2021 RAL Donation Almost $14,000

Final 2021 RAL Donations Historically, the New England Region has generously come together to support and raise funds for the UMass Memorial Medical Center. Our recent history of fundraising includes: In 2017, NER members donated $10,017. In 2018, NER members donated $9,000. In 2019, NER members donated over $15,000. In 2020, DURING A PANDEMIC, NER members donated $8,163. For 2021, we're excited to announce that the final total is $13,831.52. Between cash donations, online donations, the raffle and auctions, every NER program participated and hosted events this year, together raising almost $14,000. A big THANK YOU to everyone that helped organize RAL events this year, and to all the members that donated. NER RAL Weekend Recap

By |2021-11-08T16:13:10-05:00November 8th, 2021|Featured, Region News|

Farewell to our Weatherman: Bob Introne Passes Away

An Unexpected Loss Long-time NER member, well known throughout the region, Bob Introne passed away unexpectedly while traveling on Monday, October 11, 2021. A SCCA member for over 40 years, Bob started flagging turns in the 1970's. He quickly fell in love with SCCA motorsports and recruited many of his friends, establishing a corner working crew called The Road Runners. This team of flaggers became famous in the 70's throughout the St. Louis region, slapping their stickers on cars that visited their stations. He eventually obtained his competition license in a SRF, then moved from the corners to race control as a steward. He signed off on hundreds of novice logbooks and was instrumental in the development of many more drivers. Due to his years of service in the Air Force as a Chief Meteorologist for shuttle launches and DoD projects, Bob was always the region's go-to Weatherman for what to expect during race weekends. But his impact on the region extended far beyond whether drivers would race on wet or dry tires. Leadership was at his core. And through the decades, he stepped up to guide the direction and promote the growth of the [...]

By |2021-10-19T12:49:50-04:00October 19th, 2021|Featured, Region News|

RESULTS: NERRC #8 – Championship Weekend

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 New Track Records SRF3 #34 - Jason Conzo - 1:15.889 GT2 #15 - Darius Trinka - 1:12.157 GTX #03 - Maurizio Cerasoli - 1:20.310 SE30 #3 - Jeff Hutton - 1:25.558 P2 #15 - Paul Omichinski - 1:11.152 Champ Weekend Photo Gallery

By |2021-10-05T14:22:34-04:00October 5th, 2021|Featured, Road Racing Results|

Solo Recaps: Orange Crush – 9/19/21

Written By David Bocchichio Photo by Ross Elkort It looks like we're continuing to make up for all the rain we had at the beginning of the season.  Partly sunny skies and temps in the low 70s greeted the 131 drivers that came out to compete with NER for our tenth event of the year.   Street Class  In SS there were two drivers with 8 Brendan Wong setting the fastest lap in a 2012 Audi TTRS with a 51.444.  We had eight drivers in AS with 43 Mark Ponusky taking the win in a 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with a 48.744.  CS had one driver with 83 Nicholas Faust in a 2021 Mazda Mx-5 recording a 56.194. We had nine drivers in DS with 193 Eric Chiang taking the win in a 2013 Scion FRS with a 51.166.  In ES there were 6 drivers with 148 Gavin Williams coming out on top in a 2004 Toyota MR2 with a 51.282. There were four drivers in FS with 74 Dana Nicgorski taking the win in a 2018 Ford Mustang GT with a 51.166.  Nine drivers came out to compete in GS [...]

By |2021-09-27T10:48:50-04:00September 27th, 2021|Autocross, Autocross Results, Featured|