January: Neon was paying contingency money: for the National Run-offs $5,000; for the National Solos $1,500; and for the Pro-Solos $3,500.
February: On February 12, George Gunther died of a heart attack while deep sea fishing off the Texas coast. He had been a member of SCCA since April 1956.
(award) Gunther Memorial Trophy
June: A dozen NRSCCA members went to Salina to MirrorKhana XX. They all finished well. Takahisa (Tako) Aono (Nebraska member) gave the event master a scare on their first run. The "dead-heat" finish was Rocky's first in 20 years.
Also June: On June 26th, we held the NRSCCA/DMVR Challenge at Offutt AFB. In a very close contest Des Moines won: 5.63 to 5.21.
August: The 4th annual Omaha Mini Grand Prix was held. This event was sanctioned by SCCA, Inc. and was being done nationwide. The Omaha event was a great success.
September: It was reported that in September of 1994 we had 14 National, Divisional, and Regional license holders in club racing for workers in the Nebraska Region. Also it was reported that A Sedan will become a National class in 1995.
October: John Bly and Dick Gross ran the Witches Ryde Rally (Wichita Region event) and finished first in class and first overall.
January: The Annual Awards Banquet was held at the Best Western Regency and Mark Beacom was the first member to win the George Gunther Memorial Regional Competition Driver Trophy.
Old(!) NRSCCA Members: January marked the 25th Anniversary in the SCCA of NRSCCA's Competition Director, Jack Beck. Two other members will also celebrate their silver anniversary this year. They are Jerry Doctor (in April) and Patt Buell (in October).
Jerry Miller (an NRSCCA member living in New Mexico) will complete his 27th year. Patc Henry who works for SCCA's Club Racing Department, has been a member for over 30 years. She joined in September 1964. Jim Liska, Lincoln, will have 33 years in the club this May. But these are all newcomers compared to Leonard Janke. Leonard drove in the Can-Am during the 60's with drivers like Mark Donahue and Jim Hall. He joined Nebraska Region in August 1956.
April: We held an "Adopt-a-Cone" campaign to fund the new pylon purchase. For $5 you adopted a cone and you could put a name on the cone. By July we had sold $165 worth of cones.
May: Omaha Mini Grand Prix announced. Last year's event raised over $100,000 to support research for the 263,000 people in our area with arthritis. The 1995 race route will go around the Central Park Mall downtown. This will be the 5th annual and will be held August 6th.
Also May: "Katie" Katherine Ross was born on the May 3rd to Mark and Donna Ross.
June: The annual NRSCCA/DMVR Challenge was held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Also in June was the MirrorKhana XXI in Salina. Of the 11 Nebraska people attending, 10 trophied.
Also June: On June 12th Eric Jensen was born to Greg and Denise.
August: There was a Solo at Offutt. The timer broke and refused to heal. We timed the cars with stop watches. (Just like the old days.)
Also August: 17 Nebraska Region members went to the Solo Divisionals and 4 trophied.
September: We held the 8th annual "Make-a-Wish" Solo. It was the most successful one to date. There were 89 drivers and we raised $1,025 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
November: In Memorium: Robert J. Wilson lost his battle with cancer on November 1st. R.J. was a long time supporter of Nebraska Region. He was survived by his wife Maxine, son Frank, daughter Ellen Zitzlsperger, and granddaughter April Doctor.
(award) R.J. Wilson Memorial Sponsor's Cup
December: This issue announced that Patc Henry was the interim Manager of SCCA Enterprises. Patc was previously involved in the development of the Sports Renault program in the mid 1980's. She then spent several years working in the Pro Racing department. Patc has been the Club Racing Operations Manager since January 1993. She will continue to serve in that position while serving as interim manager of the SCCA Enterprises. Also announced, Frank Safranek was appointed to the American Sedan Ad Hoc Committee.
