This Woman Can Do It All!

Written by: James Ray Jennifer Ferreira is a great example of one of our newer club members in the New England Region (NER). She is an experienced road racing competitor, with club racing wins, recipient of the ‘Ma & Pa Philbrick’ Worker-of-the-year” award, and recently elected New England Region SCCA (NERSCCA) board member. Jennifer actively volunteers in many areas to help run the local club and its events! Born in Manchester, barely 30 miles from New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Jennifer attended public schools in nearby Londonderry, received undergrad and graduate degrees at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (MCPHS) in Boston, and now lives in Milford, NH with her partner Abhi Ghatak. Jennifer is a New Hampshire state certified and licensed Physician Assistant (PA). NERSCCA benefited from her medical expertise during the pandemic with guidance and advice on policies and best practices. When asked about her career choice in healthcare, Jennifer tells the story of breaking her arm as a teenager. She thought orthopedics might be an interesting career choice and shared her interest with the doctor. Her orthopedic surgeon asked if Jennifer intended to continue karting and she replied emphatically, “Yes!” The doctor suggested Jennifer follow [...]

By |2022-04-07T16:49:09-04:00April 6th, 2022|Featured, Racing Life|
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2022 Women’s History Month Showcase: Kathy Barnes

This March, SCCA’s Women on Track introduce the trailblazers, work horses, and speed demons who have left their marks on SCCA or are watchable role models for kids right now. Follow along as we honor the women at your track, behind the wheel and behind the scenes, and appreciate and thank them for their impact and passion in all areas of the SCCA. Daily posts will be made on the SCCA Women on Track Facebook Page. Jojo Corrales-Kean kicked off NER’s representation in Round 1. Stephanie Reeve was also recognized this week. And now, it's time to shout-out for Kathy Barnes! Kathy Barnes New England Region Steward, SoloRly Registrar, TE/TT Driver Coach Spec, Certified Track Reviewer, etc 50-year member Kathy Barnes is a “Jack” of all trades in SCCA and the model of an ideal member. A 2014 SCCA Hall of Fame inductee, Kathy is well known to SCCA members in many different aspects of competition and is very well respected by her peers. In the Solo community, she has served as Chair of the Solo Events Board, Multi-time Chair of the Solo Nationals events, Chief of Workers for the Solo Nationals, Chair of the Solo Safety [...]

By |2022-03-28T15:08:44-04:00March 28th, 2022|Featured, Region News|
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2022 Women’s History Month Showcase: Stephanie Reeve

This March, SCCA’s Women on Track introduce the trailblazers, work horses, and speed demons who have left their marks on SCCA or are watchable role models for kids right now. Follow along as we honor the women at your track, behind the wheel and behind the scenes, and appreciate and thank them for their impact and passion in all areas of the SCCA. Daily posts will be made on the SCCA Women on Track Facebook Page. Jojo Corrales-Kean kicked off NER's representation in Round 1. Next up is Stephanie Reeve! Stephanie Reeve New England Region RallyCross & Solo 14-year member Besides being an amazing person, Steph is an amazing driver. She has been an accomplished SCCA Pro Solo competitor for many years, even winning a Driving Forward Together ProSolo Contingency in 2021. She also does Karoppi Reports from events. She added RallyCross to her resume a few years ago when a fellow competitor let her drive their car at a local event. She enjoyed it so much, she co-drove at the New England Region’s Rallysprints. That experience built her confidence enough to step up to a full stage rally and ran the New England Forest Rally in [...]

By |2022-03-28T15:03:54-04:00March 28th, 2022|Featured, Rally, Region News|
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Formula Hybrid 2022

Formula Hybrid 2022 Tuesday-Thursday, May 3rd - May 5th Volunteer to help run Formula Hybrid Dynamic Events! Since 2005, New England Region SCCA has provided volunteers to help run the Formula Hybrid event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and after taking the past year off due to Covid, we are back on the track, and this tradition continues! Would you like to help run the dynamic test events this year? We are looking for technical and non-technical volunteers! We also have a need for technical inspectors and driver-change worker assistance! The Dynamic events are all the events where the cars are actually on track, and include acceleration and braking events, autocross and the final endurance event! We need YOUR help to run these events successfully! We need setup and breakdown workers, course workers, starters, and timing workers for the autocross event, and setup/breakdown/flaggers for the endurance event! Light breakfast is available on the mornings of event days, lunch each day is provided free at the Checkered Flag restaurant, as well as dinner on Wednesday night. Shared hotel accommodations are available if you are traveling from a distance to attend. The dynamic [...]

