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KNOW
THIS:
Drive better, save a life: A Tire Rack
Street Survival graduate tells how the clinic
and her instructor improved her skills. . . . . . 6
Thanks are in order: RE Tom Masterson
appreciates those who serve the region . . . . 8
Lessons learned: The Race group looks
at what worked and what didn’t in 2011
and applies it to 2012’s events . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sign up time: NWR’s annual awards
banquet is coming up soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
NORTHWEST SPORTS CAR
The official news source of SCCA’s Northwest Region — www.nwr-scca.org January 2012
NEWS
Sherri Masterson photo
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Western Washington’s first new road
course in decades gets broken in. 2

BY KURT BATDORF
NSCN Editor
SHELTON — The Ridge Motor-
sports Park, the first purpose-built
road-racing track built in Western
Washington in decades, will be ready
for racing pending approval by SCCA
later this year.
In a note posted on Jan.
5 on www.ridgemotor
sportspark.com/news,
track organizers said they
had finished installing
curbs around the 2.4-mile
track, runoff areas were
being groomed for seeding
and the storm-water system was
being installed.
The Northwest Region will have its
first event at The Ridge, a Double Re-
gional, on April 14 and 15, with
SCCA’s certification.
Select local racers got an early
taste of what The Ridge offers during
Hooked on Driving held the inaugural lapping event at The Ridge Motorsports Park outside of Shelton on Dec. 10
and 11. The Northwest Region is scheduled to have its first event at the new track on April 14 and 15. Cars enter the
main straight after dropping through three turns called The Ridge Complex (visible in the background) that early
users have favorably compared to the famous Corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Ridge
riders
rejoice
New road-racing
track in Shelton
draws high praise
from initial users
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January 2012 www.nwr-scca.org Northwest Sports Car News 3
a test session on Dec. 10 and 11 that
doubled as a fundraiser for Mason
County charities. Oregon Region
racer Todd Butler shared Ken
Sutherlund’s Spec Miata and left im-
pressed.
“I think it’s going to be an excellent
road racing track and challenging for
all kinds of cars, momentum and
horsepower,” Butler said. “I’m very
much looking forward to racing there
with SCCA.”
If the organizers build out their
master plan, The Ridge will end up
being one of the premier road racing
tracks in the Pacific Northwest, he
said. The track is located about six
miles northwest of Shelton, west of
Sanderson Airfield.
“It’s got braking zones which will
allow passing, it’s got drafting poten-
tial, it’s got multiple lines through
some corners, it’s got elevation, it’s
got high-speed sweepers, tight tech-
nical corners and blind corners,” But-
ler said after lapping the track. “In a
Spec Racer Ford it will use third,
fourth and fifth gears, in a Spec
Miata second, third, fourth and fifth,
so drivers are busy and will be row-
ing the gearbox a lot.”
The Ridge’s last three turns before
racers hit the half-mile front straight
bears a strong resemblance to the
Corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Lagu-
na Seca, Butler said. On their web-
site, The Ridge organizers say they’d
The first day of lapping at The Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton on Dec. 11 was cold and damp, but the general
concensus is that the region has a great new racing facility on its hands.
Continued on page 4

Charities leave The Ridge
with $10,000, loads of food
BY SHERRI MASTERSON
NWR Secretary
SHELTON — It’s been a whirl-
wind to watch the progress on the
new track being built in Shelton.
Mason County has already begun
to see the benefit of having a track.
On Dec. 10 and 11, a charity event
was held to do two things: introduce
the racing community to the new
track (pavement was finished Nov.
6) and to raise money for Mason
County charities.
Each local club was asked to se-
lect five mature racers who could
keep it on the track to participate in
the weekend events. Drivers paid
$150 for a day of lapping at the new
track. Any “offs” would have to
write a $500 check directly to the
charities (trying to deter excursions
into the very soft, wet dirt). Satur-
day was motorcycles and Sunday
was cars.
It was a fabulous turnout both
days. Spectators and passengers
were encouraged to bring three non-
perishable goods for the local food
bank and at lunchtime they had pa-
rade laps for $10.
