESP Cadillac CTS-V 40.719 47.793 246th Kevin Burkholder ASP Mitsubishi EVO 41.235 47.671 277th Aaron Young ESP Ford Mustang GT 42.085 49.396 288th Jonathan Staggs SM Cadillac CTS-V 42.590 48.955 30

Race Tire Class Results1st Nick Patterson SMF Acura Integra 39.308 45.654 202nd Bill Stewart SSR Porsche Cayman R 42.852 49.829 31

Novice Class Results1st Joel Donaldson BS Chevrolet Corvette 40.943 49.568 252nd Kenneth Jones HS Honda Del Sol 40.954 51.321 263rd Shane Madden FS Mustang GT-H 42.219 51.867 29

Due to the fog, the PAX results will NOT count towards the championship.

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Misery Bay Solo #2Lake Erie Speedway

May 22, 2016Street Road Tire Class Results

Place & Name Class Car PAX Time Raw Time Overall PAX 1st Drew Bickel HS Honda Civic Si 32.058 40.174 1 2nd James Turner CS Scion FRS 32.201 39.318 23rd Dan Cook ES Porsche 944 32.496 40.268 3 4th Nick Simon ES Mazda Miata 32.932 40.808 55th Ron Madurski BS Subaru WRX STi 33.182 40.173 66th Keith Schneider ES Mazda Miata 34.384 42.608 107th Alec Slomski HS Honda Civic Si 34.410 43.121 11 8th Taylor Pearson FS BMW M5 34.976 42.969 159th Jonathan Staggs DS BMW 330 35.735 44.064 2710th Joshua Staggs DS Mazda Miata 35.975 44.359 2811th Eric Lannan HS Subaru Impreza 36.044 45.169 3012th Brian Young ES Mazda Miata 36.097 44.730 3313th Trever Thomas DS Lexus is 250 36.163 44.591 3414th Tim Staggs ES Mazda Miata 38.209 47.347 4315th Fiona Steel HS Honda Civic 39.690 49.737 48

Street Touring Class Results1st Andrew Ferrara STR Mazda Miata 32.862 39.076 42nd Pushkar Joshi STX Scion FRS 33.951 40.612 83rd Logan Flaherty STR Honda S2000 34.227 40.698 94th Lance Dunn STF Acura RSX-S A-Spec 34.633 42.810 125th Matt Curry STR Honda S2000 34.794 41.373 136th Dan O’Neil STR Toyota MR2 Spyder 34.851 41.440 147th Justin Gibala STU Hyundai Genesis Coupe 35.024 41.449 168th Carl Shaw STS Mazda Miata 35.119 42.211 189th Scott Spangenberg STX Ford Fiesta ST 35.498 42.462 2010th Kate Bell STU Hyundai Genesis Coupe 35.562 42.086 2211th Corey Spangenberg STX Ford Fiesta ST 35.734 42.745 2612th Michael Vallimont STF Scion TC 37.255 46.051 3913th Matthew Smith STU Ford Mustang 39.436 46.670 47

Modified & Prepared Street Tire Class Results1st Tim Mackey SM Mitsubishi EVO X 33.751 38.795 FTD 7 2nd Gary Layden SM Volkswagen R32 35.048 40.286 173rd Aaron Young ESP Ford Mustang GT 35.426 41.580 194th Charles White ESP Cadillac CTS-V 35.565 41.743 235th Henry Young ESP Ford Mustang GT 35.591 41.774 246th Marvin Alvarado SMF Honda Civic 36.039 41.858 297th Paul Vallancourt SM Nissan 240SX 37.567 43.181 40

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May 22nd Solo Results continuedRace Tire Class Results

1st Justin Stull SM Scion FRS 36.049 41.436 31

Novice Class Results1st Patrick Madden FS Ford Mustang GT-H 35.561 43.687 212nd Shane Madden FS Ford Mustang GT-H 35.676 43.829 253rd Kevin Hsieh CS Subaru BRZ 36.095 44.073 324th Fred Cleland Jr HS Mini Countryman 36.554 45.808 355th Kenneth Jones HS Honda Del Sol 36.922 46.269 366th Michael Anderson STU Subaru WRX STi 37.064 43.863 377th Dominic Grieco AS Subaru WRX STi 37.174 44.627 388th Buckley Obert STU Ford Mustang 37.899 44.852 419th Gerald O’Toole HS Mazda 3 38.147 47.804 4210th Anastasis Tsakas BS Honda S2000 38.775 46.944 4411th Dale Mallory SM Honda S2000 38.882 44.693 45

Bill’s BS continued You can see Bob’s victory interview at http://www.scca.com/videos/2027108.

