Notes from the President

October 29, 2009
Notes from the President

Here it is the end of a busy October for the Chapter. We had three different events in October, which by my accounting involved a total of almost 200 members in attendance.

The first event, a Street Survival School, was held at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. It was the culmination of a lengthy venue search by Dave Ortoli. In his search Dave visited numerous sites and viewed plenty of satellite photos trying to find a site that would fit the purpose. In the end we went back to Rentschler, which we had used last year. From the comments on the evaluation cards that the student drivers had submitted it appeared to have been a successful event. At that event we had nearly 25 students with about the same number of parents, 20 instructors and 15 event volunteers.

The following Friday we held our fall drivers school at Lime Rock. From all accounts the day started looking a bit iffy, with an over night accumulation of snow in some areas, but wound up with a sunny finish after noon. In attendance for the event were about 40 students, 40 instructors and about 10 volunteers.

A weekend later it was off to Turner Motorsports in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Veteran Board Member Roger Chartier set up the event with owner and racer Will Turner providing the entertainment. About 45 members made the trip there.

If you didn’t get a chance to attend any of these events we still have a few more coming up. There’s the Holiday Party in December and the Annual Election Diner Meeting coming in January so why not make it a point to come out and meet your fellow members and have a good time.

Willy Wiley

June 10, 2009
Notes from the President

The year so far for the Chapter is going as well as one can expect with the economy the way it is.

This is especially true for the Drivers School at Lime Rock with one down and the second one looking to be just as successful. We are certainly lucky to have such a facility in our backyard as well a number of members who have been with the club for a long time. I mention this as I came across a list of attendees from our first school back in 1989 while going through some of the Chapter’s files. One of the members that has stayed and helped through the years is Wally Thomas. Wally, for those who don’t know it, is currently our Chief Instructor and I can only guess how many laps of the track that he has made between being a student, SCCA racer and instructor. On behalf of the Chapter I’d like to thank Wally for all the help he has given. I also look forward to many more successful Drivers Schools with other long time members as well as new ones who are just coming along.

While on the subject of Lime Rock, we are making plans to hold the ’02 Fest East there once again. It looks like we’ll be holding it in conjunction with the Vintage Fall Festival on the Labor Day weekend.

For those of you who are interested we are pursuing a venue to put on another Street Survival School this fall. It’s a shame that we got priced out of last year’s location, Rentschler Field, as it was a decent facility for our use. Watch for future updates as we are looking at some new locations as well as one we used in the past.

Willy

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