The local charities received over
$10,000 and two full pickup loads of
food were delivered to the food
bank.
One of the drivers from NWR was
Tom Burt (SRF driver).
“The Ridge is a fabulous track and
is going to be terrific fun to race on,”
he said. “It has great elevation
changes, challenging corners with
many fast sweeping turns, blind en-
tries and exits and good passing op-
portunities. The management has
done an amazing job making so
much progress so quickly. Hopefully
the weather will cooperate so the im-
provements still needed to get an
SCCA sanction can be completed just
as quickly. Feedback from partici-
pants was very positive and I expect
to see big grids at SCCA events at
The Ridge. Can’t wait to go racing!”
I think the best comment I heard
from many people was to put it sim-
ply, “They got it right!” The current
track configuration is 2.4 miles with
a total elevation change of 125 feet.
A big downhill drop of 50 feet hap-
pens in only 300 feet of track. The
highest point is around 75 feet
above the lowest point. The front
straight is a half-mile.
Thanks to Jim Graffy for strap-
ping a GPS on Ken Sutherland’s
Miata at the event to get these unof-
ficial numbers.
NWR currently has two weekends
scheduled. If all goes well, we will
be racing there on April 14 and 15
and then again on July 28 and 29.
SOVREN will hold a Test-n-Tune on
July 27. To keep up to date on the
progress at The Ridge, go to
www.ridgemotorsportspark.com.
prefer that you call it the Ridge Com-
plex instead.
“I think coming down the hill (in
turns 13-14) is very reminiscent of
the T8-8A (Corkscrew) at Mazda La-
guna Seca with two key differences,”
Butler said. “It’s a much sharper
entry, which will be very interesting
for GT-1/SPO high-horsepower cars,
and the corner flattens out into the
main straight at The Ridge instead of
continuing to drop as at Laguna.”
Northwest Region member Jim
Gaffray also noted the similarity be-
tween Laguna’s Corkscrew and The
Ridge Complex.
“The Ridge hill is reminding folks
of the top of the Corkscrew: Sharp
turn, then downhill,” he said. “Google
shows that this hill drops 50 feet in
the same 300 feet, so the comparison
is valid. The big difference is that La-
guna continues to drop another 50
feet before leveling out.”
Gaffray attended the Dec. 11 ses-
sion in an “ad hoc technical support
role,” he said. “I supplied the camera
and posted the resulting video” on
YouTube.
“My immediate impression is that
The Ridge is a lot steeper,” Gaffray
said, comparing The Ridge Complex
to Pacific Raceway’s descent from T2
into T3a.
But impressions can be deceiving,
so he checked Google Earth for data.
“It shows that PR drops 70 feet
from T2 to T3a, but it takes around
800 feet doing it,” Gaffray said. “That
works out to 9 percent, still plenty
steep.”
The Ridge features 125 feet of ele-
vation change per lap, Gaffray re-
ported. Here’s what his GPS unit
recorded, turn by turn:
The low spot on the course is at T-
1. You pick up 40 feet before T-4.
Drop 10 feet through T-4 before
climbing another 45 feet to the en-
trance of T-6, the Carousel. Back
downhill 30 feet to T-8a. A 5-foot rise
through T-8b before dropping 10 feet
more going to T-9. There you climb
35 feet getting before getting to T-11.
From there it is flat to T-13. Going
through T-13 and T-14 you fall 50
feet while only traversing 300 feet of
the track. That works out to a 16 per-
cent grade. You lose the last 25 feet
getting back to T-1, but that happens
over 0.5 miles.
With the road course nearing com-
pletion, The Ridge’s organizers as-
sured drag racers that they “are com-
ing up to bat,” they posted in the Jan.
5 update.
“Surprising probably to most,
there is not that much work left to
build the drag strip,” the web update
stated. “Amenities like garages,
bathroom, even grandstands, will
certainly take time, but the actual
racing surface is not that far away.
Much like the road course, the
dragstrip will be a ‘work in progress’
for most of 2012. It will certainly be
operational, we hope by mid-May,
but we will be building amenities all
season long.
