Call to Order
The Kansas City Region SCCA Board Meeting was called to order by RE Bill Johnson at The Bar on September 27, 2022 at 7:02pm.
Board Members present: Bill Johnson, Chris Kern, Bob Henson, Greg Cheney, Ed Nicholson, and Mike McGinley
Board Member(s) not present: Paula Diehl, Al Hermanns, Jessica Dorn, Lisa Kern and Donna Cross
Guests: –
SECRETARY’S REPORT: (Ed Nicholson)
Bob made a motion to approve the minutes; Chris seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: (Jessica Dorn)
August 2022
| Starting Cash | $24,791.37 |
| Starting CD | $83,164.76 |
| Ending CD | $83,220.03 |
| Ending Cash | $19,863.62 |
| Ending Balance | $103,083.65 |
Mike made a motion to approve the treasurers report; Greg seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
No report this month.
SOLO REPORT: (Al Hermans)
Events #7 & #8 were held on September 17 & 18. There were 88 participants on Saturday and 106 on Sunday with a total of 125 distinct individuals for the weekend. Event results are posted on the region website and the audit has been submitted.
National championships for Pro Solo and Solo were held between September 3 and September 9. As far as I know, we had one national champion in Craig Wilcox from this region.
Our next local events are October 16 & 30 (Halloweenie) and registration is open on MSR for October 16.
Our older timing display (Race America) is not working. One of our members is going to try to repair it. If unsuccessful, we may need to send it in for repair. We still have two functioning timing displays.
Two SAC positions are available for the upcoming election, Paula Diehl and Al Hermans. In addition, a replacement for Everett Watts is needed. The replacement can be appointed by the BOD or elected by the membership to finish the remaining one year of the term.
RALLYCROSS REPORT: (Nils, not present but Greg gave report)
Had Test and Tune with the NA event and the event was cancelled at Thunder Valley. 20 for Test and Tune but none of the NA people came for the event except Nils a couple of other event leaders.
Rally X Nationals: Nils Davis 2nd and Max Bear 8th prepared rear wheel drive; Mark Macoubrie 6th modified all wheel drive; Mark Hill 2nd prepared all wheel drive; Tiernan Eiberger modified front wheel drive; and Ryan Redenbaugh 5th, Brian Tefft 6th, Bill Taylor 7th, Ian Jennings 8th and Brian Strack 9th modified rear wheel drive.
Event #7: Saturday, October 22nd @ Thunder Valley Sand Drags?
KVRG REPORT: (Chris Kern and Mike McGinley)
Need to confirm KVRG members for next year. Nominated Bob Henson and Ed Nicholson. Mike made the motion to approve and Greg second, motion passes.
Working on events for next year.
Chris; Need help for Lake Garnett GP weekend of October 8th and 9th.
BANQUET: Ed Nicholson volunteered for Chair.
WEB REPORT: (Paula Diehl not present. Mike McGinley gave report this month)
Mike has moved communication to Paula, transition going well.
Below are site analytics for kcrscca.org for the period 7/25/22-8/23/22. Percent increase/decrease is over the reference period 6/24/22-7/23/22.
Total Visitors: 6,341 | 13.6%
The number of visitors that accessed the website
Daily average: 211
Sessions: 7,019 | 17.9%
A session starts when a visitor accesses the website and ends when he or she leaves it.
Daily average: 233
Total Page Impressions: 28,557 | 11.3%
How often the pages of the website are visited. Only pages that contain text and were fully loaded are counted.
Page Impressions per Session: 4.3 | -2%
The average number of pages of the website that are visited per session
Top 5 Most Frequently Visited Pages:
- Home page
- solo/live/results_live
- /autocross/autocross-schedule-and-results
- /our-racing/autocross
- /our-racing/road-racing
Bounce Rate: 2.45% | -0.8%
How many visitors left the website right after the landing page without any further interaction with the website.
Top Key Words
The keywords/phrases with which the website was most commonly found in search engines.
- KVRG
ALL PAGES OF ORIGIN
Where site visitors came from, i.e. whether they were transferred to the website from search engines, social networks or online directories, for example.
- Direct: 28.94% | 43.1%
- Search engines: 52.22% | 0.7%
- Social networks: .21% | 20%
- Others: 18.63% | 5.9%
OLD BUSINESS
NA
NEW BUSINESS:
Nominating committee – Greg, Tim, Al and Chris.
