Las Vegas Region SCCA Supports Super Chevy Show

by Rick Kostelaz

The Las Vegas Region was approached by the organizers of the Super Chevy Show to host the first autocross in the Chevy Shows thirty year history. Traditionally, the Super Chevy Show featured drag racing and a car shows but this year it was decided to include a competitive autocross into the mix.

The Las Vegas Region membership jumped at the opportunity to be the driving force behind this inaugural autocross. Super Chevy approached Mary Pozzi a multi time SCCA national champion from San Francisco Region as their technical consultant. Rick Kostelaz, Las Vegas Regions SOLO Chairman worked closely with Mary during the planning stages for the event and the two of them put together a fun, safe yet technical course for what was expected to be an event heavy with first time drivers.

The weekend of March 19-20-21 was blessed with some great southern Nevada weather, blue sky’s and temperatures in the low 70’s greeted the twenty-five Las Vegas Region members who skillfully worked this event. LVR was charged with providing a turn-key autocross operation for the organizers of the first in a series of ten Super Chevy shows to be held throughout the nation in 2010. If you ask the competitors, sponsors or officials of Super Chevy, they will tell you that the inaugural autocross was executed professionally and flawlessly.

Being the first autocross ever at a Super Chevy Show, people were rightfully apprehensive about the success of such a venture. About midway through the first day their initial concern turned into the realization that they had a real winner on their hands. The autocross was accepted by the participants and drew more drivers than anyone had expected. As for the drivers, they had fun, learned a lot about driving their cars on a closed course and will probably be back next year for more.

The sponsors were also very pleased with the success of the event and especially with the professionalism of the Las Vegas Region team. Total Cost Involved Engineering, a manufacturer of custom frames, chassis and suspensions provided their TCI ‘68 Camero for numerous runs on the autocross course. As you might expect the Top Time of the event was driven by Mary Pozzi in the TCI Camero. Wilwood Disc Brakes builders of top-notch brake kits, calipers, pads and rotors, Currie Enterprises producer of custom rearends, axles and drive line products, and TCI co-sponsored this first Super Chevy Show of the year.

Rick

Hello Las Vegas Region members,

February was a quiet month for events, but it definitely was not for your Board and Chairs. We have been working hard on making a few projects a reality. Here are the events lined up for March.

March 20 & 21, LVR will operate an autocross event for the Super Chevy Show (www.superchevy.com) stop here in Las Vegas. We are looking for volunteers to work one or both days of the event. The Board has agreed to compensate you for your time with a free autocross entry for each day worked. Please contact Rick Kostelaz (ckostelaz@ispmonsters.com) to place your name on the list of workers. Only 14 people will be needed for each day, so act fast.

March 27, will be Round #3 for Solo at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring parking lot. We have set up a Solo event in conjunction with “A Mini Vacation in Vegas” (www.amviv.com). AMVIV is a national meet for Mini’s set up by the local Mini Chapter, Sin City Mini Club (sincityminiclub.com).

There are plans on having a Spring Social party. It may happen the second or third week of April.

As always. visit our newly designed web site at lvrscca.org. You can also join us on Facebook, just search LVRSCCA.

Sam Vereschzagin
RE Las Vegas Region SCCA

Next event is on March 14th, 2010. JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!

That’s right guys and gals we have managed to get a new site for this years autocrosses. I want everybody to know that Chris Darquea was instrumental in getting this site for us… thanks Chris !!

SOUND CONTROL Yes, there will be a sound limit at this site. The maximum sound level will be 93 dB. This is the same level that is imposed at Qual Com Stadium in San Diego. If you have any doubts about making this sound level… put a muffler on your car before you come. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IF YOUR CAR EXCEEDS 93 dB at 50 feet from the track.

If this event goes well we can expect to have many more at the Silverton this year.

Rick K
Solo Chairman

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