“The true buildout of this entire fa-
cility is five years, so you will see per-
petual construction for a long time.”
Continued from page 3

Northwest Region member John Taylor waits in the hot pits for his first laps around The Ridge.
A day at the Ridge is a good day, indeed
BY JOHN TAYLOR
NSCN Contributing Editor
SHELTON — We took everyone’s
advice and stayed at the Little Creek
Resort on Saturday before our first
track outing at The Ridge Motor-
sports Park.
Food was decent. Played a little
blackjack and lost, while Sandy
played the slots and offset most of my
losses. Rooms are nice. The only
drawback was no place there to eat
before 7 a.m. We had to be up by 6
a.m. to get to The Ridge on time.
The short drive north took about 20
minutes not including a detour to
grab coffee and breakfast at McDon-
ald’s. We had a bit of trouble in the
early morning hours finding the
names of the streets. There’s no sig-
nage yet pointing to The Ridge.
The weather was cold and wet, so
for a new track it was a bit tricky.
They did a great job keeping the
track clean and most of the cars
under control.
They have laid asphalt for a small
paddock area. They are ready to cre-
ate a large area, as it’s graded and
compacted. They have paved a hot pit
lane and placed Jersey barriers up to
cordon it off from the straight.
The people that have created the
track seem to be serious about bring-
ing a full-on road coarse for enthusi-
asts. They have made huge progress
to get to this point. When I looked at
the facility I could see where it was
only woods a year ago.
The Ridge track is wider than
most, but don’t let that fool you. You
are busy in the cockpit from turn one
until you straighten out from the last
corner onto the front straight. Then
you get a chance to check your
gauges and back into the twisties
again.
While they still need to add turn
stations, curbing and possibly re-
move a tree or two that I could see
causing a bad scene if someone was
to go off at the wrong moment, it’s a
fantastic track. There is a nice
rhythm section and a great carousel
corner that I missed once. The runoff
areas are mud right now, but I eased
myself off and back on without major
incident or damage.
I look forward to the track getting
sanctioned from SCCA. It will be a
blast at full tilt with all of the eleva-
tion change. I can’t wait until we can
truly race on the circuit.
Great job by the folks at the Ridge
Motorsports Park. They deserve our
support and appreciation for taking
on the monumental task with such
enthusiasm.

Kurt Batdorf photo
Tire Rack Street Survival graduate Christine Valdez credits her instructor, Dave Gaylord, with teaching her car-
control skills that have kept her out of trouble with distracted, inattentive and dangerous drivers.
BY CHRISTINE VALDEZ
NSCN Contributing Editor
When I attended the Tire Rack
Street Survival car-control clinic in
February 2010, I had no idea how lit-
eral that title would become for me:
At least twice since then, my time
with driving instructor Dave Gaylord
has saved my life.
For the record, I’m a decent driver.
And it helps that every time I drive
with my husband (and NSCN editor)
Kurt, I’m driving with a Street Sur-
vival instructor. As a 15-year veteran
of marriage, however, Kurt knows
the difference between “wife” and
“student.” And he also knows this
wife in particular would not appreci-
ate a litany of friendly suggestions on
the drive home from Costco.
I realized I wasn’t the only one who
felt that way when instructors were
being assigned and I made sure peo-
ple knew Kurt, who was also in-
structing that day, was my husband.
Now, I’ve yet to confirm whether
Kurt was behind me being matched
with Gaylord, whose racing creden-
tials include the 24 Hours of Day-
tona, but Dave had no problem cor-
recting his student.
I was a minute into the lesson,
slaloming my Subaru Baja, when the
corrections began. For the record, I do
have a Miata but I decided to bring
the Baja because that’s what I needed
help learning how to handle. More
help then I realized, apparently.
“Don’t let the steering wheel slide
through your hands,” he said as I
eased out of a turn.
“Oh, thanks. I never do that,” I
said, trying to make a good impres-
sion. “I don’t know why I’m doing it
now.”
