CCR-SCCA Central Carolina Region Sports Car Club of America

The SouthWest Chapter of Central Carolina’s Region will hold it’s next meeting on Thursday, September 11th at Ryan’s Steak House on Laurens Road in Greenville, SC. We will meet to eat at 6:00 to 7:00 and start our regular meeting at 7:00.

We will have updates and results on current events in motorsports as well as a schedule on events in the next two months (including the Black Lake 2 day autocross September 26th and 27th at the Michelin Proving Grounds in Laurens, SC.) We’ll also recap the Eagle’s Nest hillclimb with three of the TOP 4 finishers present! Great representation from our SWCCCR group! We will also have a trade and sell time so bring info on the junk that’s in your garage that is soon to be someone else’s treasure!

For our speaker this month, we have something special. We will be joined by Jack Abney, Gary Ramsey and Joey Burton from Southern Auto Classics on Laurens Road. Along with making some excellent AC Cobras from scratch, they also have a dyno , I have asked Jack, Gary and Joey to come speak to us on Dynos. They will cover all aspects of dynos from how they work, what variables they adjust to reach optimum performance, how to read your charts, costs and what you can do to make the most of your dyno time. After our meeting, we will drive down to his shop (just a mile or two from Ryan’s down Lauren’s Road) and they will put one of our member’s cars on a dyno and do a pull for us. This is a great chance to improve your understanding of dynos and get better value when you do take your car to a shop.

Take a look at their website when you have time. www.southac.com By the way, that beautiful blue Cobra that took 2nd place overall at Eagle’s Nest Hillclimb was driven by Gary Ramsey. Gary is an incredible driver and that is one wicked awesome car!

We really appreciate the guys from SAC coming to speak and look forward to a great turn out.

Thanks. If you have any questions or need directions, please give me an email or call.

Thanks for making SWCCCR what it is today! THIS would be a great meeting to bring a friend!

Ted
(864) 915-5052
tedagmar@juno.com

Event #6 August 30-31, 2008
Final - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccr24hrs_fin.htm
Pax - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccr24hrs_pax.htm
Raw - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccr24hrs_raw.htm

You may already know by now, but Hurricane Hanna caused this event to be canceled.  All drivers were sent an e-mail and most received a phone call or both on Wednesday evening / Thursday a.m.  If you know anyone that had planned on attending, please pass the word along.

Thanks,
Wanda Cecil

CCR-SCCA has 5 spaces for the Food Lion AutoFair on Sept 6 & 7. We will be going as guests of the Carolinas Miata Club.

Currently we have one available space for Saturday, none for Sunday (that’s one vehicle pass and 2 people passes per space). If you’d like to attend on Saturday please contact Rich Little.

Because we are guests of CMC, we will be using their schedule. We meet each morning at the Jack-in-the-Box on Speedway Blvd. at 6:15 a.m. Precisely at 7:00 a.m., we head for the track and should be in place by 7:30. We go this early because the front gate closes after a certain time in the morning; and it becomes a long, convoluted ordeal to get to our spot.

Car and people passes will be issued at Jack-in-the-Box each morning before departure to the track. If you will be towing, please contact me for your passes and instructions.

You can bring — and are encouraged to bring — chairs, coolers, sunscreen, hats, and food. The only money you need is for food or stuff that you buy. Admission and parking are free to participants. “For Sale” signs are not allowed on cars displayed in the club area. Part of the AutoFair is a car corral, so if you want to sell your car, you can do it there.

The only requirement is that your car MUST BE CLEAN. The AutoFair attracts over 100,000 people, so we want to show nice cars for the crowd.

I’ll be working with CMC on bringing a canopy and table. We will most likely be at the end of their group, separated by our canopy.

Update from the Auto Fair folks: We are very excited to announce that none other than Carroll Shelby will be making an appearance at the Food Lion AutoFair next weekend.  The legendary car builder will meet the public during a one-hour autograph session on Saturday, Sept. 6.  The special event will take place in the 3M Car Care Garage at 10:00 a.m.

Register now at MyAutoEvents!

***You can run the first 12 hours (noon to midnight), the second 12 hours (midnight to noon), or the entire 24 hours***

Registration: Sat Primary Registration from 9-11am, Then open for 1 hr at the following times 3PM, 7PM and 11PM
Tech: Sat-Primary tech 9:30-11:30AM, then open for 1 hr at the following times 3:30, 7:30 and 11:30PM
Novice Walk : 11:00AM
Drivers Meeting (Sat) : 11:15
First car off at 12 Noon

Cost: on-Line:
Non-Members $40 - 12 hours : $50 - 24 Hrs
SCCA Members $30 -12 Hrs : $40 -24 Hrs Membership Cards Required for Discount
$5.00 additional charge for on-site registration

Continental Tire
1800 Continental Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28273

DIRECTIONS: Take I-77 to Exit #1 in NC (Westinghouse Blvd) Go west on Westinghouse Blvd- Cross RR Tracks, then go right at light onto Granite St. Take first road on left (Continental Blvd) Continue on Continental Blvd until you see the paddock area on the right, just before the main entrance to the plant.

Please visit the forum for more details.

Event #5 - August 14, 2008
Final - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccrknights5_fin.htm
PAX - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccrknights5_pax.htm
RAW - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/2008solo/ccrknights5_raw.htm

Sunday Aug. 3, 2008
Press Contact: Mark Seiler, Marketing/PR 704-898-0141 mark@ccrscca.com

BANNER ELK, NC - At the Second Annual Rock-N-Road Hill Climb at the Lodges at Eagles Nest John Finger, whose racing career includes multiple wins at the Chimney Rock Hill Climb and the 24 Hours of Daytona, returned to hill climbing in dramatic fashion. With little time left and “King of the Hill” honors in hand he loaded up his Riley Protofab Super Vee only to see his victory being snatched away by fellow Greenville, SC resident Gary Ramsey in his Cobra replica. Finger then unloaded his car for one last run and was able to recapture the crown. “I really had to pedal hard for this one.” said Finger, “I’m on top of the hill, not over it.” Finger’s winning time was 1:28.368, one and a half seconds faster than Ramsey. For Ramsey, whose background is decades of circle track racing, it was only his second attempt at a hill climb in a car that he builds and sells; the ‘66 Cobra Replica.

The top street-legal car was a 2006 Subaru WRX STI driven to, from and at the event by Steven Rankins with a time of 1:34.733, good for seventh overall.

The closest competition of the weekend was in C-Street Prepared class where Jeremy Cox edged defending CSP Champ Willie Stock by .059 seconds in a back and forth battle that saw Cox’s car go down with mechanical problems on Saturday afternoon only to be fixed by noon Sunday and return to action. It was Cox’s first hill climb win.

Summary Results - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/20080803_enhillclimb_sum.htm
Final Results -  http://www.ccrscca.com/results/20080803_enhillclimb_fin.htm
Raw Results - http://www.ccrscca.com/results/20080803_enhillclimb_raw.htm

North Carolina Weekend featured last year’s Rock ‘n Road Hillclimb on their show.

View the segment here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McGSxffzfxo