Steel Cities hosted the Cumberland Majors at Pitt Race. The cold, with rain, sleet, and even snow made for a painful weekend. It all started in the very first race, when Charlie in his Spec Miata made a daring move into turn 3 on the first lap. He slid off the wet track and was followed by 5 more Miatas, several into the back of his Miata. In FP, Charlie was on the pole on Saturday, but went off in the rain, but he was able to climb back to finish second. His charge was shortened when a Mini slid into a wrecker and the race was called. With all the delays, Bob Mazza had to leave before his Saturday race. Things got worse on Sunday. In the third race, SCCA multi-champion John Heinricy had the throttle stick open in his AS Firebird and he speared the tire wall in the last turn. As the wrecker got him and the car out safely, the tire wall caught fire. It took over an hour and multiple trips from the local fire trucks to put it out. The following races were cancelled as the wall and the supporting guardrail could not be repaired in time.

With the Runoffs coming to Mid-Ohio this year, their Majors had 475 entries, including Charlie and Bob. It was crazy, it was frustrating. Some rain, huge fields, and fierce competition made for huge challenges. The big bore race had a spin on the pace lap! After Erie Prill went off at the first turn, Charlie had a great dice with FP Runoffs Champ Kevin Ruck and snuck past to win! See his interview at http://www.scca.com/videos/2027984 . Sunday Ruck caught Charlie and he had to settle for a well fought second. Bob was not competitive in a huge STU/STL field. He got pushed off the track on Saturday and didn’t start on Sunday. It was GREAT to see the bottles of Mazza Sparkling Wine in the Winners Circle. I’ll report on the Watkins Glen Majors next month. After that, Charlie will be off

to the last NE Majors at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

In area Pro racing, the IMSA Sahlen’s 6 Hours was up at the Glen over the 4th of July. Indy Car and Pirelli World Challenge appear at the end of the month down at Mid-Ohio, followed 2 weeks later by Trans-Am and NASCAR’s Xfinity series. The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix events have started. Car shows, rallies, charity dinners, autocrosses, and great racing. Our Bill Tobin will be at Pitt Race July 9 & 10 in his TR-6. Former member and chairman of our Meadville Mini Grand Prix races, Ed Cronin will be racing his MGTD at the Vintage races in Schenley Park on the 16th & 17th. Just a gorgeous event. Fantastic old race cars on the park roads and hundreds of very special cars shown on the golf course. Worth the trip!

Great things are happening at Pitt Race. After the Historic races, Track Night in America is on Thursday the 14th and the SCCA Solo Match Tour is there July 15-17. Still room! You must enter by July 10th! I see our Keith Schneider and Bruce Wesley are going. The Northern Ohio PCA has an autocross there on the 23rd and a Drivers’ School the 23rd & 24th. The Allegheny PCA has a Drivers’ School the next weekend. All cars are welcome.

Of course we have our 4th Solo on July 24th and our 5th on August 14th. Will we have some official Out of Region events? Come to the monthly meetings! We have had some great competition and great fun SO--

Get Out and DRIVE! Bill6

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Misery Bay Region SCCAMembership Meeting

Cornerstone Bar & GrillApril 7, 2016

Members in attendance: Sam Mehler, Lance Dunn, Joel & Andrew Donaldson, Rich Hall, Bill Stewart, Marvin Alvara-do, Terry Witherow, Matt Curry, Logan Flaherty, Tim Mackey, and Ron Madurski.

RE Sam Mehler called the meeting to order at 7:14 PM. Logan Flaherty moved and Tim Mackey seconded that the min-utes of the March meeting as posted on our web page be approved. Motion passed.

Committee ReportsTreasurer: Kathy Vanderwende reported by e-mail that our current balance is $9,568.47. Lake Erie Speedway cashed our deposit check, so we now show a loss of $1,622.44 for the year.

Trophies: Dave Hammer will be buying First Place trophies for our first event.

Membership Report: Bill Stewart reported that we have 85 members listed, but we lost Bob Hart and Nick Kelly trans-ferred to Carolina. Mark Swick needs to renew.

Tech: No report. Merchandise: Nothing new.

Pit Signal: Bill reported that the next edition would cover February and March.

Rally: Bill has tentatively scheduled the Covered Bridge Rally for October 30th.

