May 2017
The Four-Hour Enduro is Back on the Schedule for 2017
The 57th Four-hour Illgen Enduro at Thunderhill Park will be run Sunday, October 29 on the 3-mile East track. The event will cap off the Regional weekend ending the 2017 season. Not only is this event the last and most fun of the year, it is the best value of the year.
The entry fee – $550 for a team of two drivers – remains the same as 2015. Each additional driver is $100 (maximum four). Rules will be essentially the same as in past years. All sessions (practice, qualifying, race) will be on Sunday.
The Four-hour Illgen Enduro has been a fun, low pressure, year-end event for over a half century and we look forward to seeing you there this year. Registration will be through the usual SFR process on MotorsportsReg.com and will open June 1.
Read the full story in the May issue –>
Sacramento Solo Season Opener, Wheelworks – Hurry Before the Missiles Hit, Full Body Contact, Like is Like Racing
April 2017
Thunderhill Offers Race Awards Program to SCCA Drivers for 2017
Just enter three of the four Thunderhill 2017 Weekend Races at Motorsportsreg.com to be eligible to win!
March 11-12 — April 1-2 — May 6-7 — October 27-28
Free Testing • Race Entries • Hotel Nights • Cash & More.
Drawing to be held Saturday, October 28th.
American V8 Supercar Season Opener Regionals, Fresno Autocross, Notes from the Archive: Lotus 7 Survivor
March 2017
SFR autox gets off to a great start
By Ryan Panlilio
The first round of the San Francisco Region’s Solo Series was held at Marina Airport on February 19, 2017. Despite the threat of rain, 134 competitors showed up for the course designed by Mack Tsang.
Ken Mollenauer took first place in AS in his ’07 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. He was closely followed by Mary Pozzi in her ’04 Corvette Z06. Dusty Perryman rounded out top three in his ’08 Saturn Sky Redline.
More results in the March issue —>
First Solo of the Season, Racing in the Rain, 2017 Drivers School, Gotbluemilk.com Official Photographer
February 2017
Regional Championship from A to Z
The 2016 racing season has ended and by now the smell of racing fuel has evaporated from your memory. The tingling in your toes as you play with the throttle on the pre-grid has been replaced with thick warm socks and aches in those toes as you trudge through another work week. Those endorphins dancing in the back of your helmet have not even gotten out of their chair since the last green flag fell. To ease the blues I thought I would share with you a lighthearted recap of the 2016 season.
Read about A Sedan to Zoom Zoom! in this issue
2016 Regional Championship from A to Z, Racing Tire Tips, Old Dogs New Tricks – SFR moving into Social Media
January 2017
Tips for Faster Lap Times by James Chartres
Want to go faster? Of course you do. Here are some tips that helped me get faster lap times. These tips come from variety of sources including shared wisdom from other racers, racing books and things I have found that work for me: Look where you want to go, ignore the cones, make the car do something, and more.
Complete article in this month’s issue. Download the pdf – ->
Drivers School 101, Tips for Faster Lap Times, Sacramento Solo Enduro, Annual Road Racing Awards Banquet
December 2016
For at least 15 years, Bryan Nemy was the go-to guy in Solo. If something needed to be done, he was getting it done before anyone even asked. You want a Pro Solo, National just called Bryan. You need a safety steward tomorrow in Fresno, you just called Bryan. You want a National Tour at barely usable Golden Gate Fields. Bryan got the site, organized the weekend, and got a team together to make it happen – the best it could be.
Read more about Bryan and Pat Kelly who also passed away recently – complete articles in this month’s issue. Download the pdf – ->
Solo Site project; Regional 13 & 14; Solo Slush 1 & 2; Tributes to Bryan Nemy and Pat Kelly
November 2016
Double Regional #11/#12, September 24-25, Thunderhill Raceway Park
Race 1, Group 7, SMT, SSM, SM
Saturday afternoon started with 49 cars taking the green flag in the 11 lap, 25-minute contest. Fifty-one cars set qualifying times. Pole-setter, Will Schrader, #97, SM, would be victorious, over a relentless, Ken Sutherland, #91, SM, by 1.202 seconds. Eric Jones, #2, SM, finished 3rd, 6.5 seconds behind Ken. Coming in 4th and 1st in SMT was the #90 of Roland Kamber, while the #50, SMT of Tupper Hull, was right behind him. Over in the SSM ranks, Kirk Uhrlaub, #84, held off David Allen, #61, by 2.4 seconds, finishing 15th and 16th overall.