“Well, we just started driving and
I’ve seen you do it twice,” he said.
Gulp. This guy had my number and
wasn’t afraid to show it to me. To this
day, I’m very aware of keeping my
hands firmly on the wheel. Any time
I do catch myself letting the steering
wheel slide out, I think of Dave and
instantly correct myself.
I tried to ease my nerves by making
conversation. Dave casually men-
Street Survival saved
my life and my marriage

tioned that he was a professional
race-car driver. I’m no expert on rac-
ing. I have, however, gleaned enough
from the car magazines Kurt has
stacked in the “reading room,” to
know I had just been given an amaz-
ing opportunity.
So I made it my mission to soak up
every bit of knowledge he was drop-
ping on me. In other words, when he
corrected me, I acted the exact oppo-
site of how I act when Kurt attempts
to correct me. I also paid attention
and took notes during the classroom
instruction.
After instructors were assigned,
our group was divided into two
groups. My group had classroom in-
struction first, then track time,
which was alternated throughout the
day.
In the classroom, chief instructor
Dave Conover talked to us about the
physics of driving and how it related
to turning and braking. Basically, he
explained the reasons behind what
we were going to do and why it was
important. Throughout his lessons,
he sprinkled in personal experiences
and answered questions.
Then came time to practice what
we learned on the track. After the
slalom, where I got my steering-
wheel lesson, was panic braking. I
was to drive as fast as I could, then
when Gaylord gave the word, slam on
the brakes and control the car, trying
to hit the mark given by another as-
sistant.
My love of speed and lack of fear of
slamming the brakes came in handy
here. I hit the mark pretty much
every time.
“Go faster and let’s see if you can
still stop in time,” the assistant sug-
gested, curious, I guess about what I
could do.
“She’s got a lead foot, she already
has it floored,” Dave said.
So instead they had me start far-
ther back so I could pick up more
speed. I still hit the mark.
This was the first lesson that saved
my life.
The next lesson that saved my life
was braking avoidance, where we
were to drive fast, slam the brake
and steer the car out of a box. I did
pretty well there too, although the
mass of the Baja sometimes threw
me off.
Other lessons included steering
through cones and the lane-decision
box. In that activity you drive
straight and then at the last second
you’re told which box to turn into and
stop. I was nervous so it took me one
try to get the instructions down, but
once I got it I really liked it. I’ve al-
ways been proud of my hand-eye co-
ordination and my video game histo-
ry probably didn’t hurt either.
Again, another life-saving lesson.
Then came the skidpad, where we
got to drive fast in a circle. How often
do you have a professional race-car
driver in the passenger seat telling
you to drive faster and faster until
your tires squeal? Just writing about
it gives me goose bumps.
(One of the best memories of my
marriage to Kurt is the look of pride
on his face when he saw how much
rubber I burned off the Baja’s tires.
He still brags about it to this day.)
Of course, the skidpad wasn’t just
about driving fast, it was about
learning the limits of my car and how
to control it around corners, some-
thing I think about every time I fly
through the three new roundabouts
on my way home from the store.
Doing Street Survival is sort of like
the movie “The Karate Kid.” You
practice the same maneuvers over
and over until they become natural
and instinctive. That way when
some, uh, non-Street Survival driver
almost runs you off the road, your in-
stincts kick in and without thinking
your brain channels Dave Gaylord.
And that’s the story of how Dave
Gaylord saved my life. Now that I
think about it, he’s probably saved
my marriage, too.
Kurt Batdorf photo
Tire Rack Street Survival chief instructor David Jackson shows students what
driving exercises he expects them to do on the track.
Take a Tire Rack
Street Survival class
The Northwest Region has
scheduled five Tire Rack Street
Survival classes in 2012.Three
sessions are specifically for
teenagers and two are for adults.
Tire Rack Street Survival teaches
car-control skills in the vehicle
drivers use most often.
The teen classes will be held
Saturday, Feb. 25 Saturday, March 24;
and Saturday, Nov. 10.
The adult classes will be held
Sunday, Feb. 26, and Sunday, Nov. 11.
