The 5th installment of our 7 part Slush Series has been declared a fun day with no timing or scoring taking place due to extreme weather conditions. We have added an 8th Slush Series date (the series will still be a best 5 of 7 series) and the date can be found on our calendar below. Despite the snowy conditions, a great time was had by all as we dared mother nature to do her worst to dampen our spirits. In the afternoon, the course dried up significantly and looked more like a traditional autocross course with people able to finally find some semblance of traction. We all had lots of fun and are looking forward to next year's traditional "snowed out" event!

UBCSCC is organizing a social go karting event! Everyone's welcome to join!

What: Two 30-minute Enduro races, 13 drivers each. (Info)
When: Sunday, Decmber 9th, 2007 - 1:00pm (Sharp!!)
Where: TBC Indoor Karting at 2100 Viceroy Place in Richmond
How to pay: One heat costs $35. Payment is through Karelo ONLY. Sign up twice if you wish to do both heats!

Bring your game face! See you all there!

Slush 3, last AutoX event of 2007. Temperature = 9C max. 101 drivers, 7+2 runs! Plus 37 items of food and donations!

Thanks again for donating to The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, who provides food and related assistance to those in need. UBCSCC matched the donations from its generous members and bumped the total amount raised to $500.

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The introduction of running the same class grouping in the same heat when logistically possible created more of an even playing field for the sets of classes grouped together. With the amount of overlap available on this 30s course originally concepted by Edwen Ma, along with quick changeovers, it allowed us to put in 7 official runs and 2 fun runs.

Arthur Chan took FTD in Pinky 240SX after heat one had their chance to get rid of the frost and morning dew on course. When group 2 took their turn, Mitch in his STi (on Hoosier wets!) grapped FTD from Art. They traded places once more in the afternoon until Mitch's final run when he said "Oh no you did int!" and cleaned things up to take back FTD once and for all. But let's not discount Philip Li though, he was silent but deadly in his C-Mod Miata and just missed Mitch's FTD by 0.2s with his final run in the last heat in the afternoon.

Top PAX for this event belonged to Arthur Chan (his post-race course analysis explains it), with Mitch coming in a very close second. Top Novices (PAX) for this event were Ryan Kingan, Jackson Lam, and Victor Chan, all belonging to the STU class, and all driving Subarus!

Last, but not least, please welcome new pimps to UBCSCC's exclusive STP (Street Touring Pimps) class - Jack Mah in the Team1 2.5RS, and Jason Louie in Ecurie Snoopy's Mazda 3! Like our JDMJon says: "STP - The class for cars not built to the hilt, and where the drivers are laid back and pimpin'!"

With 6 weeks until Slush 4 on January 6th in '08, this gives us all plenty of time to reflect on how we did this year, and also makes some of us think of ways to get our racing fix during this downtime. Well, UBCSCC will be organizing a go-karting session at TBC Indoor Kart Racing in Richmond - To find out more, check out our Social Event thread to learn more and signup!

The 2007-08 Slush Series kicked off with lots of new members and friends, well attended events, and many memorable moments. We'd like to wish everyone good luck on any exams our students may have, Happy Holidays, and see you all in the new year!

UBCSCC will be doing a canned food drive for The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society at Slush Series 3.

Bring 3 cans of food or a $5 donation and you'll receive a chance to win a free slush series event or a UBCSCC T-shirt! More details in the Slush 3 sign-up thread.

On Rememberance Day, Slush Series 2 saw 91 drivers come out to play on our 50s course, designed by Mark Uhlmann. Key areas that made up and lost time were "The Tail" and "Dizzy." With limited daylight, we were able to get 5 runs in the wet but not-so-wet surface.. there were definitely no huge puddles (or ponds) this time!

Racing was paused at 11 o'clock as we observed a moment of silence to remember those men and women who served and continue to serve out country. Without the efforts of those brave individuals we could not enjoy the events we have come to love.

Mitch Burton in his AWD STi machine (with the right tires this time) took home FTD, while Top Pax was claimed by Ken Au- Yeung of STS, who was followed super close by the STX-Man Jason Johnson in his GTi. Novices performed very well as usual (also with the help of Subaru's AWD :) with Ryan Kingan in his STi coming in as Top Novice, while Andre Marziali once again captured another novice podium finish in 2nd place. Rounding out the 3 top novices is newcomer Ashkan Rafipour in his Mazda 3.

