August 25th & 26th auto-x

Lake Superior Pro Rally 10/26 & 27

Lake Superior Performance Rally, the Oldest, Toughest and


Meanest Rally on the Rally Circuit Returns to Houghton, Michigan October 26-27,2012

The Lake Superior Region Car Club would like to announce the18th running of the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) based inHoughton, Michigan again this year. TheLSPR is known as the Oldest, Toughest and Meanest Off-Road event in the countryand is sanctioned by Rally Car/Rally-America in Golden Valley, MN.

The Lake Superior PerformanceRally (LSPR) will be one event over two days. With a Coef.3 Friday and aCoef. 2 Saturday for Rally America seeding only. New this year with be the inception of SuperRally Rules. If you DNF the first night you can come back the next day withapplied penalty road points.

Dates for this year's event is October 25-27, 2012 with Competitorand Worker Registration starting on Thursday October 25th. Fans and Spectatorsare invited to get up-close and personal with the Cars and Drivers on FridayOctober 26th during the Parc Expose at the LSPR Headquarters (Country Inn &Suites) from 1:00pm to 2:15pm(est) prior to the official start of the AutoValue LSPR Rally, the first leg of this two day racing event. Racing officiallystarts Friday at approximately 2:15pm(est) with the first car out from theCountry Inn & Suites on Razorback Drive just off M-26 behind WalMart in Houghton,MI.



This year's LSPR event route starts Friday October 26th with the Auto Value LSPRevent at the Country Inn & Suites and travels to the Moyle Gravel Pit offGreen Acres Road for the first of two stages before heading south to the USForest Service Roads in and near Kenton, Michigan before heading back toHoughton in the early hours of Saturday to the LSPR Headquarters (Country Inn& Suites) for the official finish. Saturday October 27th all the actionmoves to Baraga County for day two of the LSPR event. New to the Baraga County areawill be the Parc Expose in Downtown L'Anse, Michigan near the Marina in thepublic parking area from 9:30am to 10:30am(est) prior to the official start ofthe Rally, the second and final leg ofthis two day racing event. Once again Rally fans and spectators can get upclose and personal with the cars, drivers, co-drivers and teams to learn moreabout Off-Road Pro Rally. The LSPR racing will officially start atapproximately 09:30am on Saturday with the first car out from the Downtown L'AnseMarina and head into the back roads of the Baraga County area for anotherchallenging day of racing. Fans and Spectators will get a second up close peakat the cars and the teams as they come in for service at the L’Anse High Schoolparking lot, spectators are asked to please park outside of the school grounds.

Visit the LSPR web site at http://www.lsprorally.com forcomplete race information and spectator sites.

24Hours @ Iowa Speedway: Chump Car 2012

....more later, but here is a start...

Getting some rest the night before....

One hour in, fending off the Porsche 944 "Brain-Nerds", some of the very few dry laps to be had.

 

Three hours into the race and we are at 8th place! 

Here is what the garage looked like 4 hours into the race; -nissan 240sx in with motor problems -Mustang with a 2.3l turbo swap; blew a head gasket, replacement motor transplant under way -Porche 944, timing belt broke, replacement head being put on

 

Eight hours into the race and we are in 2nd!!

 

One of the many crashes....this time the Mitsu. Eclipse/Eagle Talon went into the tire wall.

At 4am, trying to figure out why the car wouldn't run.  Swapped the distributor, found the crank sensor to be slightly damaged, and swapped it.

 

This is the broken trigger wheel/toner ring/crank signal wheel that broke on our car.

SCCA & Trans-Am @ BIR over Labor Day Weekend!

The Sports Car Club of America - Land Of Lakes chapter will be holding another race along with Trans-Am at Brainderd International Race Way over Labor Day Weekend (9/1& 9/2).

http://www.scca-lol.org/club/index.php

Trans-Am cars are 800+whp tube frame chassis cars; they will have two 40 lap races at the end of both Saturday & Sunday. http://www.gotransam.com/

Also over on the drag strip will be the 24th Annual Muscle Car Shoot Out.

Rally-X 8/11

Venue Address

3830 325th St
Cannon Falls, MN 55009

PROPERTY NOTICE:
Please come in from 30th St. Do not follow your gps. If we want to continue using this site we need to keep the neighbors happy.

No unloading/loading/parking (even temporary) on the main road. ONLY in the landowners driveway.

Competitor registration- All competitors are urged to register and pre-pay no later than 5PM on Friday, August 10th.

