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Meet the Candidates
Below are the candidates for Member-at-Large, the only office being contested this year. The other two offices that could have been contested are Assistant Regional Executive (ARE) and Treasurer. Anna Crissman has served as ARE since being appointed by RE Sam Fouse after ARE Mike Spencer resigned from the position due to increased job requirements in…
Read MoreUpdating the Bylaws
A ballot will be mailed to you soon! A lot has changed since the last time our North Carolina Region Bylaws were updated in 2002. New technology has made some of our practices, like the use of paper ballots for our elections, seem quaint and old-fashioned at best, cumbersome and expensive at worst. There are…
Read MoreMy 1000th Facebook Friend
by Eric Danielsen I don’t know whether to file this under “It’s a Small Racing World After All” or “Le Mans Magic,” maybe you can help me. Tuesday, June 19th, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris France – While waiting to board American Airlines flight 0787 which was delayed 45 minutes, a man approached me inquiring…
Read MoreBoard of Directors Meeting
by Bob Brookfield Have you ever attended a NCR Board of Directors meeting? Well I have. On March 20 Sara and I made the long haul from up here in Wardensville, WV (you could look it up on a map) so I could sit in on a BOD meeting. I was a member of DC…
Read MoreGUTBUSTERS
by Bob Brookfield Back in the mid-90s when I was a member of the DC Region I began writing a column about places to dine in the area around Summit Point. That was at a time when the region did not provide a dinner for the workers etal and we went out to Charles Town…
Read MoreVIRginia International Raceway Named 2019 Runoffs Venue
TOPEKA, Kan. (Jan. 24, 2018) — The Sports Car Club of America® has officially announced the 2019 SCCA® National Championship Runoffs® will be held October 8-13 at beautiful VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, Virginia. This will be the very first time the Runoffs has been held at the sprawling venue located near the border…
Read More2017 NCR Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner Recap
It was awesome! Well over a hundred members of the North Carolina Region braved the cold to attend the Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner for 2017, held at the Vailtree Event & Conference Center in Graham, North Carolina. This excellent venue was made even more special by the addition of more classic and high-performance vehicles than…
Read MoreNC Region’s New Permanent Home at VIR
At some point early-on after VIR reopened, almost twenty years ago, our F&C team was granted permission to use what became known as the “Flag Shack”. It’s the building back in the corner of the paddock as far from the tech shed as you can get. I believe it also serves as a utility pump…
Read More2017 Tarheel Cup Pro Series Results
The Tarheel Cup Pro Series (TCPS) is a points-based ‘pro’ series sponsored by NC Region. Unlike the also-popular Carolina Cup Pro Series, it does not award prize money and therefore does not charge the additional prize fund fee. Both series are 45-minute races held in conjunction with the usually longer 90-minute ECR series enduro races.…
Read MoreWorking Out of Region
For years I have preached about going out of region to work races. In my SCCA Worker Career I have worked events at tracks in New England, Canada, the MidWest (Road America, IRP, Mid-O) and in the South, I have had a good time at each location and was well received at all. This year…
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