SCCA-NNJR - December Update

Northern New Jersey Region

Monthly E-Newsletter

"Crew Chief"

By Linda Santangelo-Mosley, RE

CONGRATULATIONS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 0N 75 YEARS!! 1950-2025!

Stories, Past and Present, from our Northern New Jersey Region

This month’s story is from the Pole Position dated September 1990 and titled “Rally News” written by Peter Schneider, our current Rally Chair and Editor of the NNJR e-newsletter.

“Now that it is September and the race season is almost over it’s time to think about the events scheduled for the fall of 1990.Our region has undertaken the task of presenting a TSD road rally in the 1990 National SCCA Touring Series, the rally is entitled ‘Roads of Home’. This rally as you may already know is scheduled for the weekend of October 19-20, 1990. Expert teams from around the United States will be arriving on Friday night for the Saturday event. In addition on the same day a shorter event called the ‘One Lap of New Jersey’ will be held to benefit the American Cancer Society. Suzuki of Denville, the Sign Company and Heavenly Bodies have agreed to be major event sponsors. …..Only 100 teams will be permitted to compete in this years ‘One Lap of New Jersey’ so if you plan on attending please contact Peter Schneider at (201) 633-9069 as soon as possible or fill out the flyer for ‘Roads of Home” and note that you are interested in competing in a non-national class……Both events will use easy to follow tulip instructions with mileage to every instruction. In addition about every 5 miles or so you will be given a key time (official time) to insure that you remain on time……..

If you are undecided as to which event to compete in, the answer is really simple. If you have run less than four or five rallies or have never competed in any type of road rally …….you should run the ‘One Lap of New Jersey’. But if you have been rallying for some time and would like to compete against the best in the country you should run the ‘Roads of Home’ rally. ……’Roads of Home’ rally is the only rally in the United States which will be included in three championship series - National Touring, SCCA NEDiv and our own METRO series. ……..Since we are hoping for 150 teams to be competing in both events we can use all the help the membership of the region can give. So please feel free to contact Peter Schneider at (201) 633-9069 and volunteer.”

NNJR NEWS

•Save the date! The NNJR Region & Awards Party will be held on Saturday January 17, 2026 at the Packanack Lake Clubhouse in Wayne, NJ. Join us for good food and drink with our NNJR friends and family as we present the 2025 season awards.
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Please consider becoming a volunteer at events in our region and others in NEDiv.

Feel free to reach out to me with any ideas or suggestions at re@scca-nnjr.com.

I’d love to hear from you!

Linda

December 14th Teddy Bear Road Rally

36th Annual Toy Drive for the United States Marine Corp Toys for Tots Program

For the past 35 years the wonderful folks at Subaru have sponsored the NNJR-SCCA & Motorsport Club of North Jersey’s annual charity road rally. This event is open to the general public and requires only a car or light truck with a working odometer and a pen to compete. The fee, per car, is a brand new Teddy Bear/unwrapped toy worth at least $35.00 retail which will be donated to the USMC Reserve Toys for Tots

This is a 60 mile Course Following 'Gimmick (GTA) Rally. No math or special timing equipment needed, just a working odometer.

Awards for 1st and 2nd in each of 3 classes (Expert, Intermediate, & Novice).

Special Awards for: Best First Time, Best Subaru, Best SCCA, Best PCA, Best BMW, Best RVSCC, Best Family, Best Husband & Wife/Partner and Dead Last But Finished.

In-person sign-in starts at 10:30 AM

Drivers Meeting: 11:30 AM

Time: First car out at 12:00 PM (Noon)

Online Registration is available - Here!

2025 Season Wrap-up

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 AutoX season. Even though we lost two events to weather and had a shorter schedule, the competition was still excellent.

Across 8 events, we averaged about 115 drivers. We also welcomed a record number of Novices—some events had more than 20 first-time drivers, all went home smiling and more confident behind the wheel.

Congratulations to all the class winners for your strong performances. Your hard work helped make this season successful and fun to watch.

A special shout-out to Dave Montgomery, our 2025 Driver of the Year. This was Dave’s first season with NNJR after moving from Ohio. A multi-time Solo National Champion in an FP/XP Porsche 914, he spent this year dialing in his Camaro—tweaking sway bars and tire pressures to adapt to our pavement and surface variations. By the final events, the car was really working well, he told me.

Looking ahead, the 2026 FIFA World Cup may affect our spring schedule, so please stay tuned for updates as plans develop.

The 2025 Trophy Awards will be presented at the FREE NNJR 2026 Region Party:

NNJR 2026 Region Party

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Packanack Lake Clubhouse, Wayne, NJ

Final Results: https://www.autox4u.com/blog/nnjr-scca-2025-solo-pax-and-class-standings/

Special Announcement: The 2025/2026 NJ Pro Solo will be canceled due to the upcoming FIFA World Cup in 2026 and significant construction in Lot E.

NEDiv 2026 Division Championship Race Series

Event Schedule

Start planning your season now! Check out what’s ahead and get ready for another year of competitive racing.

May 16/17 - New Hampshire Motorsport Park

May 30/31 - Watkins Glen - Juneish Sprints

June 12/13 - Lime Rock Park, Paddock Crawl (Fri/Sat)

June 27/28 - New Jersey Motorsport Park, Lightning Course

July 18/19 - Summit Point

Aug 29/30 - Nelson Ledges

Sept 19/20 - Watkins Glen, Fun One

Oct 16/17 - Thompson Raceway, Season Finale (Fri/Sat)

NEDiv 2026 Majors Championship Race Series

Event Schedule

Start planning your season now! Check out what’s ahead and get ready for another year of competitive racing.

April 4 - Hoosier Super Tour @ VIR

April 18 - WDCR Conference Majors @ Summit Point

May 2 - SJR Jersey Devil Conference Majors @ NJMP - Thunderbolt

May 30 - St Cit 74 Cumberland Races Conference Majors @ Nelson Ledges

June 20 - FLR Hooser Super Tour @ Watkins Glen

July 4 - NER Conference Majors @ Thompson

A Special Thanks!

SCCA-NNJR would like to thank Subaru World of Hackettstown for their support of the region's rally program!