WEDDING BELLS RING IN REGION 108!

Competition Chairman Chris Brewer and his "soul mate," Sarah, were married in Chicago on February 14th.  By pure coincidence, the Chicago Auto Show was in full swing during their stay in the Windy City.  Read the full report of the happy couple's nuptials (and of the auto show) by clicking on this link. (3/08)

SCCA SOLO rulebooks, SOLO categories, stock categories by make and street touring category classifications by make are available for free online in a PDF format at the following link. (4/07)
 

SOLO AT SKYVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
1775 High Sierra Blvd., Billings, Montana
Sunday, July 27, 2008

 Event Fees:
$20 SCCA members; $35 non-members

Times:
Course set-up at 6:00 a.m.
Registration and tech inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
(Save time and hassle by downloading an entry form here)
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT CLASS YOUR CAR IS IN!
Course walk-thru from 8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Drivers' meeting at 9:45 a.m.
First car out at 10:00 a.m.
Late registrations (time permitting) over lunch break

Registration Process
1.    At registration desk, sign waiver and receive wristband and registration form.
2.    Fill out registration form completely and clean out and prepare car for tech inspection.
3.    Present car and registration form to the tech inspector.
4.    After tech inspector signs off on registration form, return to registration desk and pay entry fee.
5.    Be prepared for drivers' meeting.

(We will try to have three run groups no matter how many entrants)

SOLO AT GM PETROLEUM
Sunday, July 6, 2008

(Results and Photos)

YELLOWSTONE REGION EVENT FEATURED ON YouTube

(Thanks to 4ever9er for the nice slide show!)

REGION 108 TO IMPLEMENT PAX/RTP SCORING

PAX is a method of handicapping cars. It's also known as RTP (Racers Theoretical Performance).   Cars are assigned handicaps based on their make/model/year and level of modification. These handicaps are based on actual performance of cars that have run in SCCA National events, and are determined by the national PAX administrator. They are used to judge performances at the national level, and are accepted by all competition entrants.  The most modified car is "A Modified", which gets a score of 1.00, so it's time would not be adjusted at all. Everything else gets multiplied by a figure that you could call a PAX handicap. PAX values are adjusted yearly. Click here for the most current PAX factors.

LONG-TIME SECRETARY/TREASURER OF REGION RESIGNS

Long-time member and Secretary/Treasurer for the Region, Mark Richlen, resigned his post on Thursday, May 15, 2008.

We would like to thank Mark for his tireless and often thankless work for the Region over many years and hope we will see him at future events.  Although Mark will never be replaced, nominations for his office are being accepted and will be considered at the next monthly meeting.

HELMETS

Do you dread that part of tech inspection when the safety steward looks inside your helmet for the Snell sticker?  You may also want to check out page 32 of the 2008 SCCA National Solo Rules (Rule 4.3.1) which mandates that helmets must meet the current or two immediately preceding Snell Foundation standards.  Snell updates their standard every 5 years, so the current standard is 2005.  It would appear that your helmet is legal if you have a 2005 sticker (current), 2000 or 1995.  In 2010,  the 1995 stickered helmet will no longer be legal.