All classes cost $75 per
participant and are scheduled to be
held at Bremerton Motorsports
Park.
Register for the teen classes at
streetsurvival.org.
Register for the adult classes at
www.nwr-scca.motorsportreg.com.

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NEWS
F
irst I want to thank those who
stepped up to serve on the
board next year and those who
have stepped down. New on the
board are members-at-large Karen
Babb and Harley Johnson. Leon
Browning joins the board as assis-
tant regional executive. Stepping
down are assistant regional execu-
tive John Forespring and member-
at-large Jennifer Johnson. I also
want to thank those of you who
voted in this election. We could have
used more people voting but we will
work on that.
There are others in this issue who
will give you a brief view of the ac-
complishments of last year, includ-
ing our first Rational race and in-
creases in Time Trials. I am going to
give you at least some of what will
be happening in 2012.
We have three weekends of Tire
Rack Teen Street Survival for teens
and a couple of adult Street Survival
classes planned. We would be happy
to do more but we need a place to do
them. We have a new racetrack
opening in Shelton this year, which
looks to be an excellent facility. We
are in the planning stages for two
co-sanctioned events with Oregon
Region and maybe more. That is just
some of what I know and I hope we
can get as good news about our Solo
and Drift programs.
The other thing for the coming
year is you need to start thinking
now about people to fill positions
that will be open on the board next
year. All but two member-at-large
positions will be open. Karen and
Harley will continue in the positions
you elected them to this year. How-
ever, Sherri and I will step down
from our current board positions of
secretary and regional executive. I
do not know if Rich Weixler and
Greg Bush will wish to run for their
current member-at-large positions
but plan on them not running. In
other words think seriously about
who you want on the NWR board of
directors in 2013. It gives you a full
year — actually nine months with
nominations is September — to con-
sider it.
Finally we decided as a board to
hire an accountant to work as the
region treasurer for a variety of rea-
sons.
I remind you that the board of di-
rectors is here to serve you, but we
can’t do that without your input so
please let us know how we can help
you.
Northwest Regional Executive Tom
Masterson: 360-479-6082 or
nwr.tom.masterson@gmail.com.
REGION REPORT
TOM MASTERSON
REGIONAL EXECUTIVE
Thanks are due
to all those who
have served NWR

W
e have begun a new year
and have lots of things
coming up but let’s look at
the past year first.
In 2011, we held a Double Time
Trials event in early April. The
turnout was poor for both days and
only a few drivers participated both
days. At this point I don’t think we
will be trying a standalone Double
Time Trials again for a while.
The Trans Pacific Exchange 4
Double Regional at Bremerton, with
SOVREN, went well. It was nice to
see a few SOVREN drivers as well
as longtime racer Roger Stark, who
brought his Viper out to run. The
event was co-sanctioned with Big Is-
land of Hawaii and we held our an-
nual luau as a celebration of life for
the organizer, Esther “Mumz” Sicks.
The next and final race event was
a double “Rational” at Pacific Race-
ways. Remember, this is a concur-
rently run Regional and National
race event. This process works great
for the regional drivers, giving them
a chance to run with the same
groups as the National drivers in-
stead of tossed together as alphabet
soup. Most grids were good sized
and both sets of drivers played well
together. The Vintage turnout was
low, which was disappointing.
Thank you again to David and
Cindy Mead for sponsoring our Sun-
day night dinner. We will hold a
Double Rational again this year, but
more on this later.
The first standalone event ever
for Time Trials was held at Pacific
Raceways on July 15, yes a Friday.
All drivers without previous experi-
ence at this track were required to
attend a ground school the weekend
prior. Unfortunately we lost enough
money that we won’t do it again
this year unless we see some solid
numbers to support it.
The final Time Trials event was
held Sept. 9 and went well. It’s
great to see the popularity increase
in this program. Unfortunately,
overall in 2011 we lost money on
most events.
Now, for 2012. First, I need to let
you know that we will have sepa-
rate Supplementary Regulations for
the two tracks so make sure you
download both sets when they are
available. Next year, we hope to be
back to one set.
