Maloy $80K Prize Program

Phoenix Race Cars, Inc. has defined themselves as a leadering manufacturer of sports racers by offering a contingency award program worth approximately $80K*. Drivers who win with a Maloy sports racer, in either the D or C Sports Racing classes of SCCA, will earn cash prizes.

This formalized incentive program provides a $500 cash prize for any Maloy driver that wins an SCCA National event in either CSR or DSR.

In addition, a win at the June Sprints event will be worth $2,500, and a National Championship win at the SCCA Runoffs will pay the driver $5,000. There are a few requirements to this program, so check the details.

This program was initially offered only for the DSR class, but was quickly extended to include CSR as well. to encourage participation for that class which is on probation in 2005.

*$80K = 2 classes x [ $5K + $2.5K + ($500 X ~65 National races) ]

For details on the program, contact:
Matt Conrad
matt@phoenixracecars.com
General Manager
Phoenix Race Cars, Inc.,
623.581.3222.

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ADR Seeks West Coast Distributor

Aurora Motorsports is looking for a West Coast Dealer to sell and finish ADR sports racers. Cars available will be the ADR1000 DSR car and the ADR Sport 2 CSR car.

Preference will be given to an individual or party currently running DSR/CSR or with a history in the classes. Commitment to CSR/DSR is a prerequisite.

A Central or North Central dealer may be considered.

Aurora Motorsports earlier announced that they will be importing the sports racers designed and manufactured by ADR Engineering UK. The ADR cars were featured in the December 2004/January 2005 edition (Issue 57) of Race Tech magazine.

For details, contact:

Rod Whedbee
rodwhedbee@bellsouth.net
704.639.9964
Aurora Motorsports
210 Hill St, #19
Salisbury, NC 28144
704.798.6959

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Stohr Racing Cars, LLC is For Sale

textStohr Racing Cars has been engaged in conversations with several interested parties, and is actively discussing and soliciting offers to purchase the overall business. Stohr Racing Cars owns all of the design, molds, fixtures and names associated with the championship winning product with which people have become familiar.

Founding designer, Lee Stohr said, "As a shareholder in Stohr Racing Cars LLC, I want to see the best outcome for that company. We are all trying to satisfy the Stohr customers, creditors, shareholders and do what's best for the DSR/CSR class of racing."

If you would like additional information regarding the company and sale, please contact Ben Odenborg via email or by phone at 503.283.1400 ext 10.

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2004 Most Significant Contributor

Tom Clayton, web producer of the Sports Racer Network, named Curt Anderson as the 2004 Most Significant Contributor to the web site's content.

Of the 150+ cars with chassis pages on the site, Curt provided material which was used for at least 21 car pages last year. He provided information on cars that he owned (while not trying to sell them), and ones with which he was familiar. He also scanned publications to provide photos and transcribed articles whose text was quoted. Curt also contacted other cars owners and encouraged them to document their sports racers.

As a gift of appreciation, Curt was presented with a 3-Car Hot Wheels® Collector Set of 1:43 die-cast vintage racers. FAO Schwarz offered this exclusive Motor Trend Magazine Vintage Racing Series. The set includes: the Scarab, Ferrari 365 GTS/4 'Daytona', and Porsche 356.

Tom Clayton offered, "Thanks to Curt, the other content contributors, and those that have helped support the site through donation and recent Amazon purchases."

Tom further expressed, "thanks to Jack Poller for providing space on his server which hosts the Sports Racer Network. Jack, like me, had a very strong interest in DSR several years back, but has had changes of priorities in his life which has postponed fulfilment of his dream of racing one. The SNR would not exist in it presnt state if it were not for the generous hosting of Racer.Net."

The Sports Racer Network has grown considerably over the last 4 years. The site started with a focus on DSR, then expanded to cover CSR, H Modified (as well as G, F, and others), and a bit of S2000. In fact, the scope has opened up to include amateur sports racers in general, while leaving coverage of the large displacement vintage cars other sites. As the site has evolved, it has assisted several new cars (which did not, and some still do not, have web sites of their own) to be introduced to the market and become popular.

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CSR Class Needs Entries in 2005

SCCA's C Sports Racer class is in jeopardy of loosing it's status as a National class after finishing 2004 with participation below the minimum level. Additional National entries in 2005 are now needed for the class to raise its average participation level above the threshold and get past its current probation.

2004 CSR National average entries by division, were

• 3.70 South East
• 3.50 Central
• 3.20 Southern Pacific
• 2.22 North East
• 2.12 Northern Pacific
• 2.00 Rocky Mountain
• 1.50 South West
• 1.00 Mid West

So, the push for 2005 is to improve the number of qualifiers at Nationals in four key Divisions (SP, NE, NP, & RM), while at least maintaining the previous participation in the SE & CE Divisions. Each qualifier's participation counts toward the Division that is hosting the National race (not the Division of record for the driver or entrant).

*Note that the key number at each event is the number of qualifiers (including race starters) , not the number of entries or race finishers.

Ideas that could help the participation count:

1. DSR drivers can qualify their car as a CSR, then either race as a DSR or CSR, with the entry counting toward CSR participation.
2. With two qualifying sessions, or long enough single qualifying sessions, two drivers could qualify a single car, and count as two entries even with a single car.
3. Drivers who can choose between entering Nationals in different divisions should evaluate whether their participation will add to one of the top five divisions. If not, the enter is not materially contributing to the survival effort.
4. DSR drivers can double their fun by entering both CSR & DSR. In areas where both classes are on track in the same run group, participants can request (or partition) for one of the classes to be put into a different run group to allow double entries.

To follow along with the progress, check the
CSR 2005 National entry watch.

GCR 17.1.11. states:
A National Championship class shall retain its National Championship status as long as the average number of qualifiers [which includes race starters] remains at 3.5 or more per event, in the top five (5) divisions per class.

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