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Hard to imagine but the SCCA's 47th annual Runoffs are coming up on us fast – September 20-26 at Road America.
Here is a quick update on the members who will be competing - along with details of our Tuesday night Dinner, and an update on the Mark Donohue Award selection process.
RRDC VP and Treasurer John Fergus will be going for championship number seven in his Sports 2000
RRDC DINNER TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 21 - LIMITED SEATING: FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED - RSVP BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.
Thanks again to the efforts of Tom Dehn and Toni Haynes, we will have the RRDC Dinner at the Briggs and Stratton Motorplex in the infield on Tuesday night September 21st. Dinner starts at 6:30. Looks like it may be prime rib or walleye. Cost is $25 per person, cash bar. Please bring the correct cash or a check, as we will not have charge card capability.
The room limits the size of the dinner party to 64 folks—first come, first served. There is no fairer way to do it.
RRDC Co-Host Tom Dehn at last year's Dinner
Jim Haynes works the crowd
The infamous RRDC Cheesecake
Please let us know three things: Who is coming, how many will be in your party, and how many of your party wants prime rib and how many want walleye. RSVPs to Tom Dehn, at
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Don will be out of the country from September 2-12, so if you need to reach him, be a little patient and he will try to respond to all emails.
RRDC MEMBERS COMPETING.
By our very rough calculations, RRDC members have won well over 200 National Championships - and that number could well increase this year.
The following members are shown on the SCCA.com website as having entered the Road America event, September 20-27. Hopefully we haven’t overlooked anyone but if so please let us know.
Niki Coello - FC (Firman)
Jim Dentici - GTL (Honda CRX)
Jim Downing - CSR
John Fergus - S2 (Carbir)
Jim Goughary - GT-2 (Nissan 350-Z)
John Heinricy - T1 (Corvette)
Carl Jensen - GT-1 (Corvette)
Don Knowles - T2 (Pontiac Solstice)
Pete Peterson - GT-2 and GT-3 (Toyota Solara and Celica)
Kent Prather - GTL (Mazda Miata)
Tom Schwietz - FB (Citation)
THE MARK DONOHUE AWARD
As you know, since 1971 the Road Racing Drivers Club has honored one driver in the annual SCCA National Championship Runoffs who RRDC members feel has stood head and shoulders above the crowd in terms of personal spirit and performance behind the wheel. It is not necessary to be a Runoffs champion to win the award.
We are asking all members in attendance to get together during the week and compare notes about the races, looking for the Donohue Award winner. I will have a press pass again and plan on watching all the races I can from the tower, which has the track feed on monitors. I will be on my email and cell phone at the same time, so please get in touch with me if you have a favorite nominee. We can discuss further at the Tuesday night dinner.
See you there—Don Knowles
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