Breaking News!

SFR changes to National Street Touring Sport 2-seater (STS2) Class.
The San Francisco Regional ST2 class will adopt the SCCA national STS2 rules and be renamed to STS2.

What's the difference? The STS2 rules are slightly more restrictive. Only normally-aspirated cars with engine displacement 1.9 Liters or less are allowed, and the '99+ Miata and MR2 Spyder are specifically excluded. Cars are also limited to the stock viscous limited slip or non limited slip differential.

Why the change? In short, it is because STS2 is likely to become a permanent national class next year, and we now have the local T2 street tire class for the cars which aren't eligible for STS2.

Some history: ST2 was a set of rules drafted and agreed on by several autocrossers across the country who wanted a class like STS which allowed sports cars. They used a car's Stock classification as the basis for eligibility, allowing 2-seaters from CS, ES, GS, and HS. They decided to the STX rule on differentials because Torsen differentials were a common factory option on Miatas, and Miatas were expected to be very popular in the class.

STS2 was a set of rules drafted by the SCCA Street Touring Advisory Committee and approved by the Solo Events board. They were much more similar to the existing STS rules, with eligibility based on engine displacement and no additional allowance for differentials.

The San Francisco Region adopted ST2 for the 2004 season just before STS2 was announced. In 2005, ST2 was kept as-is because the majority of the local competitors were in cars that were not eligible for STS2, and there was no other street tire class that they were eligible for. In 2006, nothing much had changed so ST2 continued as-is.

For 2007, the San Francisco Region Solo Steering Committe decided to change from ST2 to STS2 for several reasons:

1. The introduction of the 2006 Miata, which has the potential to be significantly faster than the fastest STS2 cars. "Real" STS2 cars can no longer keep up just due to sheer driving talent.
2. T2, the indexed street tire class for Street Prepared and Street Mod classes which was introduced last year, has come into its own. Any car which was eligible for ST2 is also eligible for T2, and having two very similar classes dilutes the competition.
3. STS2 has shown great popularity on the national level and will probably be made permanent after the national championships next year. The region would like to encourage local participation in this relatively new class, as well as get a head start on matching the national class structure for 2008.

For more information about the rules of STS2, see section 14 of the national rules, which can be downloaded from the Solo Cars & Rules section of SCCA.com.

For more information about the SFR local T2 class, see the Supplemental Regulations on the SFR Solo web site.

2007 Jan 31

Guest program. Changes to programs for Guests.

1. A member may accompany a non-member to an event; the non-member guest drives and works. Bring a friend.
   Guests will be limited to 10 total per event on a first-come-first-served basis. Only one guest per member. Also a guest may use this program only once after which they will need a membership to drive.
2. The temporary membership program has been closed. To become a member see: Join SCCA.

Topeka 2004 Results. 2004 Sept 20

SFR wins 8 National Championships
Even better than last year's 6 Championships.

B Street Prepared Champion	Harold Olsen
C Prepared Champion	Mike Maier
D Street Prepared Champion	Derek Butts
F Prepared Champion	Chris Cox
Street Modified Champion	Vic Sias
Street Modified 2 Champion	Andy McKee
Street Touring S Champion	Kevin McCormick
Street Touring S Ladies Champion	Katie Elder

Other Trophy Winners
BP:	T3 Rory Marin
	T4 Steve Hobaugh
BS	T7 Mitch Fagundes
BSP	T8 Ray Miller
	T9 Justin McAfee
CP	T5 Brian Hobaugh
	T8 Joel Villarreal
	T9 Frank Stagnaro
ESP	T8 Navid Kahangi
FSP	T4 Ben Martinez
HS	T2 Lorin Mueller
SM	T3 Jeff Reitmeir
	T4 Gary Richardson
	T6 Richard Vijeh
SM2	T3 Scott Fraser
	T8 Teresa Neidel-McKee

SFR Wins Four Pro Solo Championships
Lorin Mueller (1st place HS)
Navid Kahangi (1st place ESP)
Vic Sias (1st place SM)
Andy Mckee (1st place SM2)

Other great results at the Pro Solo Finale:
Scott McHugh (2nd place AS)
Derek Butts (2nd place DSP)
Harold Olsen (3rd place BSP)
Gary Richardson (4th place SM)
Mitch Fagundes (4th place BS)

Positions:

Motorhome Manager
Recruits drivers to bring the motorhome to and from all events.  Deals with storage office where motorhome is kept, keeps track of motorhome problems and gets maintenance done as needed.  Brings motorhome problems to the Steering Committee for resolution.

Grid Chief
Recruits and trains a team of grid workers; may select workers for grid when requested by event chair.  Develops good grid practices for the particular SFR events and sites, and causes them to be implemented at our events.
This person should attend most SFR solo events, but need not be at every one.  The grid team actually does the grid work.

Motorhome Driver
We need volunteers to drive the motorhome to and from events.  Without a motorhome, no event will take place.  The Motorhome can tow your trailer to get your car to the event.  Occasionally a shuttle can be arranged to go get your car.  The Motorhome is located in Milpitas.  Please volunteer to drive to one event.

Timing Chief
Trains timing workers in operation of the Motorhome timing equipment; Keeps an eye on Timing operation and advises in case of unusual situations.  Identifies and trains skilled timing workers who can make sure that timing and scoring works efficiently and correctly in her/his absence.  Develops good timing practices for the particular SFR events and sites, and causes them to be implemented at our events.  Identifies equipment problems and assists the Equipment manager and Steering committee to solve them.
This person should attend most SFR solo events, but need not be at every one.  The timing team actually does the work.

Many other positions available.  Especially if you see some procedure or equipment that is not working perfectly, volunteer to fix it!

Thanks!!

For more information, email Bryan Nemy at  bnemy@pacbell.net
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To join immediately, use the Join SCCA button at the top of this page or call the National Office (before 3 pm Pacific time): 800-770-2055. Note it will take approximately 3-4 weeks from the time you send in your membership form until you receive your membership card.....plan ahead appropriately!
[Updates 2007 Feb 01]

Old Fartz membership costs $75.00 per year to SCCA and an e-mail to Bob Tunnell. 
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