Call to Order
The Kansas City Region SCCA General Meeting was called to order by RE Bill Johnson at Johnnies Tavern on September 3rd, 2023 at 7:37 pm.
Board Members present: Bill Johnson, Chris Kern, Ed Nicholson, Al Hermanns, Steve Fudge, Charlie Clark, Guy Watney, Bill Bauman, Janet Bauman, Phillip Meredith, Dick Berger, Greg Cheney, Max Baer, Andrew vonBevern, Alexander vonBeven, Dan Squires, Tricia Squires, Bob Henson, Niles Davis, Courtney Davis, Aaron Porter Jessica Dorn and Jeremy Salenius.
Welcome first time attendee John Bengimina, looking to join KCR and the autocross program.
Special Guests: James Cahill and Adam Pessetto KVRG board, Rick Myers director of rally/solo SCCA.
SECRETARY’S REPORT: (Ed Nicholson)
Bill Bauman made a motion to approve the minutes; Bob H seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: (Jessica Dorn)
August 2023
| Starting Cash | $9,743.84 |
| Starting CD | $95,478.95 |
| Ending CD | $95,530.79 |
| Ending Cash | $15,870.37 |
| Ending Balance | $111,401.36 |
Ed made a motion to approve the treasurers report; James Cahill seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
We have 647 members, Lost 11 and picked up 9.
SOLO REPORT: (Al Hermans)
Event #8 was held on September 24. There were 108 drivers with times.
Registration is open for events 9 & 10 on MSR which are scheduled for October 8 and 29 respectively. There are 75 entries so far for event #9 and 39 entries for event #10. Unfortunately, event #9 is in conflict with RallyX nationals.
There is a National Champ Tour event in Frederick Oklahoma on October 20-23. Entries are a bit low and the decision to cancel the event will be made on October 5. There are 60 entries so far and they need 120 to make it happen. If anyone is waiting until the last minute, there may not be anything to wait for.
38 region members participated in Solo Nationals from September 5-8. Here are the names and finishing positions in their respective classes.
Brian Strack – 52 – DS
Ian Jennings – 57 – DS
Douglas Hitchcock – 58 – DS
Penelope Strack – 11 – DSL
Bill Bauman – 28 – ES
Janet Bauman – 8 – ESL
Brian Meyer – 8 – FS (T)
Phillip Meredith – 19 – GS
Daniel Rowland – 27 – SSC
Niel Rowland – 60 – SSC
Mark Hill – 17 – STU
Tyra Pyle – 3 – STSL
Jacob Orlowski – 14 – STH
Niles Davis – 15 – STH
Josh Huff – 26 – STH
Blake McIntyre – 28 – STH
Craig Wilcox – 2 – SMF (T)
Albert Hermans – 16 – CP
Dick Berger – 30 – CP
Charlie Clark – 32 – CP
Travis Bolton – 33 – CP
Chris Delay – 4 – EP
Eric Harken – 13 – FP
Tony Giordano – 14 – FP
Brad Smith – 6 – FM (T)
Chase Cook – 23 – CAMS
Todd Morris – 26 – CAMC
Daniel Martin – 30 – CAMC
Jon Robertson – 39 – CAMC
James Young – 43 – CAMC
Scott Peterson – 47 – CAMC
Keith Lamming – 4 – CAMT (T)
Patrick Darling – 16 – CAMT
James Woodward – 10 – XSA (T)
Jonathan Griffith – 22 – XSA
April Turner – 28 – XSA
Kent Edmondson – 29 – XSA
Ryan Redenbaugh – 31 – XSA
Comments from those who were at the Solo Nationals:
- Dick Berger, been to all 50 nationals but never had a trophy. It is so fun all should go and have a great time.
- Charlie Clark, I finished last.
- Note: both Charlie and Dick are 100 percenters in attending the National Solos.
- Bill and Janet did not finish last.
- Al Hermanns finished in the middle of the 35.
- Niles Davis went from 20th to 15th.
- Rick Myers: We should be good for Lincoln in 2024. For this years event the total entries was 1298.
- Rick and Al have been looking at I-70 Flying H as they have a new parking lot we can use and will be investigating using this for future solo events.
KVRG REPORT: (Chris Kern & Bill Johnson)
We only had 2 members Roy Lopshire was 7th in GTL and Cliff Ira 2nd in FP.
For next year Heartland May 10th 12th and Ozark June 1st and 2nd.
There is another race track we could use and would be a regional race with a time trail and a track night. Would need 35 regional races. Time trails feels they could support. Track is reasonable but there are no amenities we would need to bring all equipment and of course workers. We might be able to try and copy Pitt for a duel event. So we could run two events at one time.
We need workers for the Lake Garnett GP, should be a fun weekend and this is the 10th anniversary. There will be 200 cars in the groups. We have the RV site and workers get paid and swag.
Oct 19th last track night in America so come out, can do run work and will be something going on after the event. Come out and we will have a good time.
RALLYCROSS REPORT: (Niles – Greg reporting)
Summary of September 17th Ray Rocks Test n Tune:
- All went well
- Excellent owners and excellent track
- Owners are very interested in having rallycross back out there.
- Only issue is the Ray Rocks zoning and some issues cropping up with the locals being concerned about racing happening at Ray Rocks.