We will not be holding any race
events at Bremerton Motorsports
Park this year. Because of the dete-
riorating taxiway, the bumps are
tearing up too many cars. We are
working on a paving project for the
track and if it happens we will be
back in 2013 for at least one Double
Regional. Time Trials will continue
to run there. The plans for BMP to
build a new facility are in full
swing. They have property across
Highway 3 at the south end of the
industrial park that they hope to
have operating in 2017.
Now to The Ridge Motorsports
Park in Shelton. The pavement is
laid, the curbing is in, the runoff
areas are being groomed and plant-
ed with seed. The turn stations are
being built as this is being typed.
See an article on The Ridge else-
where in this publication. YES, we
have dates at this track in 2012.
Our first event (pending SCCA
certification) will be April 14 and
15. This will be a Double Regional
with Vintage. Amenities will be low
and I am sure there will be bugs to
work out so plan on bringing in
what you need along with your pa-
tience. Hopefully the weather coop-
erates since it will be “spring.” The
second event is July 28 and 29. This
event will also be a Double Regional
with Vintage and SOVREN. It is
possible we also have a Club/Track
Trials group for this event. Pricing
is pending the cost of Medical in
Mason County. SOVREN has Fri-
day, July 27, as a Test & Tune and
SCCA will be able to participate
with that.
Double Rationals will be May 26-
28 at Pacific Raceways. As men-
tioned this will again be a Double
“Rational” event. It is undecided at
this point if the additional group
will be Vintage or Club/Track Trials
and it will depend on who can sup-
ply the most cars. Prices are pend-
ing final costs coming in. We are
also looking for a sponsor for one or
both of our dinners. The Sunday
steward steak feed is the first prior-
ity and we will also be inviting all
drivers and crews to attend (with
pre-purchased tickets). Let me know
if you have any thoughts on the pro-
motion of this event.
Time Trials will have three stand-
alone events at Bremerton Motor-
sports Park this year: Saturday,
April 24; Saturday, June 23; and
Sunday, Sept. 10. We can always
use instructors at these events, and
a few flaggers.
We have five Tire Rack Street
Survivals Schools scheduled this
year and will need coaches, instruc-
tors and support staff for all of
them. We are still looking at other
sites, including The Ridge. The
dates this year for the teen classes
are Feb, 25, March 24 and Nov. 10.
Adult classes will be offered Feb. 26
and Nov. 11. Registration for teens
is at streetsurvival.org. Adults can
find online registration at www.
motorsportreg.com, which is also
the link to all of our events.
We are always in need if folks
willing to help run this program,
ranging from officials (any specialty,
and we train) at the track, as well
as people to help out with the race
committee.
Finally, the race and regional
awards banquet will be held Satur-
day, Jan. 21 at the Emerald Queen
Casino Hotel in Fife. The board of
directors has worked hard to get a
good price for a plated dinner.
Please seriously consider attending.
The casino needs a final count by
Wednesday morning, Jan. 18. Cost
is $39. See the web site for details.
We invite anyone interested to at-
tend the race committee meetings,
which are held the fourth Monday
of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Boga-
rt’s on Airport Way (previously
called Goldie’s).
Chuck Huffington, assistant RE
for Race: chuckhu99@hotmail.com or
425-771-9096.
Race learns from 2011’s events
RACE REPORT
CHUCK HUFFINGTON
ASSISTANT RE, RACE

“Make it Easy,
Make it Fun”
2012 NWR Annual Region Banquet
(with Race &TimeTrials)
Saturday, Jan. 21
Emerald Queen Casino & Hotel, Fife
No-host bar and silent auction open at 5 p.m.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
Special guest speaker Kathy Rude, the first woman to win (in class) at the Daytona 24 Hours
(1982, first in GTU, sixth overall) and awards at 7 p.m.
Registration: $39
You can register two ways:
Online with www.motorsportreg.com (payment is optional)
or
Printing a PDF form (from www.nwr-scca.org) that you complete and mail or fax. Make checks payable to “NWR SCCA”.