To register and Pay
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.advert/uidEvent/D7E56985-062B-7A6C-1EEDAC5F410241C5

Fees:
SCCA Members: $45.00
Non-SCCA Members*:$60.00
Registration and/or Paying at the event, add $10.00

* Non-members are required to purchase an SCCA Weekend Membership for $15.00
(The weekend membership can be used as a $15 discount on a full SCCA membership).
If you need to register after 5PM you must do so in-person at the event. There will be a $10.00 fee to pay at the event. (This is above your competitor entrance fee)
Dave 612-408-1704

ONLINE SCHEDULE AT
http://www.scca-lol.org/rally/rallyx/schedule.php
Online preregistration is requested and strongly encouraged by 5PM on Friday, August 10th.

All competitors and spectators must sign the official SCCA Waiver of Liability.
All minors present must have a minor waiver filled out. Form can be downloaded, printed in color and filled here: http://www.scca-lol.org/rally/rallyx/rxinfo.php
All competitors MUST work the course as a condition of event entry.
All competitors must have an FRS Radio, radios cannot be shared between competitors.
All competitors must have a Snell/M2000 or newer helmet. Loaner helmets are available but the quantity is limited.

Passengers will be allowed if waivered and wearing an approved helmet.
Not sure you’re ready to RallyCross?? Come watch!!
Course conditions will be farmish with a guy in the woods.

SCHEDULE:
9AM – REGISTRATION AND TECH OPEN
10AM- REGISTRATION CLOSES
10:30- DRIVERS MEETING
11:00- RUNS START

Another write up of Chump Car @ BIR

Teamate John wrote up a post about our weekend at BIR.  http://blog.axisofoversteer.com/2012/08/chump-car-minnesota-meltdown.html

Auto-x July 29th in Winona

Video from CarCraft Auto-x 2012

Car Craft Summer Nationals Auto-x 7/21, 22, 23

Come help us put on this event and watch some muscles cars compete!

Info & Registration page

Positions:

Tech Inspection - inspect cars for safety (there are no performance rules!)

Cone Marshal - run for hit cones and place them back

Starter - waves cars to the start line

Timing and Scoring - run the timing system for the auto-x

Launch Box - run the radar gun system for the launch box
When we are done each day, you're able to stay on grounds to see the show.

Volunteers are encouraged to bring out a car and make use of the auto-x course!


......please sign up using the link above....you will get an email w/ further instructions, we also need to get a list of names to the gate works.    If you decided you want to come or are even thinking about it and you cannot sign up online, please get a hold of me.

Friday July 22nd

9:00am - 11:00am course design and set up
11:00am - 5:00pm auto-x and launch box (30 minute break for lunch)

Saturday July 23rd
11:00am - 4:00pm auto-x and launch box (30 minute break for lunch)

Sunday July 24th9:30am - 12:30pm auto-x and launch box
12:30pm - 1:30pm clean up

our Chump Car is on Autoweek!

well kinda....one of our drivers is a free lance writer.  He wrote up an article that appeared on AutoWeek's blog!

Rally-X July 29th @ Cannon Falls

Are you ready to get down and dirty? It's been over two months, so it's time to get your rallycross fix! We're heading back to Cannon Falls on July 29th!


Venue Address
3830 325th St
Cannon Falls, MN 55009

... PROPERTY NOTICE:

Please come in from 30th St. Do not follow your gps. If we want to continue using this site we need to keep the neighbors happy.

No unloading/loading/parking (even temporary) on the main road. ONLY in the landowners driveway.

Competitor registration- All competitors are urged to register and pre-pay no later than 5PM on Friday, July 27th.

To register and Pay
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index..../uidEvent/71266912-C031-19BC-9AC48AAB816F5184

Fees:

SCCA Members: $45.00
Non-SCCA Members*:$60.00
Registration and/or Paying at the event, add $10.00
* Non-members are required to purchase an SCCA Weekend Membership for $15.00
(The weekend membership can be used as a $15 discount on a full SCCA membership).

If you need to register after 5PM you must do so in-person at the event. There will be a $10.00 fee to pay at the event. (This is above your competitor entrance fee)

Dave 612-408-1704

ONLINE SCHEDULE AT
http://www.scca-lol.org/rally/rallyx/schedule.php

Online preregistration is requested and strongly encouraged by 5PM on Friday, July 27th.

All competitors and spectators must sign the official SCCA Waiver of Liability.