- Site owners are not as concerned about this and plan to have it taken care of by next season.
- We are looking forward to adding this site to our rotation!
Summary of September 17th event #8 at I-35 Speedway:
- A truly excellent event!
- No major stoppages.
- Good turnout of 34 drivers.
- No major timing problems.
Van and Equipment updates:
- Van and trailer have been working well, no problems to report!
- Only issue was with the battery for timing board but this issue was quickly resolved with running a power cord from the generator to the power board. (Timing board was positioned close to the trailer allowing this solution to work). Thinking of getting a solar charger as a further solution.
Max, we were using the new laptop, went well just a little backend work needed.
KC Region Rallycross National Competitors: we have 14 going to the nationals this weekend October 6th through the 8th.
Stock front wheel drive: 2
Jared Phillipe – 99 BMW 328i (1st national)
Trevor Phillipe – 99 BMW 328i (1st national)
Stock all wheel drive: 1
Randy Eickhoff – 07 Subaru WRX (1st national)
Prepared front wheel drive: 1
Greg Cheney – 14 Ford Fiesta ST (6th national)
(National Champion PF 15)
Prepared all wheel drive:1
Mark Hill – 06 Mitsubishi E-voh (9th national)
(National Champion PA 19, 20, 21)
Modified rear wheel drive: 4
Larry G Smith – 90 Mazda Miata (2nd national)
Parker Field – 90 Mazda Miata (1st national)
Ryan Redenbaugh 73 MGB GT (6th national)
Todd Wicker – 88 BMW 325is (5th national)
Modified all wheel drive: 5
James Woodward – 02 Subaru WRX (1st national)
Blake Mcintyre – 02 Subaru WRX (1st national)
Niles Davis – 02 Audi A4 (3rd national)
Josh Mefford – 02 Audi A4 (2nd national)
Mark Macoubrie 05 Subaru WRX STI (10th national)
(National Champion PA 17, 18)
Our next event at the Sand Drags October 15th.
WEBSITE REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
Below are site analytics for kcrscca.org for the period 8/26/23-9/24/23. Percent increase/decrease is over the reference period 7/26/23-8/25/23
Total Visitors: 10,847 | 21.3%
The number of visitors that accessed the website
Daily average: 362
Sessions: 12,609 | 23.4%
A session starts when a visitor accesses the website and ends when he or she leaves it.
Daily average: 219
Total Page Impressions: 42,537 | 17%
How often the pages of the website are visited. Only pages that contain text and were fully loaded are counted.
Page Impressions Per Session: 3.44 | -6.8%
The average number of pages of the website that are visited per session
Top 5 Most Frequently Visited Pages:
- Home page
- /our-racing/road-racing
- /autocross/autocross-schedule-and-results
- /our racing/rallycross
- /our-racing/road-rally
Bounce Rate: 1.06% | -18%
How many visitors left the website right after the landing page without any further interaction with the website.
Top 5 Key Words:
The keywords/phrases with which the website was most commonly found in search engines.
- road racing
- autocross schedule and results
- thunder valley sand drags
- solo live timing and scoring
- racing
All Pages of Origin:
Where site visitors came from, i.e. whether they were transferred to the website from search engines, social networks or online directories, for example.
- Direct: 48.5% | 42.8%
- Search engines: 37.09% | -1.6%
- Social networks: .09% | -5%
- Others: 14.32% | 4%
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Nominating committee is working hard on filling the slate. At this time we have Paula Diehl for RE, two candidates for ARE Bob Henson and Al Hermanns, Jessica Dorn for Treasurer, Greg Cheney secretary, and board at large Max Baer, Dan Roland and Josh Huff.
Mid Div convention Kansas, Next February 23rd to 25th in Topeka, check these dates. Looking for people to do talks at convention. Would better content.
NATIONAL OFFICE: (Rick Myers)
The national office is very busy right now with championship season going on. RX is looking great for Heartland Park.
National convention January 18th through the 26th 2024 will be virtual again this year, we can reach more people virtually then in person. Down side is the awards given out and saves both for SCCA and those who want to attend but we get a wider audience.
RX night in America low pressure and just running first event 23 and 13 never ran, has potential. Could be a great introductory program for the club.
Club Spec, trying to find partners for the kits to start NC Miata, first gen FRS and BRZ, and Mustang GT S197. This class would run across all SCCA disciplines; road racing, solo, time trial and rally X
NEW BUSINESS
Bill, do we have promotional stuff to sell at events like stickers etc to dress your car? RX, likes stickers and sales have been good but execution of selling problematic. Do we need new stickers? Check to see the conversation from the board we take this up again at the next board meeting.
Jessica, we need stuff for the Holloweenie bring in the things you want to get rid of and we will turn it into money for Go Baby Go.
James Cahill will be giving rides in a semi exotic vehicle at the Hollweenie, promises to be very special.
OLD BUSINESS
None
EVENT DATES
Next solo – October 8th Starting line school and Event 9.
Rally X – October 6 to 8 RX nationals, our next event 15th at Thunder Valley.
Road racing – Finished for the year
Track Night in America Heartland Park – October 18th.
Time Trials – October 15th RPM and awards.
Call for motion to adjourn.
Greg made a motion to adjourn and Niles second motion passed. Meeting ended at 8:43.