Category: From the Regional Executive

Hello everyone, hopefully you have accomplished what you needed to prepare for the 2018 race season or at least you are very close. Now is the time when your work will pay off. Now is the time to have fun with cars. Now is the time to enjoy!

Hello everyone, spring is just around the corner. Now is the time we are finalizing our schedules, our budgets and our plan for a successful 2018. The old saying “Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance” is very appropriate for this time of year.

I hope everyone is doing well or at least getting better. The FLU has been terrible this season and I for one can’t wait for spring to arrive. I was just at the SCCA...

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Some of you know me but many of you do not so I will give you a little background on myself. I started my racing life back in...

Hello everyone, my name is Chris Gregor and I am the new Regional Executive for the Chicago Region. I would like to thank Rick Bentson for his service on the board and as RE. Rick will still be active as our liaison with Road America as well as helping me with my duties. 

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!

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.

Innovation and Change.  As any successful business leader will tell you these are the keys to survival in a competitive world.  Adapt or die.  Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution stated it very succinctly – species that adapt to their changing environment succeed...