Aaron Jongbloedt's site dedicated to promoting of amateur motorsports (particularly in the Midwest), high performance drivers' education, the prevention of street racing, and general automotive enthusiasm.
Track Night America on July 12th at DCTC (work 2 and drive 1 for FREE!) And O'ReillyStreet Machine Nationals Autocross onJuly 14-16, 2017 at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul Minnesota
The Street Machine Nationals Challenge Autocross (formerly known as "Car Craft") is back and we need your help! This is another way we generate funds for SCCA, and it's critical we have the staffing to make the event successful. It's fun, easy, and a great way to spend a couple hours with cars.
The Street Machine Nationals - the ultimate horsepower party. Participants (hot rod, muscle car, street machine and street truck enthusiasts) come to display their performance cars for the weekend and may compete in the Autocross.
You must be at least 16 years of age to work this event. Register now, space is limited. Why not give back to SCCA while enjoying your passion?
Send an email to Jim Gillen (gillen.jim@gmail.com) and let him know the dates/times you can volunteer. Volunteers get to drive the course before or after their shift if they wish!
Thank You!
We run some awesome cars through a really fun course...and this event helps SCCA-Land O' Lakes Region raise funds for driver and member growth. Join us!
Autobahn Country Club is a very nice facility. It is three tracks in one (plus karting and an auto-x area), it has a north track which is 1.5 miles (9 turns), a south track at 2.1 miles (15 turns), and they can be combined for a total of 3.1 miles long (19 turns).
This race was unique, Saturday's 12 hour race was held on the "south track" for the first eight hours, then at 5pm, the pace car went out and collected the field while track staff moved barriers around to reconfigure the track to be the full course. Checker flag was at 9pm. Sunday's race was on the north track. That is three tracks one weekend! Sweet!
Twenty 27 teams showed up for this ChumpCar race. We arranged our pitstop (fuel fill & driver changes) around the 5:00 track change over. We knew there would be many laps of full course yellow. I went in for my 2nd stint at 5:00, at this moment, IIRC, we were first in the "A group (the 1.9l and under class) and 13th over all. Green flag restart on the full track, and about 30 minutes in I get black flagged for a smoking car. Turns out the rear differential got so hot that it was cooking out the gear lube! We swapped the smoldering hot differential in about 1.5hrs, much of that time was due to having to pull the stub axle cups out and put in the spare, and waiting for them to cool down to less than scalding temperature. Got the car back on track with about an hour left. We took 15th over all, 3rd in class, IIRC.
Sunday the first driver goes out, and in about an hour the transmission is stuck in gear! It comes in on the tow strap, after looking at it; we decided to pack it up and head home early.
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My 1st race stint in the 50 Shades of Blue Miata w/ ChumpCar World Series & Pure Speed Drag Racing Experience 6/3/17 at Autobahn Country Club South course. From the video I spend from minute 27 to minute 43 attempting to get around the same E30, be the judge is this guy being a complete @sshat, really strange defensive lines, or just clueless on a line. My own critiques are not being aggressive enough with passing and the car, my line needs tweaking, and carrying more speed through most of the turns. On the flip side 1.5 hours of the car never leaving the tarmac! :) Thanks Ross Luken for the drive.
Track Night in America will run once a month at the designated tracks, with the schedule typically beginning at 4 p.m. Participants will get three 20-minute sessions for a $150 entry fee. Paced laps will be open and free to all attendees each Track Night. The events are open to the general public over the age of 18, with a valid driver’s license.
For the Month of May- Receive a $25 discount on YOUR hometown track experience from your friends here at KONI. By using discount code- KONIimproved2017 when registering for your event. Just enter the code during checkout and you will receive $25 off your registration immediately! The code is good for one use, per user. Find your event today here: https://www.tracknightinamerica.com/events
The fastest way to get on track, Track Night in America is split into three experiences based upon a driver’s comfort and skill level.
Rookies will get extra attention from the gate through their on-track sessions in the KONI Novice Experience, ranging from help removing loose items in the car (like floor mats and unsecured tire jacks) to coaching and follow the leader paced laps during their sessions.
Intermediate and Advanced participants can skip much of the pre-track minutiae by going online in advance to fill out tech sheets and complete a drivers’ meeting that reviews Track Night basics. Those participants will also have access to top-flight SCCA instructors and event staff for additional on-site questions and help.
About KONI
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ABOUT TNiA
SCCA Track Night in America Driven by Tire Rack is a non-competitive, entertaining, easy and inexpensive way for nearly anyone who loves cars or motorsports to get on a racecourse in their own vehicle during weeknights. All that is required is that participants be at least 18 years old with a valid driver’s license and have access to a helmet and street car in good working condition. The cost is never greater than $150 per event, and no previous on-track experience or SCCA membership is required. Drivers are slotted into Advanced, Intermediate or the KONI Novice Experience group so on-track activities remain fun for all. Everyone gets three 20-minute sessions on course, as well as feedback from SCCA driver coaches on site.
Learn more at www.TrackNightinAmerica.com.
Never Driven on Track? Track Master? Doesn't Matter!
The track is 1.09 miles long. The lake ice is quite smooth, but we'll need to work down through a bit of hardened snow. Snow banks are big enough to be noticeable, but not so big that people should be getting stuck in them much. Start finish will be at pit exit near the red marker. Pit entrance is at the green dot. The track is counter clockwise. Looks like good weather for ice racing!
Every year I try to help spread the word of how much better life is with winter tires.
"The most common excuses I hear is I don't want to spend the $$ or not worth the hassle."
My response usually contains these points:
-one incident where the tow truck needs to be called out weighs both of those arguments.
-the increased safety margin....better grip in the turns, less likely to slide off the road, better braking distance
-save time....better acceleration....also one can travel faster during adverse weather, as the roads aren't as quite as much of a threat.
-you are saving your normal tires. Let's assume one gets 40k miles out of a set of tires. The average person drives 15k a year, so that makes their life span 2.67 years. So if one simply drives on those tires for 9 months vs. 12; that means those tires will last 3.5 years. PLUS during the winter one will spin the tires more, thus increasing wear.
All season tires are like a swiss army knife. Yes they can a lot but they generally suck at it. Yes you can open a wine bottle, gut a fish, install/remove screws, but a device dedicate for the given task will out perform the multinational tool.
The TV show Detroit Muscle was at the O'Reilly Auto Parts Street Machine Nationals St. Paul, this past year and did a bit of filming. That episode has been aired and can be view at the link below. The bit about the auto-x portion ran by SCCA-LOL starts around the 11 minute mark. Apparently I avoided the camera this time!
Volunteers AND drivers Needed
Calling all volunteers
Saturday, Sep 3 — Sunday, Sep 4, 2016
1. Friday Night Bar-B-Q 6PM at Hospitality Tent sponsored by VSCR and LOL
2. Lunchtime Touring--FREE for volunteers and $10/car for general public
3. Our Saturday night Pizza party
Registration hours at BIR
Friday 5 - 9 PM
Saturday 7:30 - 11:00 AM
Sunday 7:45 - 8:30 AM
Morning meetings 8 AM at the bandshell both days, Saturday and Sunday.
Any special requests please Jim Gillen directly.
Go to scca-racing.com for more details
Please go to http://landolakes.motorsportreg.com/ to pre-register (or just let Jim Gillen know).
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