Oh Minihune, the Hawaii schedule breaks my heart every winter...

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Come out to hawaii. We can probably find you a co-drive. Who knows maybe you can assist finding me a co-drive in a Street class MINI at Nationals. I'd consider that.

Meanwhile.

Event 9 results January 24, 2016

Good weather overall, very windy, light rain on and off, cloudy.

118 drivers including 37 in Rookie class, equals the old record from 2015.

Pax Class
Kenlie W. in 2013 JCW Coupe (D Street) did not drive.

Rookie Class

Mark J. in F56 (D Street), 2nd of 29 drivers, 60th on raw time, 36th on Pax overall.

Next event Feb 7

Pre-reg link:
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...1#.Vq5K5M52RPk

Registration ends in 3 days on February 3, 2016 6:00 PM HST

SCCA Hawaii Region

SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $35

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $50 ($35 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $40

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

Cash is NOT accepted at our events!!

Rookies drive in Heat 2.

New drivers welcome.

 

Event 10 results Feb 7, 2016

Good weather overall, windy, no rain, partly cloudy.

107 drivers including 30 in Rookie class and 7 in Junior Karts.

Pax Class
Kenlie W. in 2013 JCW Coupe (D Street) did not drive.

Rookie Class

Mark J. in F56 (D Street), 3rd of 30 drivers, 53rd on raw time, 32nd on Pax overall.

Next event March 6.

 

Event 11 is this sunday, come and watch for free or

Get to the Aloha Stadium lower parking lot gate (park inside the stadium parking then head towards McDonalds along Salt Lake Blvd).

The gate opens at 730am and you can walk up to register to drive, bring a check, cost is about $55. You need closed shoes and a Snell M2005 or later helmet if you have one or can borrow one. Otherwise there are loaner helmets available at our trailer first come first served in exchange for an ID.

New drivers (Rookie class) are driving in Heat 3 right after lunch so it is a perfect time for anyone new to auto crossing. You get your car tech inspected before 8am and then walk the course with an instructor before 845am. You watch the morning drivers and hatch a plan of attack or simply use the time to get familiar with the course (memorize it). Then you can walk the course again at lunch before driving. You work the course after you finish driving then if you can stick around, you can drive in fun runs but you will need a $5 fun run card, ask for it at the gate when you register (might only be available through online motorsportreg.com).

If you can't make this date then plan for April 3, 2016 sunday and do online pre-reg, search for Hawaii autocross events. Pre-reg won't open until the end of March.

 

Event 11 results March 6, 2016

Good weather overall, a little windy, no rain, partly cloudy.

107 drivers including 30 in Rookie class and 8 in Junior Karts.

Pax Class
Kenlie W. in 2013 JCW Coupe (D Street) did not drive.

Rookie Class

Mark J. in F56 (D Street), 4th of 30 drivers, 58th on raw time, 37th on Pax overall.

Julian J. in 2010 Clubman (STX), 22nd of 30 drivers, 98th on raw time, 94th on Pax overall

Whitney J. in 2010 Clubman (STX), 23rd of 30 drivers, 99th on raw time, 95th on Pax overall

Welcome to Julian and Whitney to their first event. both did a great job of steady improvements with each run.

Next event April 3.

 

Event 12 results April 3, 2016

Good weather overall, a little windy, no rain, partly cloudy.

114 drivers including 33 in Rookie class and 7 in Junior Karts.

Pax Class
Kenlie W. in 2013 JCW Coupe (D Street) did not drive.
For the season, she finished 12th on Points out of 26 drivers total who participated.

Rookie Class

Mark J. in F56 (D Street), 6th of 33 drivers, 79th on raw time, 45th on Pax overall.
For the season, he finished 2nd out of 121 drivers total who participated.

Now there is only the Championship runoff left on April 17.

Next season begins at the end of July and those who led the season on points or trophied in the Runoffs will be "graduated" out of Rookie class.

 

Here are the new 2016-2017 Autocross event dates-

Mark your calendars! We have the full list of dates for next season! Thanks to Jenn for all the work!

07/16/16 Clean Up 9am – 11am
07/17/16 Test-N-Tune
07/31/16 Race #1
08/14/16 Race #2
08/28/16 Race #3
09/18/16 Race #4
10/09/16 Race #5
10/23/16 Race #6
11/06/16 Race #7
12/18/16 Race #8
01/14/17 Evo School
01/15/17 Evo School
01/16/17 Evo School
01/22/17 Race #9
02/19/17 Race #10
03/12/17 Race #11
03/26/17 Race #12
04/09/17 Championship Runoff

Of note, the test and tune on July 17 is an open to all practice day, great for new drivers and we offer instruction. Plus you get to drive more for that day since we limit the number of drivers and we allow you to drive in 2/3rds of the heats.

And on MLK weekend January 2017 we have the Evolution driving school which is three full days, you can sign up for one day, 2 or all three. $280 per day estimated per person includes mainland instructors and you drive all day.

In order to drive the 2nd day you must attend the first day, to drive the 3rd day you must have attended both day 1 and 2 (sometime in the past or that weekend).

