Welcome to winter! Most of us are hoping for a little more snow, but on the bright side the lawn is still pretty green. We have some things to update you on as we go into 2012.

Annual General Meeting - RSVP Please

We’ll be hosting the AGM at Dave and Busters on Sunday January 15th. We’ll have updates from the division ambassadors, elections, updates on sponsorship for 2012 and the direction the club will be heading in 2012.
Dave & Busters – Midway Room!!

Please click here to RSVP-> http://spda-online.ca/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6016&forum=2

Activities:
4:00 – 5:00: Reports from the committees(15 minutes each, max)
5:00 – 8:00: Food, drinks, and merriment!

Kids will be provided with play cards, so they can enjoy themselves in Dave & Busters arcade.

Cost will be:
$5.00 / member and per spouse
$25.00 non-members
Kids are free
Post here to reserve!! Let's kick off the New Year right!! Here's to an exciting 2012!!

Discounted Membership Renewal

2011 was our tenth anniversary and we offered reduced membership renewal rates to celebrate the occasion and thank our loyal members. If you renew now for 2012, you can get the same 2011 discounts before we put the prices back up to “normal”. This applies to anyone who has ever been a member. If you’ve been inactive since 2005, you can still get the renewal price.

Please fill out the membership form again just so we are sure you have your most recent contact information.

Ontario Time Attack

Ontario Time Attack allows the driver to take their car and themselves onto some of Ontario's best - and newest - road racing tracks to see what they can do! A typical day with Ontario Time Attack has lapping in the morning with licensed instructors available (required for novices) and timed competition in the afternoon. Depending upon the schedule, the day may end with lapping also. Point by passing is allowed during lapping sessions; no passing is allowed during competition. In our timed competition events, the passing takes place on pit row to ensure that you don't have to worry about other vehicles.

Novices to the sport should absolutely consider the two day Time Attack school held at Mosport's Driver Development Track on May 5 and 6, 2011. Competition events include Mosport DDT, MIR, Toronto Motorports Park, Shannonville Motorsports Park's Pro and Long tracks, and the new Grand Bend track. There are ten events on the 2012 schedule. Please visit our website at www.time-attack.ca

Website Upgrade Revisited

A year in the making, we have Mike, Malcolm and Don working on a forum migration to vBulletin (same software that TSC, CASC-OR and HADA use.) We could use some assistance with graphic arts and “look and feel” on the new site. Please let us know if you can lend your talents to the graphical side of things. We’ll try to warn you of expected forum downtime, but please be patient if something doesn’t go as planned.

Rally Season Starts January 7th with the January Jaunt!

A great motorsport for couples, families, or friends, Navigational rally puts you on Ontario’s best roads in a competition to stay ON TIME, not go as fast as you can. Any street vehicle can do this type of rally, with no specialized equipment outside of a watch that indicates seconds and a pencil. If you’d like more information on how to get started, email rally@spda-online.ca or post in the motorsports section of the forum. January Jaunt Flyer


Autoslalom

Interested in honing your driving skills but not able to make it to Ontario Time Attack, or Rally? Autoslalom is for you. It offers a brand new challenging course at every event, with a friendly atmosphere and a great value for your dollar. With 6-8 runs at every event, there is no shortage of adrenaline all day long. Cars are classed upon registration to keep everyone on a level playing field, and your runs are timed and available after every run. You can even stay up to date with live results streaming to your mobile device!

If you are new to Autoslalom, a great way to get started is to sign up for the CASC-OR Autoslalom Clinic, held every year around the end of April (2012 dates to be announced). Stay tuned for more information about the 2012 Clinic, and a full schedule of events for 2012. If you have any questions about Autoslalom, you can email us at autoslalom [at] spda-online.ca for more information.

SPDA's October 1st No Winter Maintenance Rally (NWMR) saw the expert and intermediate class battles continue with no class champions yet declared. With 10 events this year, and a field of 22 cars at this inaugural fall event in Grey County. MLRC's Jane and Bruce Leonard added to their win count, putting the other three competitive Expert teams a step further back going into this weekend's President's Prize rally. SPDA teams of Trevor and Ted, and Opal with a new driver will seek to stop Bruce and Jane's winning streak.

MCO's Peter Brownhill and Gary Corbett decisively took the intermediate win to bring the fight to SPDA's Burgess and Ford. Tim and Perry will seek to bring the wins back into their column this weekend.

Novice class had the pleasant surprise of welcoming back Nikola Novak as a navigator and Iwan Mota driving to a first place finish. The novice driver championship is also still undecided this late in the season. SPDA welcomes Novice driver Chris Weigel as a new member who will be competing with Yevgeniy this weekend in Peterborough.



Event results: http://www.caslube.com/rally/nwm2011/nwm2011.htm
*** New *** Event photos: http://caslube.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3222&g2_page=11

(Not the) Presidents Prize Oct 15th Event flyer: http://home.cogeco.ca/~peter.watt/PP211%20flier.pdf
Open Road Rally Nov 5th flyer: http://www.mco.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12134

Hi All,

A supporter of the SPDA is holding a sale this week that'll benefit all motorsports enthusiasts.

If you need anything, please don't hesitate to contact JRP for the absolute best prices in town.

BEAT THE DOLLAR SALE ALL THIS WEEK!

As you know, our Canadian Dollar is taking a real beating. We've gone from parity to under 80 cents US in just a few months!

Well, luckily for you, JRP still has all the hot parts you are looking for in stock, and at the old prices!

That's right, all this week (Oct 27th - Nov 1st) we will be offering ALL in stock parts at the older prices we were able to offer when our dollar was stronger.

Sale hours are as follow:
Monday Oct 26th - Thursday Oct 30th, 9:00AM - 9:00PM
Friday Oct 31st - 9:00AM - 12:00AM (Midnight)
Halloween, bring in a non-parishable food item, and receive $10.00 of your invoice total!
Saturday Nov 1st - 9:00AM - 12:00AM (Midnight)

With the advent of another hockey season, finally, I thought that it would be appropriate to talk about pucks.

Not hockey pucks but a Bully kevlar four puck clutch.

I purchased this custom clutch during a Bully group buy. I am sure several members wondreed if I was ever going to get it installed.

As the various parts of my project came together I figured that it was time to get the clutch installed so that I can break it in and get used to it.

With the generousity of the members I managed to pick up flywheel and took it to Erwin's (rex555) for resurfacing. The flywheel had been sitting in less than ideal conditions for a while and would not win any beauty contests. Erwin's shop did a great job, as usual, and I took the flywheel and my clutch to Yoshio's.