December 2003
We met at Round Table Pizza to discuss future activities for the club. There were a total of 12 attendees, including President Mitch, Vice Presidents Vic and Vickie, Secretary Bob, and Treasurer Jim.
A motion was made and approved to adopt the new logo for the club, shown here: (link to page on club website)
It was decided that monthly club meetings would be held on the second Wednesday of each month.
Marketing ideas were brainstormed:
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Victor uncovered 13 pages of car clubs in the Pacific Northwest. We should approach them to investigate joint events, or as a minimum, to invite them to our races.
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Buy an ad in the TC Raceway program.
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Buy an ad on a Jersey Barrier [Maybe our new logo, ed.]
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Produce business cards that invite car owners to come out and race. Publish our schedule on the back and give them a phone number and website on the front.
Dates for next year’s races will be determined sometime in January.
Mitch will get a scale map of the TCR course for people to use in designing courses. Driver’s meeting information will be printed on the back to speed up the driver’s meetings.
Numerous worker “Chiefs” were identified and some filled. Mikey Hall volunteered to be Chief of Timing. Steve Schreiber volunteered for Chief of Tech and Harold Adkins volunteered to be his assistant. Sherry Fischer-Lewis (Mitch’s wife) volunteered to be Chief of Registration. Gene Wattenburger volunteered to be Chief of Trailer, Harold Adkins and Mitch Lewis volunteered to be his assistants. These positions will be held for the whole season, but it doesn’t mean that the Chief will do all the work, just coordinate volunteers. If you’re interested in volunteering to help the club, please contact Victor Livengood at: livengoods@ssscc.org
Mitch, Jim and Vickie volunteered be some of the announcers next year.
We need to provide a roped off area for spectators, including kids, where they will be safe, have a good view of the course, and access to the drivers.
The club is planning to provide a mini concession stand. The objective is not just to make money, although it should break even, but to provide drinks and snacks to the attendees.
A suggestion was made to have a BBQ during the break between morning and afternoon races. We would need to get approval from the track, and would need a couple of non-racers/workers to get it started near the end of the morning racing. This will be considered further.
An autocross school was suggested. The Secretary will find out what our insurance carrier has to say about it and what they will charge. Several nationally-ranked SCCA drivers have suggested that they would be the teachers. There was strong support at the meeting for this idea.
A proposal was made to change our car classification rules. The new classification system would be based on the SCCA Solo 2 classes, but the large number of SCCA classes are grouped together by classes with similar PAX numbers. This results in 7 classifications, plus a Street Tire Class, a Ladies Class, Vintage Class and Men’s and Ladies Novice Classes. This will be discussed more and voted on at the January 14th meeting. You can find additional information about the proposed car classification rules here: (link to page on club website)
Bob Bromm
Secretary, Sand & Sage Sports Car Club