We allow drivers with only permits to attend since we provide instructors to ride along. It's great for learning car control in your own family car. Nothing special needed for your car, you need closed shoes and we can provide a loaner helmet (needs to be Snell rated M2005 or later).

We sponsor the Evolution school only once every two years so this is a great limited opportunity. Each day only 30 drivers can attend.

Online registration will be open in late October 2016, look for the announcement here.

 

OK, so the 2015-2016 season is now over.

For Points on the season
Kenlie W. in Pax D Street finished 12th overall in class.
Mark J. in Rookie D Street finished 2nd overall in class and was consistent at each event.

For the Championship Runoff
Mark J. in Rookie D Street finished 3rd out of 19 drivers, 50th on raw time, 24th on Pax Overall with 96 total drivers. A strong showing, only 0.64 seconds behind 2nd place Corvette Z06 which had a string of 1st place finishes during the regular season.

Next event after the summer break is July 17 for test and tune at Aloha Stadium

 

Next event is on July 17 at Aloha Stadium lower parking lot.

It's a practice day Test and Tune so more driving for each person. Instruction available.

It's a good chance to practice car control and get your family members/ teen driver out on a closed course to learn driving skills.

 

This sunday is Test and Tune at Aloha Stadium lower parking lot all day.

The event was limited to 44 drivers and pre-reg filled up in a few minutes when it opened last saturday at 9am. A few people on the wait list got in at the last minute this week due to some cancellations. So even if you have to wait list it's worth it.

There will be some additional test and tune dates for saturday afternoons during the season, next one is Aug 27 saturday. Sunday is an autocross event.

 

July 31, event 1 at Aloha Stadium lower parking lot

results:
http://www.sccahawaii.org/wp-content...07-31-2016.pdf

Rookie class
Emily L. in 2003 Cooper S (Street Modified FWD) finished 7th out of 22, 70th on raw time and 74th on Pax overall out of 112 drivers.
Jessa A. in a 2014 Cooper S (D Street) finished 20th out of 22, 106th on raw time and 104th on Pax overall.

Good to see some MINIs out there.

 

Next event is Aug 14.

pre-reg sign up at-
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...8#.V6AokNArJBw

Registration opens on August 6, 2016 9:00 AM HST

SCCA Hawaii Region

SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $35

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $50 ($35 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $40

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

 

Results from Event 2 on 8/14/16

Rookie class
Emily L. in 2003 MCS (Street Modified FWD class) 68th on raw time out of 102 drivers, 78th on Pax Overall, 10th in RK class out of 19. Was on new Bridgestone RE71R tires.


Next event is 8/28/16

Pre-reg is open and closes this wednesday at 6pm HST
http://www.motorsportreg.com/events/...4#.V7p8dZMrJBw

SCCA Hawaii Region
SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $35

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $50 ($35 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $40

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

 

Results from Event 3 on 8/28/16

Rookie class
Emily L. MCS (in Street Modified FWD class), 9th out of 13 in RK class, 64th on raw time out of 92, 68th on Pax overall. Had cone on last run that would have put her into 5th in class.

Next event is 9/18/16 Sunday, Rookie class drives in the late morning, plan to arrive at lower parking lot gate at 730am

pre-reg here-
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...9#.V8tB2JMrJBw
Closes this wed at 6pm HST

SCCA Hawaii Region
SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $35

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $50 ($35 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $40

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

Walk up registration $5 more and, available only in the early morning and may be limited.

Wear closed shoes and bring a Snell rated helmet M2005 or later, loaners available

 

Results from Event 4

Rookie class
Emily L. , 2003 MCS (in Street Modified FWD class), 9th out of 23 in RK class, 60th on raw time out of 109, 66th on Pax overall. Had a 3 sec drop from first to last runs. Difference in time between 5th and 9th place was 0.7 seconds.

Next event is 9/18/16 Sunday, Rookie class drives in the late morning, plan to arrive at lower parking lot gate at 730am


Next event is the Curtis Lee Memorial Autocross on Oct. 9, 2016
Reg fee includes bento lunch.

Pre reg at-
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...5#.V-IGa5MrJBw

Lunch is included in this event. There will be no fun runs at this event due to time constraints.

SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $40

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $45

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $60 ($45 + $15 for weekend membership)



Cash is NOT accepted at our events!!

We should have a mix of old and new cars.

 

Results Event 5

Rookie class
Emily L. , 2003 MCS (in Street Modified FWD class), 6th out of 20 in RK class, 60th on raw time out of 113, 63rd on Pax overall. Had more than 7 sec drop from first to last runs. Difference in time between 4th and 7th place was 0.4 seconds.

Next event is 10/23/16 Sunday, Rookie class drives in the late afternoon, plan to arrive at lower parking lot gate at 730am if you want to walk up to register the day of the event

Pre reg online opens saturday 10/15
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...6#.WAG-apMrJBw

 

Results Event 8

Rookie class
Emily L. 2003 MCS (SMF class), 13th out of 26 in class, 65th on raw time overall out of 109, 67th on Pax overall.
Dar T. 2013 MCS JCW coupe (DS class) DNF for all runs.