Mail to:
NWR Registrar
1616 Gregory Way
Bremerton,WA 98337
Fax: 360-478-7973
AWARDS
Region and Race awards will be presented. Region awards are Frank & Joan Manley Enthusiast, Stan Burnett Inspirational and Mary Pang Unsung
Hero. Race awards are Bernie Doud Sportsmanship, Pat Pigott, Driver of the Year, Novice Driver or the Year, Most Improved Driver and Worker of
the Year.
MENU
Plated dinner served with iced tea, salad and dessert (white chocolate cheesecake with mixed berry topping).
(choose one entree when you register)
Stuffed chicken: Baked stuffed chicken breast with fruits, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes served atop cranberry sauce and garlic mashed potatoes
Wild salmon: Seared wild salmon served on a bed of steamed rice and soy ginger sauce
Rib eye steak: Grilled rib eye steak served with roasted red potatoes and shitake mushroom sauce
HOTEL
Emerald Queen Casino & Hotel
5700 Pacific Highway E.
Fife,WA 98424
Call 888-820-3555 for room availability.

Our membership as of Jan. 11 is
778, of which 14 expired in Novem-
ber and 13 expired in December.
That makes our current active mem-
bership 751, of which 22 are dual
members.
The membership is broken done
the following way: 233 family mem-
bers, four lifetime members, 455 in-
dividual (regular) members and 59
First Gear members. The member-
ship is 2011 saw 247 members ex-
pire or transfer regions and 195 be-
come new or transferred members.
Welcome New & Returning Mem-
bers (since July 19, 2011)
First Gear
Clayton Bradley Beier, Cambell
River, B.C.
Joshua David Moriarty, Graham
Colin Wall, Vancouver, B.C.
Snake Livernash, Spanaway
Kerstin Smutny, Bothell
Family
Alyson Bauer, Issaquah
David P. Frey, Bellevue
Shelah Frey, Bellevue
Judd Hardy, Issaquah
Kathy Hardy, Issaquah
Molly Holman, Amity, Ore.
Peter Killefer, Amity, Ore.
Dexter Kmetz, Shoreline (youngest
member)
Anthony Joseph Nadalin, Kirk-
land
Regular
Gamaliel Aguilar-Gamez, Wood-
inville
Arthur Chan, Vancouver, B.C.
Mark Crowell, Bainbridge Island
Dane R. Dennison, Gresham, Ore.
Matt Farenbaugh, Marysville
Julian Fohrman, Seattle
Ray Jones, Delta, B.C.
Brent Jordan, Seattle
Greg Lee, Tacoma
Scott Livernash, Spanaway
Avril Morrison, Victoria, B.C.
Tiago Santos, Burnaby, B.C.
Andrea Scott, Bothell
Berle Smith, Everett
Tim Weidernann, Orting
David V. Welch, Bothell
Irvin Wong, Newcastle
John Houghton Woodard, White
Bird, Idaho
Christopher Yeung, Seattle
Note: National Office has now put
Spouse category under Family. NWR
currently has 837 members.
Welcome new NWR members
Northwest Region Race events for 2012
NSCN STAFF
Please note the Northwest Region
annual banquet is Saturday, Jan. 21.
This event honors Race and Time
Trials and issues all region awards.
Jan. 21: NWR Banquet (all region),
Emerald Queen Hotel Casino, Fife
February: Annual Tech, time and lo-
cation TBD
Feb. 25: Tire Rack Street Survival,
Bremerton Motorsports Park (teens)
Feb. 26: Tire Rack Street Survival,
Bremerton Motorsports Park (adults)
March 24: Tire Rack Street Sur-
vival, Bremerton Motorsports Park
(teens)
April 14 and 15*: SCCA Double Re-
gional, The Ridge Motorsports Park,
Shelton
April 21: Spring Fest Time Trials,
Bremerton Motorsports Park
May 26-28: 32nd annual NWR/MT
Double “Rational,” Pacific Raceways,
Kent (test and tune day pending for
Friday, May 26)
June 23: Summer Solstice Time Tri-
als, Bremerton Motorsports Park
July 27*: Test & Tune (SOVREN),
The Ridge Motorsports Park, Shelton
July 28-29*: Double Regional-
Vintage (w/SOVREN), co-sanctioned
w/Oregon Region SCCA, The Ridge
Motorsports Park, Shelton
Aug. 11-12: Double Regional/Vin-
tage co-sanctioned with Oregon Re-
gion SCCA, Portland International
Raceway, Portland, Ore.
