Sports Car Club of America
Region History

1991

January: The Annual NRSCCA was held at Anthony's Restaurant. We had an IceKhana on January 17th.

May: We put on a Mini-Solo II for Ford Motor Company in Norfolk, Nebraska. We had celebrities: Lynn St. James, the mayor, local radio personalities, and Father Tom. A priest in a solo car? Yes, a local priest joined in the fun.

June: Nebraska won the Des Moines/Nebraska Challenge. Anita Poss, with the help of Craig Hamler, cooled off DMVR's RE, Greg Scharnberg.

July: Nebraska received a "Challenge" from Salina Region for a July Rally/Solo in Salina. Mark and Donna Ross put on the "Big Deal" poker rally; John Bly and Dick Gross competed in the Canadian Blackjack Divisional Rally in Oklahoma and finished 4th in Class B; Jan and Candy Gerber worked the Ruan Grand Prix in Des Moines. Also at the Ruan Grand Prix race were Patc Henry, as SCCA Director of Club Racing, and Mitch and Molly Anderson as spectators.

August: NRSCCA had 7 trophy winners at the MiDiv Solo II Championships.

September: Another Mac's Midnight Madness put on by John Bly and Dick Gross. This was the 25th running of this Rally. The region also held the Mini Grand Prix of Omaha for the Arthritis Foundation. Jan Gerber organized the event and, with much help from the Region, it was a great event.

November: We were in need of Solo sites for the 1992 year. The lost sites we'd using for years were being used for other things. Times change.

1992

February: Rally season started with a "Quantum Leap" rally. Jan Gerber wrote a series called Regional Rally Review, in his article there was this: "Rumor has it that a challenge was made to a certain Blair car dealer from a certain Corvette driving R.E." Bob Woodhouse and Anita Poss were team captains for the entrants of the Quantum Leap rally. The captain of the winning team got to "deliver" a pie to the losing team's captain. Anita won and Bob ate pie.

March: We had two National trophy winners, Candy Mertz and Jan Gerber. They won 3rd place in Class C in the National Course Rally Championship. At the March monthly meeting we had a large attendance for Jerry Doctor's excellent slide show. Some of the slides dated back 20 years.

April: We broke an attendance record with 105 cars at the first Solo of the year. Candy and Jan went to LaCrosse, Wisconsin to run the Yucatan Safari Divisional Rally where they finished 3rd of 6 cars in class C.

May: On the cover of this months newsletter is a photo of Jerry Doctor talking his blindfolded daughter, April, through a pop can slalom.

June: 17 NRSCCA folks attended MirrorKhana XVIII and came back with 6 wins, 1 second and 4 thirds. Waterloo Days had been run, and Paul Brown squeaked to victory at Heartland Park in the new A Sedan Class.

September: NRSCCA supported the Arthritis Foundation's Mini Grand Prix in Omaha.

Also September: Jerry Doctor wrote our statistics to date. We had 12 National race drivers, 1 vintage racer, 5 Regional drivers, nine members held worker licenses, and Patc Henry held a Chief Steward's license. Who says we're not a "racing region"?

December: The 1992 Annual Awards Banquet was announced for January 16, 1993 at Farmer Browns.

1993

February: The annual banquet has come and gone. Jerry Doctor was RE, again. Jan Gerber, as regional points keeper, once again tried to explain the points system to the members. (Points keepers have been doing this for decades.)

April: We had a new site at Offutt Air Force Base. The first event had a few bugs, but they were ironed but by the second event held there in May.

August: The Arthritis Foundation again scheduled a Mini Grand Prix in Omaha. We also hosted the MiDiv Solo Championships in August. And yes, it rained.

Fall: Patc Henry was made the new SCCA Operational Manager of Club Racing.

December: The Annual banquet was scheduled for January 15, 1994 at Angies Restaurant.

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