Winter Series II, our second event of the 2014 season, ran successfully on February 16th. During registration it started to snow but never really stuck and then turned to a light drizzle. Forty soles braved the cool temperatures to each get seven runs in. The weather improved through most of the runs but turned to a complete downpour for the last runs of the B group. We all got very wet! We also held a third running of our now famous Club Car Challenge. We had twelve entries and Alex Theologus turned in a great time to win the free entry to a VMSC Autoslalom.
This was the inaugural event for our new wireless timing gear. We purchased the gear and software over the winter which includes wireless sensors for both the start and finish, as well as a wireless LED display. The track layout for the last event was designed with wireless gear in mind. It could not have been run with our old cable system because there were two racing lines between timing and the finish. The gear worked really well and the only hiccups were with us learning the new software. We were able to use the barcode scanner too; however, the range is pretty limited with no external antenna. The position of the timing computer gave us few problems scanning the left hand drive cars but all the JDM cars were too far away so we had to come up with some unique scanning techniques to get them staged.
We have now updated the Schedule on the website with all the dates and the event types for 2014. The only event date without a type is on August 24th. We have a special event planned for that date so come out to the March 5th General Meeting to find out what we’re up to. All I’m going to say is, it’s a team building exercise.
There is still room in the Driver Training course set for March 29-30th so get your spot reserved with Paul and his team. http://vmsc.ca/?page_id=711
The CACC Annual General Meeting will be on March 9th in Vancouver at the Delta Town & Country Inn. Let me know if you plan on attending.
On a final note, I would like to pass on condolences to Peter Beltgens’ family. Peter is a past member of VMSC and passed away suddenly on February 19. Peter’s good humour and wise words will be missed at our events. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timescolonist/obituary.aspx?n=peter-beltgens&pid=169855286
Hopefully we have seen the last of the snow for this year. See you all out at the track sometime this year!!
Cheers,
Karl Rhynas