NJ Pro-Solo Hosted by SCCA-NNJR
'22 New Jersey ProSolo Fast Notes
May 19 - 21, 2022
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The calendar indicates it’s springtime, but it sure felt like summer on May 20-22, 2022, at New Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, NJ, during the Tire Rack SCCA New Jersey ProSolo.
Mostly sunny skies, with temperatures in the low 90s both Saturday and Sunday, greeted 190 autocrossers who took part in the sixth of 11 “regular season” ProSolo event, this one hosted by SCCA’s Northern New Jersey Region. The venue featured grippy asphalt and ample paddock space, with plenty of room to create similar, open and flowing ProSolo courses.
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2022 NEDiv Road Racing Schedule
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NeDiv Regional & Divisional Series / NE Super Tours & Majors / Schools / Time Trials / Track Events
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Historic Racing Group at 25
How it all started
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In the Beginning:
Historic Racing Group was founded in 1997 as the Volvo Historic Series (VHS). Fred Hammond, Director of Corporate Communications for Volvo reached out to Tom Lynch in April of 1996. Tom, a club racer and board member of the SCCA's Northern New Jersey Region happened to have a day job putting on special events for car companies. Tom contacted former FVee racer and NNJR SCCA Steward Dave Panas. Legend has it they discussed it “over an Ice Cream or two” and made plans to get it on the road.
Read the full story: Here
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“American Pickers”
Coming To NJ To See Your Collection
Photo Courtesy Cineflix
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The popular documentary series will be returning to New Jersey in August.
The History Channel show follows skilled “pickers” as they hunt through people’s interesting items to find the most valuable antiques. On the top of their want list is a large, unique collection that has a story behind it. If you or someone you know has a large, private collection or accumulation of antiques that the Pickers can spend the better part of the day looking through, send your name, phone number, location, and description of the collection with photos to: americanpickers@cineflix.com or call (646) 493-2184.
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Rebuilding ProSolo: One Year Later
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The 2021 Charlotte ProSolo weekend experienced what was described at the time as a “catastrophic failure in the timing and scoring system” that brought the event to an early conclusion and made some competitors question the program’s viability. The result was the 2021 ProSolo season being immediately postponed. One year later, we have great news!
Resetting the Clock: A ProSolo Reset Team led by Brian Conners, with support from Myke Dziengel, Darrin DiSimo, Megan DePietro, Tracy Lewis, and others from the SCCA Solo field staff developed a plan for the 2022 ProSolo season. The timing system was tested and failure points were identified via a lab environment and real-world testing at autocross events.
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2021 NEDiv Road Racing Final Standing and Photos
By Chris Mosley
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Upcoming Rallies in neighboring Regions
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Philadelphia Region - Witch Way to the Bucks Covered Bridge? A Game-Tour-Adventure (GTA) rally on June 12, 2022 Rally is a Divisional Game-Tour-Adventure (GTA) Rally. If you’d like to take some scenic back roads to visit some covered bridges in Bucks County perhaps WWTBCB? may be for you. Scoring will be based on answers to questions about the bridges and the route along the way. We're offering 2 classes: Experienced and Novice. Trophies will be awarded for 1st through 3rd place teams in each class. Our route will cover 70+ miles and is totally paved, so no worries about the dirt/rocks. Registration Link.
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2022 Solo Spring Schedule
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Green 2 Checker
From SCCA Road Racing Program Operations
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This e-mail was originally sent on April 28, 2022 to drivers participating in Hoosier Super Tour or Runoffs events since the beginning of 2021
Dear SCCA Hoosier Super Tour Drivers,
I write to you today, not solely as the staff lead of the SCCA Road Racing program, but as a fellow driver. Friends, we need to talk…
Over the last couple of years, staff has heard concerns from many of you about the level of driving, the number of incidents and the amount of discipline at our events—specifically the Hoosier Super Tour weekends.
Speaking to several of you over the last season, there is a belief that the driving quality has degraded, and the number of incidents increased over the last couple of years. Aside from the number of actions during a weekend, which has not shown a meaningful change outside of the Runoffs, we have not had a mechanism to specifically track the on-track activity. So, following this year’s VIR Super Tour (April 8-10), we combed through the T&S data and Communication logs and complied that information.
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Back to School Rally
July 24, 2022
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Back to School – Mileage based navigational road rally. This event will be an introduction to mileage based course rallying. 100 penalty points will be ‘awarded’ for each mile that you go off-course. The Rallymaster is designing the route for individuals new to this type of event and will provide helpers to keep you on-course and ‘instruct’ you on possible upcoming self-correcting route following tricks that you might see later in the event or on the December 5th ‘Teddy Bear’ Toys for Tots rally.
This event is open to the general public and requires only a car or light SUV/truck, pen/pencil and clipboard.
Starting Location: McDonalds - 72 Reaville Ave. Flemington, NJ
Ending Location: Tavern 519 - 650 County Route 519, Frenchtown, NJ
Onsite Registration opens at 10:00AM, first car off at 11:01AM
Entry Fee: Only $25.00 per Car.
Awards:
1 and 2 Expert
1 and 2 Intermediate
1,2 and 3 Novice
plus
1 and 2 Place 'First Timer'
Best Family, Best Husband & Wife/Partner, Best SCCA
Dead Last But Finished
Classes are based on your rally expertise
Rally Limited to 60 Cars
Special Introduction to rally session
will be conducted prior to the event
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March 27 Sunday Highland Spring Trek
April 24 Sunday Second Hand Roads – TSD
July 24 Sunday Back to School – GTA
Oct 8/9 Sat/Sun NJ National RoadRally Weekend* Oct 23 Sunday Fall Highland Trek
Dec 4 Sunday 32nd Teddy Bear Rally - GTA
* Oct 8 - Roads of Home - TSD Tour Rally / Oct 9 - New Jersey Monte TSD Course Rally
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