The Susquehanna Region of the SCCA is host to sports car activites throughout the year. These include a championship autocross series, an annual awards banquet, road rallye events and go-karting events. We have several chapter clubs, and each has its own personality and special interests. All regional events are included in our calendar. Choose the "Chapter Clubs" link at left to find more about each individual club.
»Upcoming Events:
Autocross: June 2, Hbg Farm Show (reduced to 1 event that day)
Other: Carlisle mini-AX at Carlisle Import/KitCar show May 18-19
| »Register for AutoX/RallyX: MyAutoEvents.com Includes times, place, starting time. Opens 1 month prior to event date. Directions to AX venues can be found on the "Directions" page. We ask all drivers to work or volunteer to help at an AX event. [more] |
»JUST ADDED! SEPTEMBER 15th Autocross at FARM SHOW!
To replace the "event lost" at the June 2 date. Currently it is undecided if Sept. 15th will be a double header or single. Please check back.
»2013 AX class groups
Initial groups for 2 heats, which will be increased to 3 or 4 depending on number of drivers in attendance. Group 1 will drive first at odd number events, Group 2 first at even number events.
Group 1:
SS, AS, BS, CS, All SP, All P, SM, SMF, SSM
Group 2:
DS, ES, FS, GS, HS, All ST, All M
»2013 Autocross Schedule
April 6 Hersheypark
April
7 Hersheypark
June 2 Farm Show 2x
June 30 Giant Center
July 7 Farm Show 2x
July 21 Giant Center
August 18 Farm Show 2x
October 26 Hersheypark
October 27 Hersheypark
Carlisle Import Show AX
May 17-19
RallyCross
May 5
July 28
September 29 (now at Susquehanna Speedway)
SUSQ RallyCross Supp Rules PDF
»Teen Driving School Instructors Requested 
At the last Region meeting, the initiator of the BRAKES program for Manheim came and spoke to us. Nick Young decided that after too many teens in Manheim had lost their lives to auto accidents, he had to do something about it. He contacted the BRAKES program, based in South Carolina, and also worked with the local community to get businesses and donations to fund the program.
In 2012 there were 2 BRAKES events, one in Spring and one in Fall. For 2013, Nick and the Lions club are looking to again put on at least 2 weekends of schools, and more if possible.
BRAKES is a non-profit group and it takes money to fly in and house instructors from their South Carolina headquarters area. And as a non-profit program, that is increasingly difficult. Nick is asking for SCCA members to be involved with the program, to cut down the number of out-of-state instructors needed. In 2012 there were a number of instructors from Lancaster County Corvette Club and the Susquehanna SCCA Region. We had myself (Chris) as well as Mike Snyder, Mike Louie, Scott Brenneman, Jim Roberts, and at least 6 other guys who I can't recall off the top of my head, instructing along side the SC BRAKES instructors.
Instructing for BRAKES is relatively easy, and is a great way to give back to the community with the skills many of us have developed in autocrossing or road racing. We are looking for drivers who have a number of years experience driving/racing, who can instruct and describe driving techniques to teen-agers, who can watch the teens driving style and give useful corrections, or even tell anecdotes to make a point about how a certain technique worked for you in a sticky situation. It's not nearly as hard as teaching advance racing technique, but on the flip side, most teens have only a few months or 2 years driving experience, so few of them will understand the term "understeer" without some additional description.
I am asking all of you to please consider lending a weekend or two a year to help instruct at the BRAKES program. It's a great service to help young drivers get experience that might take them years to gain on the street, and it's making them and us safer. Our autocrossing and racing are loads of fun for ourselves, but I feel giving practical, real world driving skills to teens is a way to put our skills to truly beneficial use for our entire community.
Please contact Nick Young at 717-278-4020 or dakracer@hotmail.com, or myself if you'd like to volunteer or talk about what it's like.
Thanks,
Chris
2013 R.E.
P.S. The first BRAKES weekend is scheduled for the same weekend as our first Autocross, Apr 6-7.
»2013 Pax ratings posted here
»Check out a new resource based on the book, Go Ahead, Take The Wheel at the website by the same name. If you're new, there is a great deal of long-form text describing a lot of aspects of motor racing, including Autocross and Road Racing.
If you have a friend interested in Autocross, send them to us and GATTW as well!
»Notice for all AX participants: National SCCA requires all participants to be either National SCCA members, or purchase a "Weekend Membership" at the event (or online when registering). The SUSQ Region has little control over this. We must charge an additional fee if you are not an SCCA member. You must SHOW your SCCA card at the registration table/check in, or purchase the Weekend Membership. You may fill out the form at registration, OR download the form HERE [PDF format] and make 3 copies of it and bring it to registration with you.