Evo school is Jan 14-16 then next event is Jan 22, 2017

 

Event 9 is this sunday Jan 22

You can pre-reg at-
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...awa-lot-993101
This closes at 6pm tonight.

After that you can walk up registration sunday morning at 730am when the lower parking lot gate opens. A limited number of walk up registrations will be allowed up to a max number of participants roughly 120-130 drivers.

 

Event 11 pre-sign up notice

see
https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...awa-lot-276775

Opens on March 4

Rookies are in heat 3 but need to arrive in the morning before 8am if new to autocross

SCCA Hawaii Region
SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $35

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $50 ($35 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $40

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

Cash is NOT accepted at our events!!

 

Next event is a new off season autocross

June 12 monday during the holiday for Kamehameha day at Aloha Stadium upper parking lot.

Not a regular autocross event so limited to 60 drivers not 100+ as usual.

Pre-reg opens this saturday 4/15 will post link when it arrives.

 

pre-reg link for 6/12/17 autocross at Stadium

http://www.motorsportreg.com/events/...awa-lot-861687

 

New event planned for June 12 monday

https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...awa-lot-861687

Kam Day Solo Event
Aloha Stadium UPPER Halawa Parking Lot
A minimum of 60 drivers is required for this event to proceed.

If/when we reach this attendance mark, the registrar will process your payment via the payment method you've selected. If the 60 driver minimum is not reached by 5/31/17, the event will be canceled and you will not be charged.

SCCA MEMBER Pre-Registration: $40

Non-Member Pre-Registration: $55 ($40 + $15 for weekend membership)

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $45

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $60 ($45 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

Cash is NOT accepted at our events!!

Assuming the event will proceed as planned, the Run/Work heat will be released by 6/2/17.

Detailed event information will be released at least one week prior to the event.

 

The June 12 special autocross event is a good one for new drivers.

Instructors will be available.

Smaller group is likely vs normal 100+ drivers due to this being in our off season.

Larger paved upper parking lot should be interesting.

Sign up now

 

June 12 special autocross event at Aloha Stadium will take walk up registrations-

https://www.motorsportreg.com/events...awa-lot-861687

SCCA MEMBER Walk-Up Registration: $45

Non-Member Walk-Up Registration: $60 ($45 + $15 for weekend membership)

Fun Run Card: $5

Cash is NOT accepted at our events!!

This is not a regular season event so some special rules will apply. If you are not a new driver you can take along one passenger during competition runs, snell rated helmet and closed shoes are required to ride along.

Normally during competition we do not allow passengers except for rookie drivers who have an instructor.

Spectators are still welcome to attend for free, normal parking gates are not open due to holiday, enter our event off of salt lake blvd just past Mc Donalds.

If you want to walk up register to drive you need to be there early at 7am. With 90 drivers already pre-registered we will take a few walk ups but then close the event by 8am or if our event limit is reached.

You do not need to have any special tires or mods to drive. SUVs and Minivans not allowed but non raised trucks usually can drive. Do remove anything loose from the trunk or interior as these can fly around during driving.

Schedule of day-
6:00am Track Setup
7:00am Event Gates / Walk-Up Registration / Tech Opens
8:30am Course Open for Walking (Chalking / Cone Marking / Gravel Removal Continues)
8:15am Walk-Up Registration Closes
8:30am Morning Tech Closes
9:15am Morning Driver’s Meeting
9:30am Heats 1 & 2
11:30am Afternoon Check-In Closes

30 Minute Lunch / Afternoon Course Walk / Rookie Walk (if RK runs Heat 3 or 4)
Afternoon Tech Closes at Start of Lunch
15 Minute Afternoon Driver’s Meeting

5:15pm Latest Event End Time / Clean Up
5:45pm All Cars Exit Upper Halawa Lot

Since it is sunny bring sun protection. Tents are allowed if you weigh down each leg.

Don't forget that closed shoes are required. We have helmets for loan in exchange for an ID.

 

While everyone else was taking the day off (not federal workers) we were out testing our new site at Aloha Stadium upper parking lot which is larger than the lower parking lot but the surface has more cracks and isn't as durable.

As a result there was an ocean of gravel kicked up before the end of the first of four heats and a never ending battle to pick out the shorter and clean line while avoiding the gravel lining the outer edges of turns.

Overall it was nice not to have such a technical and tight course with crossovers but at the same time the dodging of gravel did make this new course quite technical.

Looking at the overall race times show that cars with race tires had little to no advantage over those on street tires. The loss of traction on race tires was unforgiving and the limited choices for race driving line took the fast line away.

However it was good practice to drive under those conditions and if done right the course did flow well.

For now I think we will be sticking with the lower parking lot which is much smoother and stays cleaner during the event.

We had about 90+ drivers and many new Rookies. We allowed passengers and instructors so it was a good learning event.

Next autocross will be a Test and Tune on Sunday July 16 at the Lower parking lot area. Usually there is a limit of about 60 drivers so be sure to sign up early. It is a practice day so instructors are available and it's a good time to try out any changes to your suspension or tuning before the season starts on July 30.