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SAVE THESE 2 DATES!
The NNJR Worker’s Party has a new date, Saturday January 18, 2025. The new date was unanimously approved by the NNJR Board in place of the usual February date. The party will still be held at the Packanack Lake Clubhouse. The agenda will include Worker Appreciation Awards, Solo 2024 Season Awards and a special presentation to our past RE, Peter Schneider for his years of service as RE.
The NEDiv Convention will be held on Saturday February 22, 2025. The location is the Lackawanna Radisson in Scranton, PA. There will be a welcome event on Friday evening February 21, 2025. I will Co-Chair the NEDiv Convention again with Kathy Barnes. I will keep you posted as more details become available.
Stories, Past and Present, from our Northern NJ Region
This story is from the September 2000 Pole Position.
It is an article written by Marilyn and Larry Moorehead titled “A visit to the NNJR Solo Event at Englishtown.”In Marilyn’s words:
“Larry and I have heard so much about how successful our Solo ll program is that we decided to go to them ourselves. So we packed our sandwiches and coke and off we went to Englishtown. When we got there we were greeted by our fearless leader, Ernie Andersen, who proceeded to show us where the best vantage point was to view the runs and get to the restrooms, etc.”
“First, let me tell you about the cars. There were so many lined up waiting to get to the start line. It looked like New Jersey’s biggest car lot for race cars. There were Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes, Hondas of all kinds, Toyotas and even a Griffith. Larry and I were in awe. We wanted to get out there and man a worker’s spot, but Ernie has it so well organized that he needed none of us to work because he has all the drivers manning the stations themselves.”
“So off to the stands we went. Not only did we have a good view of the Solo ll event, when we turned around, we could see and hear the drag races on the other side. Time went by so quickly watching all the cars get at least 6 runs each heat, that all of a sudden it was over.”
“When we went over to Ernie to say good-bye and thank him and his lovely wife Henrietta, he said ‘are you guys still here?’ ……We had to tell him how impressed we were with such a smooth operation. I know what it takes to run a road race and a hill climb, ……..that I couldn’t imagine how he gets it all done. He told me he still needs insurance, sanctions, track rental, etc., so now I was more impressed. He’s just efficient, that’s all. ……..We decided that we’re going to have to do this all over again.”
NNJR News
• A new NNJR postcard design is being finalized by Don Yeske, our Membership Chair, to hand out to promote our region and its activities.
• Check out the calendars for Rally and Solo events on our website. Come out and join us to support the participants and/or to participate.|
SCCA News
• The NEDiv Road Racing Series chaired by Chris Mosley will hold its 8th and last race for the 2024 season at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson CT on Friday October 18th and Saturday October 19th. Chris and I will be working the event handing out the driver awards on Saturday.
• By the time you read this, the SCCA will have 26 new national champion drivers. The SCCA Run-Offs were held from September 30th to October 6th with races October 4th, 5th and 6th. Videos of the races are available on the SCCA website’s main page.
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