With two of the seven Slush events completed, the top overall and top novice standings are starting to take shape. Hint to Novices: If you want to improve your times, make sure you get plenty of course walks, and don't be afraid to grab a senior driver to ride with you!

The next event is Slush 3 "Windchill Factor," taking place on November 25th. Its the last AutoX for the 2007 year, so come on out and get your racing fix before winter truly sets in!

See you at Slush 3 on November 25th!

On Sunday October 28th, UBCSCC kicked off the winter AutoX season with our "Slush Opener" event. In total, 98 drivers showed up and fought it out in the rain! While 47 of those were novices and some were brand new to the sport of AutoX, the weather did not stop them from exploring the limits of their cars and enjoying the course, designed by our exec-at-large Allan Johanson.

At the end of the day, kudos goes out to Mark Uhlmann for stealing FTD from Ken Au-Yeung by a narrow margin, who ended up capturing Top Indexed Time. On the novice side of things, the 3 Top Novices finishes were: Bernard Lai, Alvin Man, and Andre Marziali, who will all receive a free entry, $10 off, and $5 off for Slush Series 2, respectively. They actually finished within 3 tenths of each other! Good job guys!

What will the weather be like for Slush Series 2: "The Cold Front?" Who will capture FTD and Top Indexed? And which novice(s) will repeat their podium finishes, or will a new set of novices emerge to claim the those spots?

Join us at Slush Series #2 on November 11th to find out!!

The Vancouver Courier met up with UBCSCC at Club Days last week and did a short interview with Joanne! The article appeared in Friday, September 28th's edition of the local newspaper.

Link to Article

Saturday, September 22nd marked the date of UBCSCC's sold out AutoX 101 Course. Though the morning sessions periodially drizzled rain, nothing could dampen our students' collective enthusiasm as they eagerly worked through the variety of exercises and obstacles laid out by the UBCSCC Instructor team. At the end of the day we reassembled our original course from the morning to measure our students' improvement - every student who took the school improved upon their times. Average gains were in the neighborhood of 2-3 seconds, some people seeing as much as a 6 second improvment!

Some feedback from our school...

"That was an awesome experience. Ill definitely do it again."

"Awesome event! Way better than what I was expecting. Well worth the money, very well organized, and genius instructors. I'll be there for the next one for sure!"

"Great school, I learned a bunch and had a blast. Thank you to all the instructors and the volunteers who helped out. Can't wait until the 201 school in the spring."

Stay tuned for AutoX 201 in the spring!

To celebrate UBCSCC's 50th year, we are hosting a special race day complete with food and prizes, coupled with our 2nd annual Team Enduro! (Cross your fingers for the new larger pad to be finished!!)

Your entry fee of $30 (through Karelo, $35 on-site) gets you a day of racing, food, as well as your chance at some door prizes!

Last year's winner was Team Anti-Pax, followed by Team Stock and Team1!!111!!!11!. Who will top this year's list? Get your team together now for a day of grueling competition at the UBCSCC 50th Annivesary/Team Enduro event!

Don't worry if you don't have a team organized for the event. Come out anyway and we will make sure that you get onto a team!

Race details:
* Teams will consist of 4 drivers in any combination of cars and classes, provided no more than two drivers per car per class.
* There will be 2 parts to the day: Morning practice runs and afternoon competition runs.
* For practice runs, each competitor will get 1 or more single lap practice runs on the course, much like at a regular autocross. The number of practice runs will depend on the event turnout.
* For competition runs, each competitor on the team will get to drive the track 1 time. Each driver's "attempt" at the course will consists of 3 laps of the course, much like a< Solo 1 session. This means the course will be longer than a typical autocross, so there will be more seat time per attempt.
* Each driver's attempt at the course will result in a single time for that competitor. Team member's times will be PAXed and then added together for the team's official aggregate time for this event.
* There will be a perpetual trophy awarded to the top team.

Find out more here.

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