Sept. 9: Fall Escape Time Trials,
Bremerton Motorsports Park
Nov. 10: Tire Rack Street Survival
(teens), Bremerton Motorsports Park
Nov. 11: Tire Rack Street Survival
(adults), Bremerton Motorsports
Park
*Dates at the new track, The Ridge
Motorsports Park, are tentative
pending SCCA certification.
NSCN file photo
Northwest Region member Jeff Dunning heads around Pacific Raceway in a
Time Trials event in 2011.

(* signifies a voting official)
*Regional Executive:
Tom Masterson
360-479-6082
nwr.tom.masterson@gmail.com
*Assistant RE:
Leon Browning
*Secretary:
Tire Rack Street Survival Chair
Sherri Masterson
1616 Gregory Way
Bremerton WA 98337
360-479-6082
360-478-7973 Fax
sherri.masterson@gmail.com
*Assistant RE-Race:
Chuck Huffington
425-771-9096
chuckhu99@hotmail.com
*Assistant RE-Solo:
Pending
* Member at Large:
Rich Weixler
P.O. Box 720
Manchester,WA 98353
360-769-2258
Weixler@wavecable.com
* Member at Large:
Greg Bush
* Member at Large:
Harley Johnson
360-888-5181
invoke81@msn.com
* Member at Large:
Karen Babb
NSCN Editor:
Kurt Batdorf
Cell: 360-982-0964
Membership Chair:
Vacant (contact Secretary)
Webmasters:
Sherri Masterson
kc7wec@yahoo.com
360-479-6082
Fax: 360-478-7973
Joe Goeke
joegoeke@gmail.com
425-442-4617
Region Historian:
Vacant
RACE COMMITTEE
Members listed below are not
necessarily the chief but representatives
of their specialties
Assistant RE-Race:
Chuck Huffington
425-771-9096
Treasurer, Race:
Sherri Masterson
Secretary, Race:
Vacant
Competition Director:
Michael Lord
253-630-0476
Fax: 253-630-0746
michael.lord@comcast.net
Drivers-Officials Relations:
Greg Fordahl
Greg@fordahlmotorsports.com
Drivers Services, Trophies:
Vacant
Emergency Services:
Kevin Needham
360-888-6913
rallysafety101@comcast.net
Flagging:
David Kentala
Silversablediner@aol.com
Pit Lane:
Vacant
Points Keeper:
Linda Grass
Jakegrass@aol.com
Pre-Grid:
Scott Sesin
Cell: 360-359-3570
Ssesin@gmail.com
Race Chairman:
Ken Jones
425-338-2198
vintageracer@worldnet.att.net
Race Communications:
Carol Wilhelm
253-670-2066 or 360-417-8841
wilhelmscca@olypen.com
Registration, Timing & Scoring:
Sherri Masterson
Home: 360-479-6082
Fax: 360-478-7973
kc7wec@yahoo.com
Scrutineering:
David Jackson
Sound Control:
John Forespring
home: 360- 791-6236
work: 360- 943-2191
rallyhq@juno.com
Starter:
Chuck Huffington
425-771-9096
Executive Deputy Steward
Robert Grass
rhgrass@aol.com
SOLO COMMITTEE
Assistant RE – Solo:
Pending
Treasurer, Solo:
Kristi Brown
Phantomneo@juno.com
Secretary, Solo:
Gretchen Everett
Home: 425-277-6044
GEver18022@aol.com
Drift Event Chair:
Russell O’Connell
nwrsccaDrift@gmail.com
NWR Board of Directors

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