March Issue in the Mail

Now in the mail is the latest issue of North American Pylon. The cover date is March 2007.

The lead story covers the Walnut Ridge weekend with both a Tour and Pro Solo. Then the story about cancelation of the Mineral Wells, TX, Pro Solo. We cover the Atwater Tour where Greg Fordahl set quick time in a Porsche 914.

• Inside is a story on Steve Glaab’s CP Mustang delivered to the 2006 Solo Nationals where he drove it to 21st place, fulfilling a long-time  dream.
• Mike Johnson drove his ASP Corvette ZO6 to FTD at Virginia Motor Sports Club’s March Madness. 
• Corvette-only autocross at Solano County Junior College in California attracts 74 drivers. Jan and Speedy Knudsen are quickest.
• CART in Connesticutt opens ‘07 at a new site. Tom Mak is quickest. 
• John Lawrence, Corvette ZO6, snags FTD at Monster Park in San Francisco.

Features and columns this month:

• Pat Kelly digs into “Class Warfare” in the Solo rules. 
• Larry Metz requests consideration for drivers unable to shag pylons.
• Editor John Kelly claims class size minimums do more to exclude than include dues-paying  SCCA members.
• Abner Perney tries out a hybrid.
• Lorenzo the Scribe has purchased a 4wd truck.
• Semi-retired Davey Looman reports Solo taught him about budgeting, kids, and marriage.
• Warren Leveque explains what he missed by skipping church and going to an autocross on Sunday.

Two veteran National SCCA autocross champions to share the front row at Sebring

SEBRING, Fla. (March 15, 2007) — Jeff Altenburg, of Ellicott City, MD., will start from the pole for Round One of the 2007 SCCA SPEED Touring Car Championship at Sebring International Raceway. Altenburg will start alongside teammate Randy Pobst, of Gainesville, GA., making it an all-Mazda front row for the season opener, part of the 55th Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.

Our January Issue is in the Mail (Finally)!

The January, 2007 issue of North American Pylon is in the mail. With snow stopping virtually all solo events on the eastern seaboard, producing event information has been difficult.

This month Pylon covers SCCA’s season-opening National Tour in Cecil, Georgia, and a San Francisco regional meet in Albany, California. Plus, we have features on: Bruce Cambern’s 427 Cobra restoration; announcing the Great American Solo Series; news that the Evolution School has three new owners; solving event sound problems; and Virgina Motor Sports Club’s annual banquet.

We also have a letter where reader Chris Obert points out “problems” with the natives.

This month’s columns are by:

• Lorenzo the Scribe on the cold winter in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Abner Perney on a 12-step program for L.A. visitors. 
• Mark Ortiz on brake failure and yaw inertia. 
• Larry Metz on taking care of those drivers no longer able to shag pylons. So take their entry fee and give them something else to do, already.
• Bill Mitchell on data acquisition.

Plus we’ve got five whole pages of calendar, provided the snow has been removed.

End of an Era

from Howard Duncan

It is with great personal and professional sadness that I am letting everyone know that Tasha Marlow will be leaving us at the end of the  year after twenty years of being a part of the SCCA family. She has decided to live full time in Wichita and to go back to school, which will allow her to pursue a new career.  

Hottest Runoffs Battles on SPEED This Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TOPEKA, Kan. (Dec. 4, 2006) – Not a fan of runaway victories? Then this week’s SCCA Runoffs programming on SPEED is right up your alley. All four races are marked with tight battles for the lead, mechanical snafus and surprise endings.Runoffs programming kicks off Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 12:00 p.m. (EST) with F Production. 2004 F Production Champion and polesitter John Saurino, of Tulsa, Okla., takes the early lead and, thanks to a broken axel, an early exit. The result is an epic battle between 2002 F Production Champion Steve Sargis, of Frankfort, Ill., and hometown favorite Jesse Prather. Should you make the mistake of missing this race on Tuesday, you can catch it again Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 3:00 a.m.