Archive for June 2015
Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual NCR Picnic
When: Saturday, August 8, 2015, 9am – 8pm
Where: NE Guilford County
North East Park, 4010 High Rock Road, Gibsonville
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Phil Hennrich
November 11, 1949 – August 20, 2013
According to the National Office, Phil Hennrich joined the North Carolina Region on April 1, 1974, and from all accounts he volunteered to make it a success right from the get-go. Sam Fouse and Dan Robson, who joined about 18 months later, have said that Phil was the first member they ever met. He was setting up an autocross course in Raleigh, and introduced himself to them when they showed up as newbies, eager to learn the ropes. Within six months of Phil’s joining, he became the guy who towed the autocross trailer to events in Raleigh. Between events, that trailer, with all the cones and timing equipment, lived with him at his mother’s house. Later it would be joined by a race car or two, and all the Region’s radios for use at races.
Fred McKinney
It was almost 50 years ago that Fred McKinney joined the NC Region, but he was involved even before then, autocrossing and working races at VIR, Roebling Road, Upper Marlboro, MD, and anywhere else he could manage. Always a busy guy, he joined the Club in 1966, the same year he graduated from NC State, and he got inducted into the Navy for a tour in Vietnam. But before going overseas, he worked as a paddock marshal at VIR (a member of the “goon squad” whose job it was to keep drunk college kids from getting out on the track) and as a corner worker.
Read MoreTriangle Chapter Report – June 2015
A hardy bunch of stalwarts braved the dreary weather to attend the June meeting of the Triangle Chapter. But it was bright inside the El Rodeo restaurant and the bench racing was going on so enthusiastically I had to ask for quiet three times before we could get the business portion underway. Mark Senior brought us in-car video, but after viewing it at the bar on his computer, he deemed it “too boring” to share. Apparently the view through the windshield was just the rear of the same car he was chasing lap after lap. Thanks anyway, Mark! It’s the thought that counts.
BOD Minutes – April 22, 2015
Summary of Minutes of NCR-SCCA Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
April 22, 2015
Present: Sam Fouse, Mike Spencer, Buddy Matthews, James Shanks, Rex Deffenbaugh, Blair Stitt, Heather Powers, Steve Rose, Steve Keadle, Bruce Dover, Ginny Condrey, and via conference call, John Byers, Blair Deffenbaugh, and Eric Danielson.
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