Hi SVR members.

Hopefully everyone saw our 2020 solo schedule was published.
We are now less than 2 months away from the first event.

Please note we are closely monitoring the virus situation in case we have to adjust any of those plans. If we are forced to postpone or cancel any events, we’ll try to make those announcements approximately 2 weeks prior to the scheduled event.


A few key notes:
Loaner Helmets: We have decided to temporarily suspend our Loaner helmet program until further notice. We are announcing this now to give people the time to acquire their own before the start of the season.
Minimum rating of Snell SA2005 or M2005 or newer for the 2020 season. This is the same as last season. See link below for requirement details.
https://www.scca.com/downloads/44726...ecals/download

If you're buying a helmet
TEAMTECH in Saginaw - Curt Tucker supports SVR and he's local. He carries a few brands and you can try them on for fit right there in his shop.
here is another SCCA supporting vendor SPS Solo Performance. They are also autocrossers and support our community. https://www.soloperformance.com/Helm...ries_c_13.html

TSD Road Rally - tentatively scheduled for Saturday May 3rd.
Event flyer will be posted shortly
Event registration should open in mid-April
Since this is a road rally, and could have limited person-to-person interaction, we are trying to find ways to keep this event on the schedule.
We have to work out some details for signing waivers, performing on-site registration, orientation for the required APP that each competitor would be required to use. But we remain hopeful we can make this work.
More info to come

Stay tuned to the website and the Facebook group (Saginaw Valley Region SCCA GROUP) for more info.




Larry MacLeod
2020 Saginaw Valley Region SCCA - Region Executive

REmarks February 2020
Larry MacLeod - 2020 Region Executive -Saginaw Valley Region


What’s that behind those clouds? Its spring fast
approaching! Unfortunately, the ice-run gods decided
they weren’t going to let us play this year. So instead
it’ll be another 2 months before we can take our toys
out to play for the track and autocross season. In the
meantime we have to find other ways to get through
the winter weather.

A few weeks ago, we had our winter blues indoor kart
race at Extreme Indoor karting in Clio. Sixteen eager racers came out to play that afternoon. We set up practice and qualifying sessions for everyone. Then we split the group into two races ,the A-main race for the faster half and the B-race for the 2nd fastest half. In the B-Main race, itw as Kyle Chipps taking the hard-fought win over Mike Siniff. Over in the A-main, the best battle was for second between Caius Boboescu and Larry MacLeod with Larry making a late pass to
hold on to 2nd place. But it was Sarin Kodappully who took the lead on the opening lap and walked away with the win over everyone. Sarin is a former wheel-to-wheel kart racer. His experience proved to be valuable when stepping into the indoor rental karts! Thanks to everyone for coming out. Plan on seeing more races like this in the future.

We’re also in the planning “stages” (pun intended) of a road rally, hopefully for some time later this spring. It’ll be a Time-Speed-Distance (TSD) rally. But don’t worry if you’ve never run one, most of us haven’t either! Experience is NOT required, and newbies are encouraged to show up! Keep your eyes on the website and Facebook page in the next few weeks for more info.

Does anyone have a computer or sim-racing rig at home? Or thinking about building one and joining the virtual racing world? There are a few of us in the region that already have
Assetto-Corsa or Iracing (two of the more popular platforms). What if we set up an SVR racing night on one of these platforms where our members could race against each other online? Let’s
get some dialogue going on the Facebook group and see if we can get something started soon.

Another thing we do during the winter is build race cars! I am in the midst of my own engine rebuild. For me, this will be a significant power change from what I’ve been running the last few years, so I have a lot of work to gather all the pieces and ensure its assembled correctly. I also know a few other SVR members are also doing some race-car prep for the 2020 season. We’re only about 2 months away from the first event, and time is running out quickly.

Before we know it, spring will be here and we’ll all be standing in our favorite paddock next to our favorite race cars. I hope mine is ready in time!

Unfortunately due to the unusually warm weather and hence the continued lack of ice, the February 8th and 9th Ice Runs events are cancelled.

We are all keeping our hopes up for the Feb 22nd event!

2020 SCCA National Convention Recap

A few weeks ago I traveled to Las Vegas to attend the SCCA National Convention. More than 450 attendees representing 70 of the 115 SCCA regions were in attendance, making it the biggest and most successful convention so far. Convention is primarily a training ground for regional leaders to come and learn about their certain specialties (solo, race, Time-Trial, Rally). As a region with primarily only a solo program, I was there to see how we could improve our regional programs, but also poked my nose around a few other things that might be interesting to our members outside of solo.

E-motorports. The SCCA is starting to get involved in e-motorsports. The convention session was a good discussion among different regions and users, and how they’re currently getting into this new world of online racing. There were also some good ideas thrown around about how SCCA at the National level can get more involved. At a regional level, if there is interest perhaps we can consider setting up a race or even a regular league among members. Assetto Corsa and iracing are two very popular platforms. SCCA at a National level is already getting involved with iracing by offering prizes to SCCA members for their performance in the public Spec Racer Ford series, and also the SCCA has been hosting occasional SCCA member only “special” race nights that have been happening about once per month since mid-2019. Many regions are also setting up their own weekly iracing series (Washington DC, Philadelphia Regions to name a few). If SVR has enough interest, maybe we could step into this area. Feel free to contact me if you want more information on e-motorsports.

But convention was also a chance to learn how regional volunteers can be better leaders. One of the most impactful sessions was Chris Robbins “It all Starts with Respect”. Chris is currently the SCCA’s director of regional development. This particular session was about how respect can change people and change our club. It was about how our leaders need to know where the line is drawn, and when to take action at our events. This isn’t just about Topeka or SCCA board members, he was talking to anyone representing the SCCA, anyone wearing an SCCA shirt, anyone at our local events, coaches, event chairs, safety stewards, grid workers, registrars, corner workers…. All of us. He was showing us how the respect we show each other will reflect on the membership and on our club, and ultimately respect is what the SCCA should be about. Very powerful moment that no one in that room will soon forget.

Larry MacLeod
2020 Saginaw Valley Region RE

Come join us for the 2020 Solo Planning meeting! This is the place to be if you want to have a say in when our autocross events will be taking place for the season! Come talk cars with us, give us your opinions, advice or just come hang out!

It will be taking place at the Redwood Steakhouse at 5304 Gateway Center in Flint, MI at noon February 1st.

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Due to the warm weather and the lack of ice, the January 12th Ice Runs Event will be cancelled.
Let's keep our fingers crossed for the next events.

Come one come all!

All members and prospective members are welcome and encouraged to join us for the December board meeting.

This is the "passing of the torch" meeting between the 2019 and the 2020 board of directors.

The meeting will be held at Bagger Dave's in Grand Blanc at 7:00PM 12/19/2019

8235 Trillium Circle Ave, Grand Blanc, MI 48439


Come hang out and chat about cars, autocross and other fun things.

Please join us for our 2019 awards banquet!

It will take place on January 11th, 2020 in Freeland, MI.

Registration and more information at the link below.

http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/...event_id=16881

The results from the season ender events are now available below!

Thank you all for helping to put together a great event, and a great season!

SVR #12 Season Ender Class Results.pdf
SVR #12 Season Ender PAX Results.pdf