2018 Dixie Tour

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Published on Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:26

Written by rodhx

Twelve ALSCCA members made the annual trek to Adel, Georgia for the Dixie Champ Tour on March 17-18. The weather was perfect for the weekend with no real threat of rain. Fast courses, great competition, and getting to see many old friends make Dixie a must-do event. 275 drivers participated with some from as far away as Canada, Washington, & Oregon.

Here are how our folks performed as well as some of our friends from neighboring Regions.

Stephen Saunders and Nick Vagner, both ALSCCA, drove Steve’s Corvette in a tough 17 driver A Street field and came away with 9^th & 13^th respectively.

Ed Fisher from TVR took the 3^rd place trophy in B Street in his 2000 Corvette.

TVR made up 25% of the 16 driver C Street field. Charles Krampert had an excellent showing taking the 3^rd place trophy. Josh & Mike Cavanaugh finished 8^th & 9^th and Steve Hickey was 15^th in what may have been his first National event.

D Street remains the Dennis Sparks (TVR) and Jordan Towns (ALSCCA) show. They have moved to a new 2018 WRX but haven’t slowed a bit with Dennis taking the win and Jordan taking 2^nd. Dennis was also the second highest PAX finisher on street tires taking 9^th out of the 275 participants, just 0.035 behind David Marcus in his STR Miata. TVR’s Steve Brollier brought home the 4^th place trophy in Todd Rupp’s 2016 Cadillac ATS 2.0T automatic. Yes…a Cadillac automatic. DS also found TVR’s John Garrett in his first national event.

E Street was one of the largest classes with 19 drivers. TVR’s David & Mike Robinson had a very good weekend with 8^th & 9^th place finishes, separated by just 0.056. Just behind them in 10^th was Chattanooga Region’s Karl Rickert.

Our Clay McCool battled tough competition in a 10 driver G Street field. Clay swapped the lead several times through the weekend and ultimately took the 3^rd place trophy spot.

Brandon Davis (TVR) had a nice 6^th place finish in a 10 driver SSR field filled with championship talent.

ALSCCA’s Jerry Ledford & Heath Patterson drove Jerry’s 350z in a deep 10 driver STU class. Cone trouble cost Jerry the overnight lead but he came back to take the 3^rd trophy spot. Heath finished 8^th.

ALSCCA’s father/son team of Jeff & Max Appelbaum had a great weekend in the 19 driver bloodbath known as STX. Max piloted their Mini Cooper S to the 4^th place trophy and Jeff came home 8^th.

ALSCCA claimed both trophy spots in STP along with the tightest finish at the event with Miles Crabbe taking the win by 0.001 over Rod Hardiman. Miles took a 0.425 overnight lead with a great third run on Saturday. Going into the final runs Rod had cut the gap to 0.221. Miles improved by 0.657 on his last run which proved just enough as Rod also improved by 0.877.

Our ALSCCA husband/wife Team Tongsuvone did very well in a 9 driver SM field. Chaisit took the 3^rd trophy spot and Sara came home 6^th. No word yet on when Chaisit will be allowed out of the doghouse when they get home.

In an XP class made up of 9 drivers from other classes that agreed to run XP for the competition, TVR’s Tom Hill finished 7^th in his BSP Miata.

2017 Club Trophy Recipients

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Published on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 12:13

Written by JohnW8

Hey everybody, I just wanted to take a moment to tell you about our Club race trophy winners.

First up is our Driver of the Year.  Our 2017 Club Racer of the Year has wins at Road Atlanta, Barber and Roebling Road plus a  new track record in Formula Mazda. He’s our SARRC rep and a collector of vintage Mazda race cars.
He’s Geoff Knight.
 
We can’t have a racer of the year without workers and some of our workers are so outstanding they get named Worker of the year.
 
Our 2017 Race Worker of the Year has been a mentor to many, an ambassador for our region, and he’s been instrumental in the Club’s operation for many years. He’s trained several people as Starters and got them on their way for Divisional and National licenses. He’s taken on jobs in support of the club race that are largely unseen, but very necessary, and his efforts unfortunately, have been taken for granted.

He’s helped me immeasurably and I am forever grateful.

Our 2017 Worker of the Year is Hans Mohnen.
 
Thanks to you both for a great 2017 season.

2018 Officers & Board Members

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Published on Monday, 01 January 2018 14:45

Written by rodhx

We are pleased to announce the ALSCCA Board for 2018 and especially pleased to have some new folks who have stepped forward to serve in Region leadership.

2018 Officers:

• Regional Executive: Rod Hardiman
• Assistant Regional Executive: Charles d’Ambrose (continuing to serve but we need a replacement)
• Treasurer: Mike Wenning
• Secretary: Matt Ford
• Club Race Chair: John Waight
• Solo Co-chairs: Josh Bassett & Cameron Hall
• Time Trial Chair: Delanie Calhoun
• RallyCross Chair: Matt Williams
• Teen Driver Chair: Rod Hardiman
• Social Media Chair: James Truett

2018 At-Large Board Members:

• Miles Crabbe
• Robert Russom
• Steve Saunders
• Casey Stallings
• Andy Tow
• Nick Vagner