Event Dates
Next solo – October 16 at MCC
Rally X – October 22 – Thunder Valley
Road racing – done for the year
Track Night in America – October 13 at Heartland
Time Trials – Saturday October the 15th @ Raceway Park of the Midplands
MiDiv TT Series 2022
Season Championship @ Raceway Park of the Midlands Round 5 & HPDE Event
From Event Chairman Adam Pessetto:
Thank you to all the drivers and workers who signed up for the MiDiv TT Series 2022 event at Raceway Park of the Midlands Round 5event. If you haven’t signed up, now is the time to do so on this as we are 17 days away from event start. Registration closes Friday 10/14/2022 at midnight and a link can be found here: Raceway Park of the Midlands Round 5
If you know of anyone that may be interested in this event, please forward this to them. This event also has a HPDE (High Performance Driving Experience) which is a chance to drive your car on a racetrack in a safe and controlled environment away from the risks present on the street. We will also have coaching sessions available for these sessions, which is great way to get friends, Spouses, Significant others, or even your kids to come out and learn how to drive safely on the track. There is no transponder required for this , so come out and experience a great Midwest track.
This is what everyone has been asking for, a 1 day event on Saturday! Camping is allowed Friday and Saturday night, so if you want to show up the night before and/or leave Sunday morning, no problem. Gates will open at 6pm Friday and Registration will be open Friday 6pm-9pm and Saturday 7:15am-Noon. Tech will be open Friday 7pm-9pm. Tech will be available Saturday morning from 7am-8:30am, Tech will be open after 9am as well, but please be aware that most of the individuals leading the event are also racers, so please be considerate of their time as you may be delayed in tech as they may be out racing.
Please be aware that you can only enter the track Friday after 6pm. They will lock the gate after 10pm, but if you plan to get in later than 10pm, please call 913-200-0722 when you arrive and i can open the gate for you.
This is season championship event and a double points event! We will also be having our awards ceremony Saturday evening after the end of the event along with dinner.
Meals – We will be having lunch and Dinner for everyone on Saturday along with the drinks and adult beverages (after racing is over), but I recommend you bring your on specials drinks if you so desire. We will have a grill and griddle on site to help cook lunch (and breakfast as well for those who want to use it)
Look for a white truck with a white Racing trailer and the Dare to Dream Green Honda Fit. This is where we will be holding the driver’s meeting on Sat morning, and all other meetings will take place. It’s a good idea to paddock somewhere near us to keep in touch with the TT event chairman during the event, as sometimes things change on the fly due to weather or wrecks. (but of course weather will be perfect this weekend). Please take a look at the picture above as this will be the first time for our series at this venue
There will be a mandatory driver’s meeting on Sat morning at 8:35 AM (we’ll be calling names) at the TT paddock. We’ll go over the basic TT rules and etiquette, what’s expected of drivers and what’s expected of event staff. It’s important you attend this meeting, since some aspects and scheduling of the event may change overnight. If you dont attend this meeting, you will not be allowed on track without talking with the event lead first.
Please lease take a minute to review the Schedule and Supps about the track along with the TT ruleset, including driver eligibility and required equipment/clothing. This includes transponders. If you own your own, just make sure it’s charged and ready. If you rented one, it will be handed to you during your tech inspection. Link to the schedule can be found here along with other supplement information:
RPM round 5 – Schedule
SCCA MiDiv TT Series rules
RPM Supps
From the MiDiv TT Chairman (James Cahill)-
We had a lot of issues with car classing and safety that I would like to avoid for Brainerd his weekend. To do that I need drivers help to make sure they have the following items ready for tech inspection.
1. Dyno sheet or Proof of SAE Horsepower
2. Print out of classing calculator completed for your car
3. Completed Tech sheet including scale weight
4. Safety gear including Helmet, gloves and head/neck restraint if you are using.
We will be also enforcing convertible and open cockpit vehicles per our rule set in regards to Rule 7.2 Convertibles requiring roll bar and Rule 7.4 open cockpit / convertible vehicles requiring arm restraints
Scales will be available during tech. Print and bring these 3 printouts plus the safety gear to Tech (link below). If you plan to arrive any time Saturday, Appointments can be made by emailing apessetto@gmail.com. Please be aware that our tech staff is also drivers, so please be considerate of their time.
Our Classing and Tech staff are racers also so please be respectful of their time on Saturday/Sunday and do your work up front.
Links to forms:
Other info-
- I will bring a propane grill and gridle to the events to share with drivers, feel free to bring something for the grille and whatever refreshments you want. Most questions will be answered either here or at the driver’s meeting. If you feel you’ve got something that needs to be handled before any of that, just let me know. I will be on site Friday around 4pm-ish. If you need to, you can call/text me and I will get back to you. My number is 913-200-0722. Don’t hesitate to reach out, I want to make sure everyone has a great event!
Looking forward to seeing you all out there!
Lastly – It is your own responsibility to cancel if you cant make this event. If you are registered for this event and you don’t show up, you will be charged for the event. We are not for profit and are running this event at a potential loss. So if you don’t cancel we are assuming you are still supporting us and helping us to continue to put on events.
Feel free to respond to this email or contact me at: apessetto@gmail or 913-200-0722 with any questions.
Call for motion to adjourn
Bob made a motion to adjourn and Chris second motion passed. Meeting ended at 8:25.