Congratulations to all the winners that we had this race weekend.  The ever popular DASH race finished with Denny Stripling in 1^st, Rich Wiese in 2^nd and Dave Prokopf in 3^rd.  Bruce Stephens and Alex Furla split $100 for being matched with Denny in the DASH.  Thank you to all of the SRF drivers who came out and participated in our 1^st SRF Challenge race.

We will begin planning our 2011 racing schedule very soon.  Stay tuned for an announcement in the coming months.

We are in need of a chief of tech and a food coordinator for the 2011 racing season.  If you, or anybody you know, would consider helping us fill these positions, please contact Bryon Prokopf at br_prok81@hotmail.com or  618-660-6174

Carla is also quickly on her way to winning the class for the year end too!

Congratulations to Carla Russo!

The next SCCA Club Racing event is the Heat Wave, Gateway Dash, and the Gateway SRF Challenge. These will be held at Gateway International Raceway July 31-August 1. For more information, view the schedule and supplements. Go to DLB racing to register online.

The Heat Wave consists of Regional, National, and IT Tour events for all appropriate racing classes.

The Gateway Dash is a bonus style pursuit race for SRF, SM, IT, SSB, SSC, T2, and T3 class cars. The event will be held on Saturday July 31 at the conclusion of Mid-Am regional racing. The format is a 15 lap, inverted field, standing start pursuit. Faster qualifiers are held back to achieve theorerical parity of overall finishing time. There is a $10 entry fee, and cash prizes for the top three finishers.

All Spec Racer Ford drivers are invited to participate in the first Gateway Challenge. With a minimum of 15 SRF entrants in the national race on Sunday August 1, the St. Louis Region will award contingency money to drivers based upon their finishing positions. More details in the supplements.

At Hallett the winners were:

Group 1 – Ray Wilson
Group 2 – Jeff Norris
Group 3 – Richard Learned
Group 4 – Tony Giordano
Group 5 -William Lauer
Group 6 – Chris Brannon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Runoffs Registration Opens Tuesday, July 20

TOPEKA, Kan. (July 19, 2010) – Registration for the 2010 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® opens at 9 a.m. (CDT) Tuesday morning, July 20. Registration will be open to everyone at that time.

Runoffs drivers can register either on-line at www.scca.com/runoffs or via a paper form available for download at the same address or by contacting the Club Racing office at (800) 770-2055.

Drivers that participated in the 2009 event and enter in the same class for 2010 will have their 2009 car number held exclusively for their use until July 30. After that, any number (except the defending Champion’s No. 1) will be open for registration by anyone. Combined group number conflicts will go to the driver registering first.

Full details and registration rules are available in the Runoffs Supplemental Regulations at www.scca.com/runoffs.

Upon registering for the event, drivers will receive a registration key that can be used to reserve a paddock space through www.roadamerica.com. While additional fees apply for reserved parking, all competitors are encouraged to consider this to ensure a good spot.

Worker registration also opens on July 20 via the online registration link at www.scca.com/runoffs.

Live entry lists for both competitors and workers will be available once registration is open.

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Members Matter
Rick Myers, Region Relations Manager

Other items to note through May:

612 members have joined using the Weekend Membership Discount.  Among these new members, 54% have also been referred by a current member.

Our total membership is holding steady through mid-year and many Regions have experienced significant growth. 

Here are our leaders, through May (June statistics will be available soon):

Jumbo Regions (1000+):
Chicago Region                                   6%
Detroit/Oregon/Milwaukee Regions     5%
Washington DC Region                       3%
Large Regions (401-999):
St. Louis Region               15%
New York Region                                  8%
Kansas City Region                              7%
Medium Regions (201-400):
South Jersey Region                          15%
Reno Region                                       11%
Tennessee Region                                9%
Small Regions (<200):
Southern New York Region                 38%
Snake River Region                             30%
Eastern Idaho Region                          25%

The St. Louis Regions stands to get some real $$$ for this wonderful achievement that will benefit our programs (see below)  

Regions are eligible for rewards based on an overall increase in their total membership and their membership retention rate. Both are important for the continued growth of the SCCA, since renewing members are more likely to stay with the SCCA for more years while new members are needed to replace those that don’t renew.

Region Goals:

• Membership Growth – 2%

• Membership Retention – 80%

Rewards:

• Level 1: Achieve 2% Growth: Receive $20 in “SCCA Gold” per Member (Individual and First Gear) and $30 in “SCCA Gold” per Family Membership above 2009 membership.

• Level 2: Achieve 2% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 5% discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

• Level 3: Achieve 10% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 10% discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

• Level 4: Achieve 20% Growth and 80% Retention: Same as Level 1, plus 15% discount on all 2011 event sanction fees (excluding insurance and late fees).

July 11 Solo Points Event #8 at Gateway www.stlsolo.org

July 19 Monthly Social Spazio’s Westport 6PM

July 21 PDX event www.stlpdx.com

July 31, Aug 1 Club Racing at GIR contact Carolcohn@charter.net