| Motel Reservations for the Hillclimb weekends - Posted Sunday, May 23, 2010Our Publicity Director, Barry Zettlemoyer, has confirmed 10 rooms at the America's Best Value Inn, 2545 N. 5th Street Highway, Reading, PA 19605
Phone: 610-929-4741 at the room rate of $69 + tax. for Friday nights & Saturday nights of both the Pagoda Hillclimb weekend and the Duryea Hillclimb weekend. When making your reservations, please use the keyword HILLCLIMB. This motel is very convenient, located at 5th St Hwy at the Bypass. It is also the lowest price in town. They're doing us a favor, so be sure to say Thanks. The motel usually gets full every weekend, so remind people to call and reserve their room early. They are already booked full for the weekend prior to Pagoda by people attending the Super Chevy Show at Maple Grove Raceway, which is under new ownership.
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| Items needed for Driver Packets - Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010Companies and sponsors are invited to provide 125 "stocking stuffer" items for the Driver's Packets for both the Pagoda Hillclimb in June and the Duryea Hillclimb in August.
Here's an opportunity to market your company or service.
Please contact Rick Rock
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| BMR is holding an Autocross at Maple Grove on Sunday April 25th 2010 - Posted Sunday, April 18, 2010 BMR is holding an Autocross at Maple Grove Raceway (dragstrip) on Sunday April 25th. First car off at 9:30 (we hope)
We need some help with setup, registration, and tech. We could use more entrants too! For setup we are meeting at the club garage behind CJ's Tire on 422 in Birdsboro Saturday afternoon 2:30 to load up the equipment. From there we head over to Maple Grove (arrive about 4pm)and do some preliminary setup.
Sunday morning meet at the track (7am), finish the course, begin registration and tech, etc.
If you can help with any of this, please let me know.
Thanks!
Rich Rock 610-804-9047 Registration page is at
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.advert/uidEvent/2EE49861-02FD-0163-216F2606828ED560
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| Participants can register to be eligible for thousands of dollars in contingency payouts today - Posted Friday, February 12, 2010TOPEKA, Kan. (Jan. 25, 2010) – While the first event of the 2010 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo program is still a month and a half away, participants can register to be eligible for thousands of dollars in contingency payouts today, with SCCA’s new online contingency registration program. Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program, Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Super Challenge competition. Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $200. Should they take the Super Challenge, they win $500. Honda also pays $500 for a Super, Ladies or Honda Tuner Challenge win in each event, and $150 for a class win. In eight classes, Bridgestone will post $500 to the winner of the Super Challenge, as well as a top three finish in class. Win a season-long class or Super Challenge title, and take home another $1,000. Toyo Tires matches Bridgestone’s posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touring® participants with its Silver level Contingency program. iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations continues to pay the top three finishers in every class of ProSolo and National Tour competition a $15 iRacing credit. Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Super Challenge winner using Hawk brake pads. Hoosier, Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs, meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly. Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish. Event Super Challenge, year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win. Mazdaspeed will again pay out class, Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship. Likewise, TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1,000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles. Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour In Tire Rack Solo National Tour competition, Volkswagen will pay $200 for a class win and $100 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes. Bridgestone, Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the ST classes, with $300 going to the winner. AST Suspension is a new contingency sponsor, offering first and fifth-place finishers in eligible classes product certificates, with a $750 award going to class winners. Like AST, Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages. Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires, with a single tire going to second-place finishers. Mazda will pay a Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish. In addition to the National program contingencies, Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships. For complete details on all of these contingency programs, visit www.scca.com/solo and click the “contingencies” link. A link for online registration is available there as well. The 2010 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 13, in Cecil, Ga. The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins April 17, in El Toro, Calif.
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| National Racing in the Northeast Division for 2010 - Posted Sunday, January 10, 2010 |
| Passing of Joe Foering Jr. on 1/2/2010 - Posted Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| The 2009 Pagoda Hillclimb results are online - Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009The 2009 Pagoda Hillclimb results are online here.
2009 Pagoda Hillclimb photos by Carl Matuszek are here.
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| George Bowland sets track record at 2008 Duryea Hillclimb - Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
After 15 years, the Hill record fell at the 2008 Duryea Hillclimb. George Bowland (pictured above) broke Floyd Schrmmick's old record of 107.659 seconds with a run of 105.528 seconds.
Congratulations, George!