Solo: Sam reported that we signed the contract with LES and KV paid the deposit.

Old BusinessTim Mackey still needs to distribute the Tires for Less certificates. Bill has been to several Tire Rack Teen Street Survival meetings. Mahoning Valley has the first one April 17th at Board-man Park, Boardman, OH. Misery Bay members are encouraged to help and also to send students. $75 with continental breakfast and lunch. They have 15 entries so far. Neohio had a high school chosen, but the school wanted over $1,800 to use the facilities. They are talking to 2 more high schools.

Bill also reported that the news about Nelson Ledges is encouraging. It has been purchased by Brian Ross Development. The barn has been torn down and the office trailer and the house trailer at the entrance are gone.

The first SCCA Track Night in America at Pitt Race is April 28th. The SCCA Majors at Pitt Race is May 14&15.

CruiseTown Erie will be June 11th and August 27th. Saturdays!Bonnell’s is having a car show July 25 on the Bayfront. Their Rod Shop Cruise-in and Open House will be August 20th.

New BusinessTim Mackey talked to the Mustang Club. They are interested in coming to one of are events and asked if we could have a separate class for them. We then discussed the new CAM(Classic American Muscle) and where it fits in our PAX Classes. Their rules are very loose. We had a couple run in CAM last year. We did not make a decision.

We discussed a variety of PR ideas. The German Imports Car Club is having a Cars & Coffee April 30. Bill mentioned buying a Facebook ad.

Sam had a Solo committee meeting at his house Sunday. They were able to completely test the timing equipment. Sam has communicated with Bruce Bellom, the NEDIV Solo Safety Steward. Logan is creating our own Solo Supplemental Rulebook. We should have live on-line timing.

Misery Bay Region SCCAMembership Meeting

Cornerstone Bar & GrillMay 5, 2016

Members in attendance: Don Smith, Joel & Andrew Donaldson, Rich Hall, Bill Stewart, Aaron Young,, Dave Hammer, Kathy Vanderwende, Logan Flaherty, Tim Mackey, Andrew Ferrara, and Ron Madurski.

Assistant RE Dave Hammer called the meeting to order at 7:16 PM. RE Sam Mehler is out in California for training. Tim Mackey moved and Logan Flaherty seconded that the minutes of the April meeting as posted on our web page be ap-proved. Motion passed.

Committee ReportsTreasurer: Kathy Vanderwende reported that our current balance is $9,884.06. We lost $54.51 on our rainy Solo week-end including credits to those who had their afternoon runs canceled.

Trophies: Dave Hammer says we are good for the next event, but will need to order more after.

Membership Report: Bill Stewart reported that we have 92 members listed. Please welcome Jesse Miller, Matt Ramey, Jonathan and Lisa Staggs, Charles White, Angela Gonzalez, and Brian Young.

Tech: No report. Merchandise: Some folks still have not picked up their orders.

Pit Signal: Bill reported that the February and March edition was sent out last week. It included a very extensive area schedule.

Rally: Bill has tentatively scheduled the Covered Bridge Rally for October 30th.

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April minutes continued Sam reminded our Solo Co-Chairmen for our first event to assign staff positions and send all course maps to Bruce Bellom for approval. The SCCA charge for sanction and insurance is now $12.75 a weekend. Logan moved and Joel seconded that we charge $35 for members and $50 for non-members for our single day Solos. The non-members charge would include the SCCA Weekend Membership. Motion passed. Tim and Marvin moved that the 2 day charge be $55 for members and $70 for non-members. Motion passed. Last year we had a total of 86 weekend members over 7 events. LES will open the gate at 7 AM and we will set up the Sunday course at the end of Saturday. Registration and Tech will open at 8:30 and close at 9:30.

Sam discussed sponsorship. A Platinum sponsorship of the entire club was suggested at $1,000. A Gold sponsorship of a class championship would be $500 and a Silver sponsorship would be for an individual event for $200. We would encourage swag and gift certificate.

Lance will chair Registration and Logan will chair Timing & Scoring and Classing. Henry Young will bring the trailer to LES. We need to check the SNELL on our loaner helmets. Logan will get the event on motorsportreg.

Joel Donaldson volunteered to provide hotdogs and hamburgers on Saturday.

Tim moved and Lance seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 8:53.

