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In this issue: 2022 Season Schedules • Guest Feature: Introducing Kids to Motorsports • HELP! Do you know how to use Wordpress? • June Regional Meeting - Blue Sky Tavern • Susquehanna Region - COVID-19 Guidelines • Susquehanna Region Gift Certificates for MSR are Available! • 2022 Solo Nats: Run Days & Reg! • Recapturing AX Passion with CAM • Paying Retail is for Suckers: Track Night's $25 June Discount • Turning the Knob: Rebound Damper Tweaks
2022 Season Schedules!
Please note that these are our tentative dates and could be subject to change, as the contracts are not 100% finalized. Events will be created on the website event calendar once they are finalized.
Autocross
- July 16
- August 20
- October 1
- October 29
RallyCross
- July 23
- August 13
- September 10
RallySprint
- August 6-7
- August 27-28
- November 5-6
Guest Feature: Introducing Kids to Motorsports
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Most kids are exposed to sports like baseball, soccer, and basketball at very young ages, but many are not immediately introduced to motorsports on a regular basis. Motorsports, however, are excellent ways for kids to both have fun and build character while competing against peers and mastering their skills. Motorsports are also contactless, meaning they don't involve any violence in the same way other athletes like MMA fighters and football players experience. While motorsports aren’t as widely discussed as other sports in many areas, there are actually a lot of them out there for you and your kids to experience and test out. There are also many ways to introduce children to motorsports and possibly find their lifelong hobby or career. Let’s take a look at some methods of introducing kids to motorsports.
HELP! Do You Know How to Use Wordpress?
We’re looking for some help with our website. If you’ve looked at it lately, you can see that it just doesn’t want to behave itself. Some of the issues we’re having are above our (non-existent) pay grades, and we’re looking for someone to help us out. If you have Wordpress experience or web development skills and you’d be interested in helping, we would LOVE to hear from you. Please email me at mmauro@scca-susq.com and we can chat.
June Regional Meeting
We’re going to begin rotating venues in 2022! Keep your eyes peeled each month to make sure you know where we’ll be meeting!
June 23, 2022 - at 7:00pm
THIS MONTH…We’re at BLUE SKY TAVERN
Our next meeting will be held in the at Blue Sky Tavern, located at 895 Old Trail Road, Etters, PA 17319. All members are encouraged to attend. Come an hour early for dinner (and a drink) with other members.
The staff has reserved a section for us from 5:30pm until they close. Please make sure you tell them you’re with the SCCA group, and they will get you seated with us. We look forward to seeing you!
Susquehanna Region - COVID-19 Guidelines
As restrictions are getting lifted, we will be following the state and CDC guidelines for COVID-19. Pennsylvania is following the CDC guidelines, which can be found below. If you have any questions on this, please make sure you reach out to me by email - mmauro@scca-susq.com.
Susquehanna Region Gift Certificates for MSR are Available!
Do you have someone who’s hard to shop for? Are your family and friends always bugging you for birthday ideas? ...We have the solution! We now have gift certificates for Motorsportreg.com available! You can send someone a gift for a special occasion or receive credits for some free racing events from your loved ones.
News from SCCA
2022 Solo Nats: Run Days & Reg!
JUNE 7, 2022 — The 2022 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour has been a wild one in that it has been packed with fantastic events and nary a COVID cancellation – it was very much a season of what we hope is the permanent “new normal.” And now, that “normal” extends into the championship season, with the announcement of run days and registration dates for the Sept. 6-9, 2022, Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, NE.
Paying Retail is for Suckers: Track Night's $25 June Discount
JUNE 16, 2022 — We suck at math, but even we know that with the price of gas sitting 50% higher than it was a year ago, getting to the track is rough. Luckily, since we’re horrible at math and we like our friends, we’ve cracked open a cool can of $25 event discounts for use when you register in June for SCCA TNiA events taking place in June, July, and August. Actually, we cracked that can half a month ago, so this is a reminder that you’ve got less than 15 days!
Recapturing AX Passion with CAM
JUNE10, 2022 — Twelve years. It had been 12 years since I’d last autocrossed, and I felt the desire to get back on the pavement. Prior to that, I had been autocrossing for roughly seven years with various automotive platforms. I’d run everything from an STX Subaru 2.5RS to a gutted front-wheel-drive Eagle Talon on Kumho tires in SM. While the STX car was competitive in class and on PAX in my local Indiana Region, the vehicle was a co-drive situation and not always available. I needed another solution.
Turning the Knob: Rebound Damper Tweaks
JUNE 13, 2022 — If you have aftermarket dampers on your performance vehicle, you may have the ability to adjust them in some form or fashion. Certain dampers allow the simultaneous adjustment of compression and rebound, while others go so far as to permit dialing in high- and low-speed damping in both compression and rebound. None of that matters, however, if you don’t know what any of that does, or how much to turn the knob.
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2022 Event Schedule
AX - July 16
RX - July 23
RS - August 6-7
RX - August 13
AX - August 20
RS - August 27-28
RX - September 10
AX - October 1
AX - October 29
RS - November 5-6
2022 Officers
Regional Exec: Melissa Mauro
Assistant RE: Michael Chilcote
Treasurer: Alan Lesher
Secretary: Adam Dellinger
Director 3 Yr: Rob Springer
Director 2 Yr: Andy Bierach
Director 1 Yr: Chris Brown
2022 Meetings
6/23/2022: Member Mtg - Blue Sky Tavern
7/28/2022: Member Meeting - TBD
8/25/2022: Member Meeting - TBD
9/22/2022: Member Meeting - TBD
10/27/2022: Member Meeting - TBD
11/17/2022: Member Meeting - TBD
NO DECEMBER MEETING
2022 Rules
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