By |2022-03-25T16:03:31-04:00March 25th, 2022|Autocross, Featured, Region News|
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Pit Talk Digital Archives – 8 Decades of NER Records

Cataloging Our History In 2016, Donna Stevens answered the call to organize over 70 years of New England Region SCCA history. Starting in the 1960's, Ted Goddard served as the Region Archivist. But when he passed away, all the materials he collected were left without a comprehensive catalog or way to locate specific items or materials. Donna stepped up to take on this Herculean task and has been hard at work on creating a cohesive inventory and organizational system. Every year at our Annual Meeting, Donna gives the region an update on her progress. To date: Over 3,000 documents have been recorded, preserved, and filed in 50 storage boxes for BOD Administration, Rally, Solo and Racing by date. There are 16 cabinet drawers with a treasured collection of Regional Awards, photos, GCRs and rule book specifications dating back to 1962. We also have regional charters, 520 Pit Talks from 1953 through the 2020 yearbook, trophies, posters, banners and the original NER Bylaws and Articles of Organization and Incorporation. Pit Talk Digitized As part of the archival process, Donna partnered up with Denise Patten on scanning and creating digital copies of all the Pit Talk magazines through the decades. [...]

By |2022-03-08T14:55:33-05:00March 8th, 2022|Featured, Region News|
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2022 Women’s History Month Showcase: Jojo Corrales-Kean

This March, SCCA's Women on Track introduce the trailblazers, work horses, and speed demons who have left their marks on SCCA or are watchable role models for kids right now. Follow along as we honor the women at your track, behind the wheel and behind the scenes, and appreciate and thank them for their impact and passion in all areas of the SCCA. Daily posts will be made on the SCCA Women on Track Facebook Page. First up, is NER's own Jojo Corrales-Kean. SCCA WoT Round 1 Article Jojo Corrales New England Region Autocross, RallyCross 10-year member Jojo Corrales-Kean got her first taste of Autocross in 2010, after buying a MINI Cooper S, despite her brother PJ’s suggestion to buy an S2000. “I’m not going to buy a car just for Autocross,” she said. After doing just a handful of events, Jojo jumped into a full season of Autocross in 2012. Ten years later, she is on her second car trailer, second tow vehicle, and has competed in a countless number of cars in Autocross and Rallycross. She is fortunate to have access to her brother’s competitive cars, including the ESP Infiniti G35 and the [...]

By |2022-03-07T17:48:58-05:00March 7th, 2022|Autocross, Featured, Rally, Region News|
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2022 Solo Schedule

2022 Autocross Schedule Now Available The season schedule for 2022's solo/autocross program is now available. All events will again be held at Devens Airfield. There are two ways to find events and register. 2022 Solo Schedule – This dedicated 2022 Solo Schedule lists the all autocross events for the season - schools, points events, and special events. Registration links, as they become available, can also be found here. NER Events Schedule – The full NER Events schedule also includes all Solo events in the master list of NER programs for the entire year. Use the filters to sort by program type, and then download into iCal or Google calendars directly from this Events page. 2022 Solo Schedule All NER Events

By |2022-02-14T13:57:41-05:00February 14th, 2022|Autocross, Featured|
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2022 NER Awards Winners

Congratulations to the 2022 Awards Winners Every year at the New England Region Awards banquet - annual awards are given to members that go above and beyond in the previous year. Please join us in congratulating and recognizing everything that these 2022 recipients do for our region and the club. Regional Executive Award Scott Carlson The Regional Executive award is presented to an NER member for extraordinary support of NER and its activities. This year’s recipient was presented to Scott Carlson for his years long role as the rally program chief. Scott has been a dedicated supporter and competitor in the NER Rally program. He has dedicated many hours of time and effort to support and grow the program, find new sites for us to run and organize a thriving rally program. Scott is stepping down from his current role this year. The board would like to recognize Scott Carlson for his outstanding contribution to the region. Asst. Regional Executive Award Trevor Hermance The Assistant Regional Executive award is an award given out yearly in order to help recognize someone who's work behind the scenes helps to [...]

By |2022-01-17T12:37:55-05:00January 17th, 2022|Featured, Region News|
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