Region News
.
Monthly EIR SCCA Meeting - Friday, April 19th, 6:30 pm
Topics of discussion: Upcoming first auto-x event of the 2024 season at Pine Ridge Mall parking lot, new tech inspection stickers, internet event registration process, SCCA small region of the year award 2023. See you all there.
Location: 7Eighty5 restaurant in Blackfoot, ID
Time: 6:30 pm
SCCA Rocky Mountain Division - Virtual Convention - Saturday, Feb 17
Message from Chris Robbins, Director of Region Development | Sports Car Club of America
You’re invited to join us for the SCCA Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Saturday, February 17! Feel free to share this with your members as well, but do it soon – registration closes Friday and the event is this coming Saturday!
Here are five reasons you should attend:
- It’s a great place to share information and find solutions to the common questions and challenges in our community
- It’s an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange, networking, and enhancing your racing and event leadership strategies and skills
- There are general sessions on Solo, Time Trials, RallyCross, Road Racing, and Women on Track, and breakout sessions for Scrutineers, Stewards, and hosting Hybrid/Combo events
- It’s virtual (no travel) – registrants will receive Zoom links for general sessions and breakouts
- It’s FREE to SCCA members
As if that’s not enough, the event is hosted by Clay Turner, your Area 8 Director, and many SCCA National Staff will be attending and presenting as well!
Click the link to register (the schedule is in the link): https://www.scca.com/events/2004821-rocky-mountain-division-convention
We hope to see you this Saturday!
Message from the Regional Exec on 2/13/2024:
Good evening EIR autocrossers!
Couple updates for February I'd like to share with you. Probably the most notable is adding at least 3 events to our schedule at Pine Ridge Mall in Pocatello! This is in large part to our club participation at the indoor car show last month. I met Tommy, the mall manager, and he was very excited about the show and continuing the automotive scene at the mall. Needless to say, we got it back! Weather permitting we will have our first event this year on April 27th in Pocatello and another two weeks later. Following these is our Memorial 3 day event at Rigby middle school.
This weekend is our first, in over 5 years, Rocky Mountain Division convention. It is virtual and it is free! Please take some time out of your weekend to attend and show support with our fellow RMDiv regions. Lets make sure our small region has more attendees than Utah!
Here is the link:
https://www.scca.com/events/2004821-rocky-mountain-division-convention
Last item is letting you know about our February club meeting at the end of this month on Monday the 26th at 7 Eighty 5 in Blackfoot. We've learned that their kitchen is small so feel free to show up early and order before we start. In that meeting I will share what EIR leaderships main goal is this year. Last year it was club growth and we all knocked that out of the park. Here's to an awesome 2024!
Talk to you soon,
Seth Feuerborn
EIR SCCA 2024 RE
Region of the Year Awards -2023 - We Won !
The Region of the Year Award gauges the Region’s management team performance relating to SCCA’s Goals and Business Strategies (Member Experience, Operational Excellence, and Program Development). Winning Region leadership teams are fully engaged with their members and also participate regularly in the quarterly Region RE calls with the SCCA National Office to stay abreast of news and changes, communicating that insight with their members. They also run as many programs as possible, often more than other Regions of their size.
Winners
Jumbo: Houston Region – Zachary Fox, Regional Executive
Large: St. Louis Region – Matt Pirrello, Regional Executive
Medium: Phoenix AZ Solo Region – Kevin Venisnik, Regional Executive
Small: Eastern Idaho Region – Seth Feuerborn, Regional Executive SCCA
Las Vegas Pro Solo Events
Two SCCA Pro Solo events have been scheduled on consecutive weekends at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, March 15 - 17 and March 22 - 24. This makes for a wonderful way to auto-x two weekends and hang out in Las Vegas for several days in between. What could be more fun ? ! Rumor has it that several drivers from the Eastern Idaho Region will be heading south for these two events. Come join us for a double event in the warm sunshine! Online registration is open.
The details of the March 15 -17 Pro Solo event can be found on the SCCA national office website .....here.....
The details of the March 22 - 24 Pro Solo event can be found .....here.....
Formula Drift !!!
Long time EIR SCCA member Ken Hansen announced his son, Rudy Hansen of Pocatello, has been invited to compete in the 2024 season of U.S. Formula Drift Pro Spec series ! So..... they are starting from scratch to build a new drift car for the upcoming season, organize a support crew, shop crew, sponsors, etc. If you are interested in helping out or participating in any way, please contact Ken or Rudy. Check out Rudy's web page at the Formula Drift website, the TH team website, and his Facebook page.
Rudy will be participating in the following 2024 events:
January 13th Team Hansen will be at the Pine Ridge Mall in Pocatello, Idaho. Meet & greet Autograph signing noon-5pm
Feburary 3-4th Winter Soulstice Drift Buffet comp at Utah Motorsports Campus
March 1-2 Hotpit Autofest Round 1 Irwindale Speedway, CA
March 15-16 Chrome in the Dome Car Show Pocatello, Idaho
April 6th Import Face Off Utah Motorsports Campus. Ride Alongs
April 12-13 Formula Drift Round 1 Long Beach, CA
April 26-28 LS Fest West Las Vegas, NV
May 9-11 Formula Drift Round 2 Road Atlanta, GA
May 17-18 Hotpit Autofest Round 2 Kern County Raceway, CA
May 31-June 1 Formula Drift Round 3 Orlando Speed World, FL
June 15-16 North Dakota Drift Round 1&2 Fargo, ND Pro Am
June 20-22 Formula Drift Round 4 "The Gauntlet" Englishtown, NJ
July 18-20 Formula Drift Round 5 "Crossroads" St. Louis, MO
July 26-27 Hotpit Autofest Round 3 Irwindale, CA
August 9-10 Formula Drift Round 6 "Throwdown" Seattle, WA
August 29-31 Formula Drift Round 7 "Elevated" Salt Lake City, Utah
September 21 North Dakota Drift Round 3&4 Fargo, ND Pro Am
September 27-28 Hotpit Autofest Round 4 Orange Show Speedway, CA
October 18-19 Formula Drift Round 8 "Title Fight" Irwindale, CA
November 5-8 The Sema Show Las Vegas, NV
November 22-23 Hotpit Autofest Round 5 Irwindale, CA
December 12-14 PRI Show Indiana
EIR Meeting Minutes - December 2023
We had an awesome meeting last night, it was great seeing everyone!
Items that were discussed:
- 2024 schedule has potential to be big, and we are working on having a longer autocross season than we are used to. Once more details get confirmed, we will post the schedule.
- Updating by-laws on how the Officers and The Board interact, and what their roles are for the club. This will happen in another public meeting soon. Suggestions and thoughts are very welcome for this topic! Do they work as a big group, with separate roles? Are they two separate groups? Etc.
- Voting is done! We had a lot of participation. Results are below:
RE - Seth (same as 23)
Assistant RE - Carl (same as 23)
Treasurer - Derek (same as 23)
Web Master - John (same as 23)
Social Media/PR - Jake (same as 23)
Secretary - Jordan (new for 24)
Board Members:
- Kameron (same as 23)
- Matt (same as 23)
- Orion (new for 24)
- Steven (new for 24)
- Jeff (new for 24)
- Cal is somewhere in here, always, and forever.
We will schedule our next meeting soon! Until then, enjoy the Holidays. See everyone in 2024!
Jake
.
EIR SCCA