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| Motel Reservations for the Hillclimb weekends - Posted Sunday, May 23, 2010Our Publicity Director, Barry Zettlemoyer, has confirmed 10 rooms at the America's Best Value Inn, 2545 N. 5th Street Highway, Reading, PA 19605
Phone: 610-929-4741 at the room rate of $69 + tax. for Friday nights & Saturday nights of both the Pagoda Hillclimb weekend and the Duryea Hillclimb weekend. When making your reservations, please use the keyword HILLCLIMB. This motel is very convenient, located at 5th St Hwy at the Bypass. It is also the lowest price in town. They're doing us a favor, so be sure to say Thanks. The motel usually gets full every weekend, so remind people to call and reserve their room early. They are already booked full for the weekend prior to Pagoda by people attending the Super Chevy Show at Maple Grove Raceway, which is under new ownership.
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| Items needed for Driver Packets - Posted Wednesday, May 19, 2010Companies and sponsors are invited to provide 125 "stocking stuffer" items for the Driver's Packets for both the Pagoda Hillclimb in June and the Duryea Hillclimb in August.
Here's an opportunity to market your company or service.
Please contact Rick Rock
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| BMR is holding an Autocross at Maple Grove on Sunday April 25th 2010 - Posted Sunday, April 18, 2010BMR is holding an Autocross at Maple Grove Raceway (dragstrip) on Sunday April 25th. First car off at 9:30 (we hope)
We need some help with setup, registration, and tech. We could use more entrants too! For setup we are meeting at the club garage behind CJ's Tire on 422 in Birdsboro Saturday afternoon 2:30 to load up the equipment. From there we head over to Maple Grove (arrive about 4pm)and do some preliminary setup.
Sunday morning meet at the track (7am), finish the course, begin registration and tech, etc.
If you can help with any of this, please let me know.
Thanks!
Rich Rock 610-804-9047 Registration page is at
http://www.motorsportreg.com/index.cfm/event/event.advert/uidEvent/2EE49861-02FD-0163-216F2606828ED560
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| Participants can register to be eligible for thousands of dollars in contingency payouts today - Posted Friday, February 12, 2010TOPEKA, Kan. (Jan. 25, 2010) – While the first event of the 2010 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo program is still a month and a half away, participants can register to be eligible for thousands of dollars in contingency payouts today, with SCCA’s new online contingency registration program. Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program, Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers finishing in the top three in either class or Super Challenge competition. Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $200. Should they take the Super Challenge, they win $500. Honda also pays $500 for a Super, Ladies or Honda Tuner Challenge win in each event, and $150 for a class win. In eight classes, Bridgestone will post $500 to the winner of the Super Challenge, as well as a top three finish in class. Win a season-long class or Super Challenge title, and take home another $1,000. Toyo Tires matches Bridgestone’s posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touring® participants with its Silver level Contingency program. iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations continues to pay the top three finishers in every class of ProSolo and National Tour competition a $15 iRacing credit. Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Super Challenge winner using Hawk brake pads. Hoosier, Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs, meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly. Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish. Event Super Challenge, year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win. Mazdaspeed will again pay out class, Challenge and year-end awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship. Likewise, TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1,000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles. Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour In Tire Rack Solo National Tour competition, Volkswagen will pay $200 for a class win and $100 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes. Bridgestone, Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the ST classes, with $300 going to the winner. AST Suspension is a new contingency sponsor, offering first and fifth-place finishers in eligible classes product certificates, with a $750 award going to class winners. Like AST, Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages. Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires, with a single tire going to second-place finishers. Mazda will pay a Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish. In addition to the National program contingencies, Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships. For complete details on all of these contingency programs, visit www.scca.com/solo and click the “contingencies” link. A link for online registration is available there as well. The 2010 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour begins March 13, in Cecil, Ga. The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series begins April 17, in El Toro, Calif.
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| National Racing in the Northeast Division for 2010 - Posted Sunday, January 10, 2010 |
| Passing of Joe Foering Jr. on 1/2/2010 - Posted Friday, January 08, 2010 |
| The 2009 Pagoda Hillclimb results are online - Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009The 2009 Pagoda Hillclimb results are online here.
2009 Pagoda Hillclimb photos by Carl Matuszek are here.
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| George Bowland sets track record at 2008 Duryea Hillclimb - Posted Friday, August 22, 2008
After 15 years, the Hill record fell at the 2008 Duryea Hillclimb. George Bowland (pictured above) broke Floyd Schrmmick's old record of 107.659 seconds with a run of 105.528 seconds.
Congratulations, George!
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