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Emily Skoglund wins Wendi Allen Solo Scholarship
Emily Skoglund of St. Louis Region is one of this year’s three recipients of the Wendi Allen Scholarship.
Evolution Solo Schools, April 14-16 in Salina, Registration is open
Salina Region’s annual Evolution Performance Driving Schools are scheduled for April 14-16. Registration is open on motorsportsreg.com.
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/evolution-weekend-with-salina-scca-berkley-family-recreation-area-evo-155796
Friday, April 14, is the Phase 1 school (Basic)
Saturday. April 15, is the Phase 2 school (Advanced)
Sunday, April 16, is the Challenge School
For more information, go to the Evolution School website: http://www.evoschool.com/
Jim Wheeler, Charlie Peter, Pax Rolfe win honors at MiDiv Convention
Several of the Midwest Divisions top honors were presented at the Divisional Convention banquet Feb. 18 in Independence, MO.
Jim Wheeler of Kansas City Region received the division’s highest honor, the England-Stipe Award. Wheeler, a longtime American Sedan racer, is currently the division’s driver licensing administrator land has served on the Club Racing Board as its chairman.
Charlie Peter of Kansas City Region, Touring 2 champion in the 2022 MidAm Championship, received the John Saucier Driver of the Year award.
Pax Rolfe of Northeast Oklahoma Region, E Street champion in the MiDiv Solo Series, received the MiDiv Solo Driver of the Year award.
MiDiv receives Divisional RoadRally Achievement Award
Divisional RoadRally Achievement Award
Initiated in 1992, this award is presented in recognition of a Division’s activities in RoadRally for a new or on-going program. This may include events, promotions, attendance, innovation in public relations, etc. Nominations clearly indicating the qualifying details may be made by any rally participant, with the recipient being selected by the RRB.
The Divisional RoadRally Achievement Award for 2022 is presented to Midwest Division, Rich Bireta (Divisional RoadRally Steward).
The 2023 Road Rally Divisional Achievement Award is presented to the Midwest Division for delivering the highest percentage increase in the number of events offered and total number of entrants. The efforts of the St Louis and Ozark Mountain Regions were key to this recognition.
St. Louis Region wins Tom Burke Award (Large Regions)
Rocky Entriken receives Woolf Barnato Award, SCCA’s highest honor; Entriken, Kent & Kathy Prather inducted into SCCA Hall of Fame
https://www.scca.com/articles/2016923-scca-s-highest-honors-presented-at-the-2023-national-convention
At the 2023 SCCA National Convention, Jan. 20, 2023.
Entriken’s unique synchronicity; no one has ever won both honors in the same year before.
Jesse Prather wins President’s Cup, highest road racing award; Kent and Jesse are the only father/son recipients
https://www.scca.com/articles/2016922-scca-road-racing-awards-celebrate-2022s-top-performances
At the opening night of the 2023 SCCA National Convention, Jan. 19, 2023
How to deal with Electric Vehicles – *Important safety information*
Last year SCCA formed the Electrified Vehicle Advisory Committee (EVAC) to create unified procedures across SCCA programs for Electrified Vehicles (EVs). The committee has produced a 19-page PowerPoint of information about EVs and how to deal wih them in emergency situations. It is reproduced HERE in PDF format, recommended for anybody who may encounter EV emergercies in all of SCCA’s programs.
The nine-member committee is led by SCCA Area 4 Director Dayle Frame – an EV owner and Solo competitor – and is comprised of representatives from Road Racing, Track/Time Trials, Rally/Solo and industry experts. The first tasks the EVAC has been charged with are to create basic safety rules for EVs at SCCA events and to help guide regions and facilities when it comes to training and being equipped for EVs.
Rich Bireta receives Barnato Award; Charlie Clark, Mark Weber inducted in SCCA Hall of Fame
Rallyist Rich Bireta received SCCA’s highest honor, the Woolf Barnato Award for contributions to the club, on the opening day of SCCA’s virtual National Convention Jan. 21. Bireta, a member of both Kansas City and Kansas Regions, was cited not only for his many years’ involvement with the SCCA rally program but also for developing technology making rallies easier to conduct which are in use at both top-level series and in low-level regional events.
The five 2022 inductees of the SCCA Hall of Fame include Kansas City Region’s Charlie Clark and St. Louis Region’s Mark Weber. Clark’s involvement in both solo and road racing include multiple Solo National Championships and Runoffs finishes, as well as serving as event co-chair of two Solo Nationals and four terms on the SCCA Board of Directors. Weber’s resumé includes being the official photographer of several major SCCA series and hundreds of club racing events, and publication in numerous magazines and other media, as well as a competition record of more than 600 races in the EP, FP, GP and HP classes in which he would sometimes run two races in a day in the same car after a lightning engine swap.
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