Bill StewartSecretary

May minutes continued Solo: We had to end our May 1 Solo early and the second group never got their second session do to fog. Logan thinks our timer problem was due to the fog. He and Sam will test before the next event on May 22. Many folks posted fog pictures on Facebook. Mark Andy got back to Bill about a Solo Safety Steward webinar. Mark participated in a test webinar and the first real one will be May 10th for folks on the west coast. National hopes to do one each quarter for each time zone. Logan needs one by the end of June, Bill in July. Drew is good until next year and Dave Hammer for 2 years. Bill will not be at the May 22 Solo. Joel needs to get the sanction application in ASAP.

Old BusinessTim Mackey is distributing the Tires for Less certificates. CruiseTown Erie will be June 11th and August 27th. Ma-jor thanks to Henry and Aaron Young for their work on our trailer. Joel will contribute new latches. We need to toss our damaged cones and see if we need to order more. Has anyone seen our Golden Cone Award? The Golden Duct Tape Award? Logan is working on our own Solo Supplemental Rulebook. We need to check the SNELL on our loaner helmets. The starter needs to check all helmets for our tech stickers.

Bill has been to several Tire Rack Teen Street Survival meetings. Mahoning Valley had the first one April 17th at Boardman Park, Boardman, OH. They had 15 entries. Neohio had a high school chosen, but the school wanted over $1,700 to use the facilities. They have proposals to 2 more high schools. June 18 at Revere HS in Richfield OH and August 21 at Mayfield.

The next SCCA Track Night in America at Pitt Race is May 18th. The SCCA Majors at Pitt Race is May 14&15. Our Charlie Campbell and Bob Mazza are entered.

Dave reminded us that his HP Rabbit is still for sale.

New BusinessLogan requested that we buy 4 walky-talkies. Tim moved and Andy seconded that we buy them. Motion passed. Joel offered some of his own too.

Discussion about wireless timers. Logan spotted one on the internet for $1,100 with a 300’ range. Ron Madurski will investigate.

Dave brought up our banquet. We do need to reserve a room now. Tim volunteered to be chairman.

Will we have an out of region Solo? The Solo Committee will decide.

The Mid-Ohio Majors June 3-5 will be huge. They have over 400 entries already.

Tim moved and Logan seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 8:10. Don Smith won the 50-50.

Bill StewartSecretary

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Membership ReportMay 31, 201697 Full Members

3 Renewals Overdue

Please WelcomeMatt Clark

Susan CroweAngela Gonzalez

Jesse MillerGerald O’Toole

Matt RameyAndres Serrano

Jonathan & Lisa StaggsCharles WhiteBrian Young

WE REALLY MISSAmanda & Rob Cox

Ken HoovlerAndy Stevenson

Matt BaselerFrank Victor

Scott SpangenbergJason MaherIan McCuneNick Kelly

May RenewalsNate Lord

Ben RauschAaron Woloszyn

June RenewalsAdedayo Ademowore

Chuck BabbittJeff Britton

Charlie & Susan CampbellGary Layden II

Keith & Nick SchneiderCarl Shaw

You can check your status and renew online at SCCA.com

Make sure that your membership card shows a membership in

Misery Bay Region 104

2016

August 4 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill

4-7 NASCAR Sprint Cup & Xfinity Watkins Glen NY

5-7 SCCA Pro Formula Races Pitt Race

11 Track Night in America Pitt Race 4-8 PM

11-13 Trans-Am & NASCAR Xfinity Mid-Ohio, Lexington, OH

13-14 SCCA Regional Races-Pitt Race

14 MBR Solo #5 Lake Erie Speedway 27 Cruisetown Erie

June 2 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill

3-4 STPR Pro Rally-Wellsboro, PA

3-5 SCCA Majors-Mid-Ohio

8 Track Night in America Pitt Race 4-8 PM

11 Cruisetown Erie

18 Teen Street Survival School Revere HS, Richfield, OH

19 MBR Solo #3 LakeErie Speedway24-26 SCCA Majors-Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Pix-Mid-Ohio

26 WNY Solo #3-Ralph Wilson Stadium

July 1-3 IMSA Sahlen’s 6 Hours of the Glen Watkins Glen, NY

7 Monthly Membership Meeting Cornerstone Bar & Grill

8-10 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Historics Pitt Race, Wampum, PA

IMSA & MX-5 Cup-Mosport, Canada

14 Track Night in America Pitt Race 4-8 PM

16-17 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA

24 MBR Solo #4 Lake Erie Speedway29-31 Indy Cars & Pirelli World Challenge Mid-Ohio, Lexington, OH