January 2016 REmarks
Posted January 10, 2016
New Year’s Eve – as I write this the year 2015 has about 7 hours remaining. Time for the three Rs: Relax, Reflect and Recharge…Reflecting on 2015 I’d have to say it’s been a pretty good year. Not without its challenges, but good nonetheless. We celebrated the 60th consecutive Chicago Region June Sprints in a big way, our PDX track day program was hugely successful, and the Solo committee pulled off miracle after miracle in putting together a full schedule under challenging conditions. We crowned champions and celebrated victories, even if those victories were personal goals achieved and not necessarily the top-of-the-podium variety. We spent time with old friends and made new ones. We held our first backroads Tour event in a long time and had a great time. We learned that Indycar is coming back to Road America and that Chicago Region will provide staffing. Most importantly though, we got to spend time with good friends doing what we love to do, and doing it with people who feel the same way about racing and cars as ourselves…
Solo – We’ve got Big News for the Solo community. Today we are announcing the full 2016 Solo season. See details elsewhere in this month’s Piston Patter email. After the travails of last season this is a huge relief to the Solo committee and competitors. Best of all, we’ll be back at RT 66 Raceway in 2016.
Checkered Flag banquet – Mark your calendar for Saturday, Feb. 6 and be sure to register for the 2015 Chicago Region Checkered Flag banquet. Registration is open on Motorsportsreg.com. Once again the banquet will be held at Lake Forest Motorcars. Join us in celebrating the 2015 season and dine among the Ferraris, Aston Martins and other exotics at Lake Forest Motorcars. And don’t forget to purchase your Randy Owen art raffle ticket. Special pricing is available when you purchase a raffle ticket with your banquet registration. Additional raffle tickets are available for $25 each. Register at: http://msreg.com/2015CheckeredFlag
This month’s featured board member – is Tracy Ramsey. Tracy has been a member of SCCA since 2001. He started racing karts in 1996, and in 1998 finished 3rd nationally in his class…