All minors present must have a minor waiver filled out. Form can be downloaded, printed in color and filled here: http://www.scca-lol.org/rally/rallyx/rxinfo.php

All competitors MUST work the course as a condition of event entry.

All competitors must have an FRS Radio, radios cannot be shared between competitors.

All competitors must have a Snell/M2000 or newer helmet. Loaner helmets are available but the quantity is limited.

Passengers will be allowed if waivered and wearing an approved helmet.

Not sure you’re ready to RallyCross?? Come watch!!

SCHEDULE:
9AM – REGISTRATION AND TECH OPEN
10AM- REGISTRATION CLOSES
10:30- DRIVERS MEETING
11:00- RUNS START

SPECIAL NOTICE

Due to the course conditions and weather I'm setting up a RallyX Hotline. I will start updating the message on the hotline 72 hours before the event in case of special instructions or event cancellation. (612) 564-0748

Car Craft Summer Nationals 2012

Web link to more info

July 20th ~ July 22nd at the MN State Fair Grounds
SCCA will putting on an auto-x for Car Craft, come see old school muscle cars competing for time.  We are looking for volunteers to help put the event on.  Volunteers get free admission, parking will be available very near the auto-x, and get some fun runs in before, and during lunch.  ALSO, for every 4 hours a person works, they get a $10 gift certificate for any LOL event!

Ojibwe Forest Rally 2012

The 2012 Ojibwe Forest Rally is rapidly approaching and we are in need of help!


This year brings a one day rally with new headquarters in Detroit Lakes, MN.

We need to build 3 stage teams to cover 30 competitors and 98 stage miles!

If you can help, please register to volunteer at:

http://www.rallymasterpro.com/workers/?group=1

If you can't make it, please pass on to anyone who might be interested!

More extensive information is available:

http://ojibweforestrally.com/ and

https://www.facebook.com/OjibweForestsRally

If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact me at:
ofr12@q.com

Thanks!
Paul Rosholt
Chief of Controls
Ojibwe Forest Rally 2012

Nemadji Trail Rally #2

Nemadji Trail Rally is back for the 2nd round of the 2012 series on


July 21st in Duquette, MN!

Do you want to see real cars, real roads, going real fast?

Get the best seat in the house by volunteering as a course marshal, control worker, or radio operator (Ham lic.).
This event is a regional rally just north of Sandstone in Duqette,

MN. Please preregister at http://www.rallymasterpro.com/workers/

Chump Car Challenge @ Brainderd Intl. Raceway 6/30& 7/1

I will try to add some more information later, but for now here are some pictures.

About three hours into the race saturday the rear wheel decided it didn't want to be on the car any longer.  Some how the John, the driver, was able to drive the car back to the pits....the was perfectably balanced and was able to drive w/ only three wheels!

Here is the rotor out on the track, it was so hot, it melted part of the track!

Here one can see that the rotor hat is still bolted to the wheel.  The caliper carrier broke, the brake caliper swung around and put a hole into the wheel.

Here is what the rear axle beam looked like once we pulled it off of the car.

Here is the bent strut tower.  We later bent it closer to where it belongs w/ a 4' pipe.  

Near as we can tell, there most likely was some sort of rear wheel bearing failure.  Despite the bearings being fairly new, recently regreased with a super high quality grease, and be re-tourqed properly.  I have seen these bearing fail before, but never like this, but then again they weren't doing nearly 90mph on a sweeping right hand turn! 

IN CAR VIDEO OF THE ACCIDENT!!!

Two team members Scott & Collin drove back to Minneapolis to obtain some of our spare parts, including a new rear axle beam.  Parts that were replaced were: rear axle beam, rear stub axle/spindle, rotors *2, bearings *4, hard brake line, brake caliper, brake caliper carrier, and lots of brake fluid.  We were very fortunate to have one of those temporary garages, 10'*20' w/ screens for walls, whice did an excellent job of keeping away the misqutoes!  We finished the job at 2am! We would be able to take the green flag on Sunday!

Passing (or being passed?) our buddies SlugWerks in the Carousel.

We finished 4th place!  Two laps down from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd place cars!  No prizes for us other than a shout out from the race organizer.   

Thanks to:

-The Aligmnet Guy

-The Four Firkins

-Parts4VWs

-Race Suit Rental (Cool shirt provider)

-Racer Products MN (Cool shirt provider)

-Frozen Rotors 

-South Central Imports

The local newspaper in Brainerd did a short story on Chump Car, check it out.

PICTURES!!

Jerry Winker's FaceBook collection

Dave H's Collection