We are forming a Club Race Steering committee and we need willing, enthusiastic volunteers who are interested helping the Club Race program. We are seeking people interested in serving on this committee with the following tasks in mind;

1) Seek and develop new talent for the Race Chair position.

2) Recruit and develop members interested in becoming Specialty Chiefs (i.e.: Registrar, T&S, Start, Hospitality, etc.)

3) Assist in the planning and staging our race weekends.

4) Develop new venues for the race program while maintaining relationships with current venues.

5) Develop a "Master Plan" for our own facility.

Ideally this committee would consist of 7 members with one being a Region Board member, and one Driver Representative. There is no experience necessary other than the desire to be involved and to further develop our race program.

With that in mind, there will be an exploratory meeting on June 14, 2009 at Performance Driven at 6:30PM. There will pizza and soft drinks provided.

Anyone interested in participating on the Club Race Steering Committee please contact me at the following

Dave Dusterberg 317-512-3208 or 317-821-1548 or mtownneon@verizon.net

You may have already seen that SCCA will charge an additional $180 for anyone who does not run a National Tour or the GLDiv Solo Divisional Championships. The $60 entry fee for the Divisional Championshhips is a real bargain and you will get 2 great divisional level courses that will avoid the bumps, fantastic trophies, giveaways at registration, GREAT door prizes, a raffle or two, a picnic dinner on Saturday evening (include in your $60 entry fee) and some of the best competition in the country! Registration is open now at www.axwaresystems.com.

Click here for event flyer!

The Divisional: The Great Lakes Division Solo Divisional Championship will be held at Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, IN on August 7, 8 and 9, 2009. There will be a limited entry Test & Tune from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Friday, August 7, 2009. Registration and tech hours will be from 5-8 pm and 7-8 am on Saturday morning, there will be a welcome party, and the course will be open for walking until 8:00 pm. There will be two days of competition on Saturday and Sunday with a picnic dinner on Saturday evening at the site. The site will close at 8:30 pm each evening and open at 6:00 am each morning, and there will be no camping on site. Hotel, motel and camping information will be located on the soloseries.org website and you can register for the event at www.axwaresystems.com.

Please remember that the Divisional will be run similarly to the Solo Nationals in that you will be required to have certain stickers on your vehicle, you will be required to have a current SCCA Solo Rulebook and you will be required to go through Impound. You can purchase the stickers and rulebooks at registration.

We look forward to seeing you in August at Grissom!

Marlene Obenour

Great Lakes Division Divisional Solo Steward

Did Someone Say Rallycross?! How many of you have dreamed of competing in a Rallycross? Well, that dream could possibly become a reality for Indy Region SCCA. One of our new Solo sites, Midwest Sports Complex has 20 acres of former golf course and asked us during negotiations if we ever hold any events on dirt? Our answer: we could.

Those of you who would be interested in Rallycross, here’s your opportunity make a Rallycross program a reality. We need individuals to step up and form an exploratory committee. Your challenge would be to form a Rallycross program. You would be building this program from the ground up with the support of the Solo Committee.

Interested parties contact me at: mtownneon@verizon.net

With so many different ways to earn discounts, it can be difficult to sort through everything. Here is a summary of all of the SCCA Membership Programs and how they work.

2009 Membership Program

With the exception of the New Club Racing Volunteer Program, Region dues are not affected. Your region will receive full credit for the dues for all other programs. In addition, you can contact Member Services at anytime for assistance. 2009 Membership Program Please note that there have been changes to the 2009 membership dues. This is the first change in membership dues in nearly three years. Please adjust any Region material to account for this change.

Ghost Tracks, a then-and-now look at the history of some of sports car racing's greatest tracks, is Pete Hylton's testament to the enduring impact these sites have had on the progression of the sport. "The progression from street circuits, to airport circuits, to early permanent facilities, to the current generation of tracks has been amazing," Hylton said. "It is part of what has shaped our sport." In Ghost Tracks, Hylton describes the tracks as "the asphalt playgrounds of race car drivers, echoing with the roar of engines and the squeal of skinny bias-ply tires. The paddocks were filled with gentleman racers tinkering on Ferraris, OSCAs, bathtub Porsches and Coopers. Now, they sit silent and the engines scream only in memories." Hylton has first-hand knowledge of the subject. In the 1980's, he raced Mid-America Raceway, one of the tracks profiled in the book. He joined the Sports Car Club of America as a high school student in 1973 and competed for 25 years. He served on the SCCA board of directors for nine years, and holds the honor of being the youngest-ever elected member of that body. After retiring from his position on the board, he volunteered to become historian and archivist for the world's largest active motorsports membership organization. Hylton also became a contributing writer for "SportsCar," the SCCA's official magazine. Ghost Tracks is based on the series of the same name that he published between 2001 and 2007. This is his second book on the history of the organization. Ghost Tracks takes readers back to such great permanent tracks as Mid-America Raceway, Meadowdale, Marlboro and Brooklands, along with airstrips, parks, stadiums and roadways across the country where drivers competed in the early years of club racing history. In many cases, all that remains is an overgrowth of trees, shrubs and weeds while other sites have been replaced by shopping malls and housing development. In many cases, Pete found traces of the original course. and perhaps the spirit of long-gone drivers. "At one point my 6-year-old daughter became convinced that she could hear a race car coming and that we needed to get off the pavement. Perhaps she did hear the ghosts of SCCA races 30 years ago. When I tried, I almost could too." At the end of his quest, Hylton concluded that there was very little difference between the tracks of the bygone eras and today. Time and technology may have progressed. But there is actually a great deal of similarity between the old and new tracks - both were constructed to give racers a fun and challenging place to go play with their toys. Ultimately, that is what SCCA is about. "We are people who love cars, and love driving them fast," Hylton says. "For well over 50 years we've been looking for fun places to do that. So not surprisingly, there are a lot of similarities between the historical tracks and today's circuits." Ghost Tracks is published by Legacy Ink Publishing, a niche market publishing company that specializes in business and organizational historical titles. The book will be released in September. To reserve your copy today, with no payment required, go to "Coming Soon" at Legacy Ink Publishing, www.legacyinkpublishing.com.

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