Fun With Cars
On November 15 the Chicago Region will be conducting our Annual Meeting at K1-Speed in Addison Illinois. This will be your first opportunity to meet our new members of the Board of Directors and you may even find out who the next Regional Executive will be. Also Paul Zimmerman founder and owner of the Motorsport Collector will be joining us to talk about the motorsports collectable market.
September was a quiet month, Region-wise, with only 2 Chicago Region events were on the calendar – an evening Track Day event at Autobahn Country club on September 8th and our 6th Solo event of the season at RT66 Raceway on September 24th. I attended both; as a volunteer and participant for the Track Day and as a competitor in the Solo event. It felt good to get behind the wheel again!
The route for the tour is approximately a one hundred and thirty mile drive (about three to three and a half hours) providing scenic roads with plenty of turns and elevation changes. We have planned a mid-point stop at Hawks Mill Winery to provide everyone with an opportunity to enjoy the winery and the views from their estate. The end point will be at the Anchor in Newville Wisconsin, advertised as the “Hottest Spot on the Rock”. There will be a social hour with appetizers at the end of the tour and if you choose to grab a bite to eat they offer a variety of food items and craft beers.
Why do I even bother unpacking? This past weekend, July 29-30 was the second of 3 consecutive weekends I’ll spend a Road America working corners. The first was the vintage race weekend, this past weekend was the Milwaukee Region Cat Majors race, and this coming weekend is the IMSA weekend, for which Chicago Region provides staffing. I’m beginning to feel like a resident.
The Chicago Region June Sprints® has been contested for sixty-two years and many champions have come from and competed in this storied event. This year the June Sprints Grand Marshall is one of those...
Chicago Region SCCA and the national SCCA organization are bringing the best of the club’s on-track programs to one action-packed weekend August 26-27 at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois. Called TrackFest, this event...
A wet track was no deterrent to fun at the first Chicago Region track day of the year on Friday, May 26. The 53 drivers who took to the Autobahn Country Club North Course...
What did you do last weekend? How about the weekend before that? I just returned from the Indy 500, an annual tradition for myself and a group of friends that extends back to 1984. Several of these friends I see only at the Indy 500, yet when we do get together it’s like it was just yesterday.
Saturday, May 20, 2017 the Chicago Region SCCA hosted our spring backroads tour as part of our G.O.A.T.S. (Get Out And Tour Series). The tour, a two and a half hour, 115 mile drive...
Those who attended the Chicago Region membership meeting on April 19 at K1 Speed were treated to an evening of storytelling by the World’s Fastest Novelist, Burt “B.S.” Levy.
With Snell SA2005 helmets expiring, quite a few of our members have gone out and purchased new helmets to replace their expired lids. However, if you’ve purchased a Simpson Voyager 2 helmet, you need...
