NER.org Gets a New Look

NER.org Gets Updated After months of planning and work, the New England Region is excited to unveil a new look to NER.org. After the successful launch of Pit Talk as a digital publication (Pittalk.org) four years ago, the region board of directors believed that the NER site was due for an update and rebranding that would integrate seamlessly with the growing Pit Talk site. "We're so excited to reveal the new website to the membership," announced Abhi Ghatak, Region Executive. "The team has worked hard on this design. The new site is clean and modern, making it easy for people to find the information they need." As part of the discussions, creating defined roles and goals for each site was key. NER.org would act as the marketing arm of the region - a way to reach new members with the basic information on what the club does and how to get involved, while Pit Talk would act as the engagement arm between the region and active members. Bringing Everything Together As part of this process, the region transferred the site hosting and control away from the SCCA National office [...]

By |2021-09-15T10:57:07-04:00September 15th, 2021|Featured, Region News|
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NHMS RAL Weekend Recap

NERRC #5 - Racing Against Leukemia (RAL) Weekend The fifth NERRC event was the annual RAL weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Approximately 170 cars attended as we move into the latter half of the 2021 season. Racing was once again active and exciting throughout, with five new track records being set. SRF3 – #187 Evan Slater – 1:10.042 GTX – #03  Maurizio Cerasoli – 1:14.685 B-Spec – #12 Steve Introne – 1:21.250 FX – #22 Keaton Van Thof – 1:06.846 FA – #15 Mark McDonough – 1:05.981 A couple sessions were forced to shut down early due to on track incidents, but for the most part, racing was clean. As of Aug 15, results were updated and Group 3, Race 1 (the FVs and things) were just corrected and the new versions posted to the official results. NERRC #5 Final Results RAL Fundraiser For the road racing group, the traditional RAL raffle and auction took place Saturday night during the post-race party at the tech shed. The region is extremely grateful to everyone that generously donated items. See the full list of donors and donations at the bottom. Nick Leverone [...]

By |2021-08-16T16:18:01-04:00August 16th, 2021|Featured, Road Racing|
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RESULTS: NERRC #5 – NHMS (RAL)

Photo by James Ray Official results from all Qualifying and Race events from this weekend are now available. Select your race group, then view or download the final Timing and Scoring results as PDF files. Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Qual Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Session 1 Session 2 New Track Records SRF3 - #187 Evan Slater - 1:10.042 GTX - #03  Maurizio Cerasoli - 1:14.685 B-Spec - #12 Steve Introne - 1:21.250 FX - #22 Keaton Van Thof - 1:06.846 FA - #15 Mark McDonough - 1:05.981

By |2021-08-16T14:50:12-04:00August 11th, 2021|Featured, Road Racing Results|
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NER RAL Scorched Orange AutoX

Written by David Bocchichio It was perfect weather for the RAL Scorched Orange AutoX with just over 100 drivers out competing.  Runs were kept to three in the morning and three in the afternoon to leave plenty of time for the Jeff Gordon Challenge, and more importantly some pie throwing fun.   Street Class In SS there were two drivers with 88 Walter Lunsmann setting the fastest lap in a 2015 Porsche GT3 with a 52.581.  In AS there were five drivers with 42 Russ Siggelkoe in a 2005 Lotus Elise putting down a 55.142 for the win.  BS had one driver with 6 James Dills recording a 57.311 in a 2016 BMW M3 for his fastest lap of the day.  DS had five drivers with 2 Jeff Bakken Narrowly edging out Steve Twaddle by only 0.448 with a 55.385 on his last run of the day. There were five drivers in ES with 148 Gavin Williams taking the win in a 2004 Toyota MR2 with a 54.958.  In FS there were three drivers with 74 Dana Nicgorski laying down the fastest lap with a 54.780 in a 2018 Ford Mustang GT.  GS had four drivers with [...]

By |2021-08-06T18:39:56-04:00August 6th, 2021|Autocross, Featured|
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