Read about all the weekend’s races in the November issue –>
SFR 2016 Road Racing Champions & Trophy Winners; Danville Concours; Mazda Road to Indy; Why I Bought a Spec Racer Ford
October 2016
Back to back weekends featured the 100th anniversary of BMW and as with all “pro” events, I was behind the wheel of Rollback One joining the Emergency Crew for six days of vintage automobile racing.
Saturday morning had practice sessions for eleven different run groups ranging from 1947-1955 Sports Racing and GT cars through 1981-1991 FIA/IMSA GTO and GTP cars and everything in between.
Complete article in this month’s issue. Download the pdf – ->
Coverage of Rolex Montherey Motorsports Reunion, A Typical Corner Worker’s Day, Fiberglass Repair How-to, Ferndale Concours and more.
September 2016
Double Regionals #9 & #10 – Laguna Seca
The weekend’s Pit Crew Challenge, sponsored by Tech, was won by Jason Hohmann and Chris Garcia from Bulldog Motorsports. They pulled a spark plug from the #34 SRF3 in about 11 seconds. They did so without breaking the plug, burning themselves or others, or in any way jeopardizing public safety.
The novice winners for the weekend were:
Group 4. Lyn Greenhill, #56, CF, from Roseville.
Group 5. Michael Cummings, #35, ITA, from Fairfield.
Michael Detmers, #88, from Castro Valley.
Group 6. Parker Briggs, #6, SRF, from Healdsburg.
Group 7. J. D. Medlin, #7, SM, from Los Altos Hills.
Rob Fuller, #76, SSM, from San Jose.
Duke Zander, #09, SMT, from Placerville.
Full weekend coverage in this issue. Download the pdf –
New column – SRF News; Double Regional 9 & 10; Solo Fresno Points and Bay Area Final Rounds
August 2016
Spec Miata Festival Race, July 3, Sonoma
The grid for the festival race was determined by the fastest lap in Race 2. Thirty-nine cars would make up the field in this 16 lap, end of the day, event. Pole-setter Marco Gallaher, #8, would clinch his third win of the weekend in SMT, and his FIFTH checkered flag of the weekend! He managed to hold off a relentless Tommy McCarthy, #23, who was the SM winner but barely, as the margin of victory was a mere 1.104 seconds. Tommy also bagged his THIRD checkered flag of the weekend! Kirk Uhrlaub, #84, finished 8th overall but was victorious for the SECOND time in SSM. “Hard Charger” award was given on the RaceHero app. to the #79 of Sushanth Sureshkumar, who qualified 45th and finished 24th.
The Flagging & Communications crews picked Marco Gallaher, #8, SMT, as the Driver of the Weekend. He set the fastest qualifying times in all three Group 7 sessions, and won all three race in a field of 52 cars in races #1 & #2, and 39 cars in the Festival race. Good sportsmanship in lapping cars during the events. Nice Job!
Sonoma Sprints Double Regional, Solo Bay Area Rounds 6 & 8, Sacramento Solo Rounds 5 & 6, Alameda Point Concours d’Elegance
July 2016
Are you interested in Sports Car Road Racing? Have you ever watched it on TV and wondered how you could become involved? Wish you had the money to race, but cannot afford it (yet…)? Come out and learn about Road Racing in the Bay Area (& beyond!) by joining us at one of our three Norther California Road Racing Circuits; Sonoma Raceway (aka Infineon & Sears Point), Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca, and Thunderhill Raceway Park.
Then come visit us at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey July 22nd through 24th and learn how to …:
Be a Flagger…Be a Fire Marshall…Be a Grid Marshall…Be a Course Marshall…Become a Timing & Scoring Assistant
Double Regional June 2-5 at Laguna Seca; SFR Solo Round 5, 6 and 7 ; Sacramento Rounds 3 & 4; Fresno Rounds 4 & 5
June 2016
During the Double Regional #3/#4 at Thunderhill, the Announce Crew picked David Ray, #30, SMG, as the Driver of the Weekend. David had issues with sound during his first qualifying session and had to start the first Group 5 race at the back of the field, which was position 45. He managed to finish 3rd overall. During race number two for that group, he battled with fellow SMG driver, Sean Wheeler, #06, and was the overall race winner.
The Social Crew picked James Herbst, Chief of Worker Transportation at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca due to the fact he helped bring the heavy items in for the Social Crew and shopping, as needed. He also provided outstanding support to the Course Marshal Crew, by transporting their truck and trailer. He was a tremendous help wherever he was need during the event.
VMB Driving Academy, Thunderhill May Double Regional, Solo SFR #2 & #3, Sacramento #1 & #2, DRAFT Program Expanded