Call to Order
The Kansas City Region SCCA General Meeting was called to order by RE Bill Johnson at Johnnies Tavern on November 7th, 2023 at 7:35 pm.
Members present: Bill Johnson, Chris Kern, Ed Nicholson, Al Hermans, Steve Fudge, Charlie Clark, Neava Ford, Donna Cross, Guy Watney, Bill Bauman, Janet Bauman, Phillip Meredith, Dick Berger, Greg Cheney, Max Baer, Andrew Von Bevern, Alexander Von Beven, Jeff McCormick, Jake Kelly, Bob Henson, Niles Davis, Courtney Davis, Stephan Johnson, Tim Friest, Henry Rompage, Josh Huff, April Turner, Johnathon Griffith, Jeremy Scotton, Paula Diehl, Graham Smith and Jessica Dorn.
SECRETARY’S REPORT: (Ed Nicholson)
Bob made a motion to approve the minutes; everybody seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: (Jessica Dorn)
September 2023
| Starting Cash | $15,870.37 |
| Starting CD | $95,530.79 |
| Ending CD | $96,346.15 |
| Ending Cash | $12,821.80 |
| Ending Balance | $109,167.95 |
Neava made a motion to approve the treasurers report; Greg seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
We have 640 members, Lost 12 and picked up 3.
SOLO REPORT: (Al Hermans)
Event #9 was held on October 8. There were 109 drivers with times. Plinko element was a hit with the drivers.
Event #10 was postponed from October 29 to November 5 due to inclement weather. We had 126 drivers come out on the new date on one of the better days for weather in early November.
We are looking for chiefs to help out in 2024. Some of our current chiefs will return but some will not. Contact the SAC if you are interested in being a chief.
Last call for those interested in running for SAC. We have 3 positions to fill and 7 candidates so far.
Here are some year-end statistics for 2023. There were 1173 entries with times. The smallest event was #6 with 83 (this was the event with the significant oil down and excessive heat) and our largest event was #3 (Sunday of the MiDiv) with 151 drivers. That is an average event attendance of 117. Our local school was well attended as was Starting Line.
KVRG REPORT: (Chris Kern & Bill Johnson)
Bob: Robert called and said I received race car parts turned out to be his Mid Div trophy in FC.
Ozark we a secured for June 1 and 2 with national TT Tour, in the works.
The Heartland Park events for 2024 have fallen through. It will be shut down soon. So far no new purchaser.
Hallett Super Tour and Ozark so far stay tuned.
KVRG will help St Louis to put on a Majors event this coming year third weekend in May.
Looking at Hedge Hollow to put on an event, TT, Track night and road racing.
Will no longer get MiDiv number through Rocky will be through the national office. This means there will be a price increase to reserve your number.
Garnett Grand Prix Revival had over 200 participants. Was a bit cold but still a pleasant weekend to have fun with cars. The promoter is looking to assist Garnett with paving the racing surface.
Al Hermans indicated the following dates for Midiv TT next year.
TT Dates for 2024:
June 12 @ Ozark
July 6/7 @ High Plains
Aug 10/121 @ Hastings
Oct 19 @ Iowa Speedway
Nov 9/10 @ Hallet Motorspeedway
RALLYCROSS REPORT: (Niles)
Event #9 Canceled due to Site conditions: Site was too wet to compete on without tearing up the course.
KCRX RAC: Our current board:
- Niles Davis (Chair)
- Clarissa Votipka
- Erik Votipka (going off)
- Deana Brown (going off)
- Tiernan Eiberger (going off)
- Our nominees: Max Bear, Bill Taylor, Mark Macoubrie
KC Region Rallycross National Competitor Results:
Stock Rear Wheel Drive:
2 Jared Phillipe – 99’ BMW 328i 2 of 6 Trophy! (1st National)
Trevor Phillipe – 99’ BMW 328i 3 of 6 (1st National)
Stock All Wheel Drive:
1 Randy Eickhoff – 07’ Subaru WRX 10 of 11 (Control arm broke on day 2) (1st National)
Prepared Front Wheel Drive:
1 Greg Cheney – 14’ Ford Fiesta ST 4 of 5 (6th National) (National Champion PF 15’)
Prepared All Wheel Drive:
1 Mark Hill – 06’ Mitsubishi E-voh 1 of 4 National Champion! (9th National) (National Champion PA 19’,20’,21’23’)
Modified Rear Wheel Drive:
4 Larry G Smith – 90’ Mazda Miata 8 of 9 (2nd National)
Parker Field – 90’ Mazda Miata 9 of 9(1st National)
Ryan Redenbaugh – 73’ MGB GT 5 of 9 (6th National)
Todd Wicker – 88’ BMW 325is 4 of 9 (5th National)
Modified All Wheel Drive:
5 James Woodward – 02’ Subaru WRX 21 of 21 (Motor blew on day 1) (1st National)
Blake Mcintyre – 02’ Subaru WRX 18 of 21 (Motor blew on day 1) (1st National)
Niles Davis – 02’ Audi A4 5 of 21 Trophy! (3rd National)
Josh Mefford – 02’ Audi A4 14 of 21 (2nd National)
Mark Macoubrie – 05’ Subaru WRX STI 3 of 21 Trophy!(10th National) (National Champion PA 17’,18’)
Upcoming events:
KCRX Event #10 @ I-35 Speedway- Sunday, November 12th
KCRX Event #11 @ Thunder Valley Sand Drags – Sunday, December 12th
WEBSITE REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
Paula announced that Ed Nicholson will be taking over the position of Liaison for the website going forward.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Ed has sent the slate of officers and bios collected thus far to the board.
We need candidates for the following RE, ARE, Treas, Sec and two board members at large. Board members going off are Bob Hensen and Greg Cheney.
List of Nominees:
RE: Paula Diehl
ARE: Al Hermanns
Treasurer: Jessica Dorn
Secretary: Greg Cheney
Board at large: Dan Rowland, Josh Huff, Max Baer
Bill, Spring Car show at Kansas Speedway do we want to participate? There was interest shown. He will find out more and get back.
Paula we have 25,000 pop tops and are still saving so let see how many we can have by the end of the year. Bring them to the next meeting in December.
Motion for nominations for 2023 to be closed. Tara made the motion and Bill Bauman seconded, motion passed so nominations are closed for the 2023 year.
During the meeting the date for the KCRSCCA banquet was mentioned as February 3rd, 2024 but the actual date is February 10th, 2024.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
OLD BUSINESS
None
EVENT DATES
Next solo – Finished for the year.
Rally X – November 12th at Thunder Valley.
Road racing – Finished for the year
Track Night in America Finished for the year.
Time Trials – Finished for the years.
Virtual SCCA National Convention Jan 18th-26th, 2024.
KCR Awards Dinner Feb 10, 2024.
MiDiv 2024 Convention Feb 23-25 Topeka.
Call for motion to adjourn
Donna made a motion to adjourn and Neava second motion passed. Meeting ended at 8:30.