05/28/09:  The 17^th Annual Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame ‘GAS-UP’ will be held in Buellton California on Saturday September 26^th, 2009.  Registration forms will be mailed in July.  Don't forget to mark your calendars!

05/15/09:  Starting with our June meet, the BLM will require a valid pass to both ENTER and Leave the lakebed.  SCTA members and crew, buy your SCTA pass at the registration trailer at the May meet, otherwise you will be required to buy a BLM pass.

05/10/09:  The SCTA Sign at the entrance to the El Mirage dry lake has been put back.  Nice job Cliff Wheeler.  Photos Here

05/01/09:  As part of our 2009 head and neck restraint system familiarization program, Stand 21 and DJ Safety will be in the inspection area at our El Mirage meet on May 15, 16 and 17. The link below provides interesting information.

Stand 21:  http://www.stand21.fr/mailings/2009/SCTA/stand21-SCTA.html 

DJ Safety:  http://www.djsafety.com/

04/09/09:  Section 3.A.2 , page 23, last sentence should read: 

Snell Foundation 2005 Certification will be required on all helmets beginning on Jan. 1, 2011.  From that date on, all enclosed cockpit vehicles, car, and motorcycle streamliners require SA rated helmets.

03/31/09:   Impact Racing Product Recall  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.

01/22/09:  After the last board meeting there was a lot of talk about sending around a petition to keep the expansion of 29 Palms Marine base from expanding south west which would consume Johnson Valley. The Idea is to get the base to expand north east where there is plenty of room to grow. Johnson Valley is on the other side of the 15 freeway from El Mirage and if the land is taken there is a fear of over populating El Mirage. I have just gotten this link from some friends of the club and would appreciate everybody filling it out and also forwarding it to everybody you know. It ending date is Jan. 31 so please hurry! We all know how important it is to keep as many people as possible off our race courses.

Thanks, Don Ferguson III

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SaveJohnsonValley-SpecificPlan/index.html

01/14/09:  At the recent BNI meeting, the BNI board voted to keep the same SpeedWeek entry fees as 2008 year and to raise the entry fees in 2010 in accord with the cost of living index change. The Fees for 2009 pre-entry will be $400. The 2009 entry blank will be posted on the website soon. Other 2009 SpeedWeek and World Finals information items will be posted as they are developed. Please be patient. We are a non-profit volunteer organization. We have but one employee, and we have DOUBLED her office hours starting Jan 2, 2009.