Article date 03-03-2010

Bob Oppermann is in the hospital with some heart problems. They are putting him on a pacemaker. Please keep him in your prayers.

The Mojave Mile will be held on March 6th. For more information check out the website http://www.mojavemile.com

What is the Mojave Mile?

The Mojave Mile Shootout is a motorsports “speed trial” competition based on achieving the highest possible trap speed in one mile from a standing start. Entry is open to 2-wheeled motorcycles and 4-wheeled vehicles.

02/23/10: The wind is doing its JOB, over the weekend, the wind blew out of the west & the "standing" water was moved completely out of sight (to the east)This morning, I have "Lake front property" again. We had gotten little or NO rain out of these last storms. As long as it stays cool, there will be less loss. The water seems to be all down on the west end, sure hope the BLM is/are doing their job & keeping the people off the dry spots on the east end.  George (Old & Grumpy)

 02/14/10:  We still have standing water at least on my end. The High Desert Club is still doing OUR weekend duty of "Mud Patrol".   We station our "Patrol" people about half way down the lake on "Lake Road" on high ground where they can watch both East & West ends of the lake.   The BLM volunteers who at running the Visitor Center are letting everyone KNOW (coming in) that the lake area is CLOSED. It seems to be working, as I have not heard of any problems.  George

02/08/09:  Mother Nature is doing her job. High winds yesterday blew ALL the water down to the East end late Sunday. I could NOT see any standing water on my end. This morning, the water is back, this is the kind of action we need to heal the surface. Lets hope we have many more strong winds & rain to keep this action going.  George

 No more black lines on the salt - no increase in entry fees.

Below is a link to Chuck Kalbach's 2009 expired numbers list.

http://www.scta-bni.org/pdf/2009 Expired Numbers List.pdf

12/04/2009

Willie and I would like to thank each and everyone of the Gear Grinders for giving us the opportunity to create this website for the club. It has been quite an experience and we have truly enjoyed all that it has turned out to be. We will probably keep the format for the 2010 racing year the same,but as always, we are open for suggestions. Please feel free to email us and we will see what we can do to make it a better site. 

As the 2010 events start to roll around, I will be starting out fresh with the photo albums. We will, however, make copies of all the pictures for the previous year and save them on discs.

We both wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

07/17/09:  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY  Following a report complied by Tech Committee Chair, Cars Lee Kennedy, Motorcycle Committee Chair Van Butler and Goodyear Tire engineers the SCTA Board of Directors voted to make the 17x22x2.5 tire illegal for use as a DRIVE TIRE.

The tire in question is a 22x2.5 on a 17” rim and many tire manufactures make this size of racing tire for drag racing.  It is made by Goodyear and is listed as a “Top Fuel” frontrunner and has a tire code of D1445. Carroll Shelby has a part number of 808-102-089 or for the 22x4.5x17 a part number of 808-130-089. Some examples of other tire manufactures who make this tire include Mickey Thompson with a part number of 672-3004 and Phoenix tire with a part number of 932-PH460.

I have had a few inquiries on how the website has been doing statisticly. So here are the hits for the last six months. I am impressed on how this site has grown since it was first started.

In January '09 we had 296 hits. February '09, 891 hits. March '09, 781 hits. April '09, 1136 hits. May '09, 1151 hits. And in June '09 we had an impressive amount of 2190 hits total. Wow, have we grown. 

  I know it could be even better if we have some of the members using the site more. Come on fellow Gear Grinders its time to add a few words or pictures or sponsors of your own. I would really like to get some birthdays or special dates to put in our calendar. Lets see what you got.

Thanks Willie and Sheri

Any and all driver suits, pants, jackets, shoes and boots manufactured by Impact Racing pursuant to SFI Specifications 3.2A/15, 3.2A/20, 3.3/15 and 3.3/20 at any time during the year 2008 have been decertified by SFI Foundation, Inc. and must be immediately returned to Impact Racing offices or an Impact representative. Impact Racing has reason to believe that these products do not fully comply with the stated SFI Specifications and therefore do not meet SFI manufacturer certification requirements. This recall applies to all such products whether or not they have been updated, rebadged, or recertified by Impact Racing. This recall applies even if the product now has a 2009 SFI patch or label affixed to the product. All applicable sanctioning bodies have been notified of this noncompliance.

The 2009 El Mirage Procedures have been posted on the SCTA-BNI website. There is a link to view the rules on our links page. There has been some changes so be sure to read them. Here is a shortcut to the link.

http://www.scta-bni.org/SCTA-NewWeb/El Mirage/EMP 09 final.pdf

They have listed the SCTA club duty assignments, Patrol position and couse walk assignments and ongoing duties on pages 17 and 18. They have also listed the minimums for the cars and motorcycles on pages 19-22.