SCCA NE Divisional Race Series

The 2024 season has started. Race one is in the books. Palmer was a resounding success with more than one hundred and thirty entries. Thank you everyone for making the weekend great. Without further delay, here are your podiums from Palmer. We had the largest field of FV's seen any where in the Northeast in many a year!

Roberto Percivale one of the original founders of OMP.

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Mike Cobb speaking this morning at the NEDiv convention

Coming February 10, 2024, the NEDiv Mini Convention and Awards Dinner at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel. Registration is open on motorsportsreg.com.

On Saturday the NEDiv Convention has full day of information about all of SCCA: region management, membership development and program support for your region. SCCA National Staff will be attending the convention to support NEDiv. We kick off with presentaions from SCCA National staff and the sessions end with the NEDiv Council meeting.

On Saturday evening our SCCA family will be stepping into 1958 to be part of the musical romantic comedy GREASE which was released in 1978. Join in the fun with a costume to be part of the "T-Birds greaser gang"- the rival gang Scorpions" - the "Pink Ladies greaser girl clique" - a "jock" - or an Australian transfer student. First, second and third place prizes will be given for "Most Creative Costumes" in keeping with the "Grease" theme. As part of its 10th year Anniversary Celebration, the NEDiv Road Racing Series will be presenting Championship Awards.

A hot buffet dinner will be served after the cocktail hour, finishing with an Ice Cream Sundae Station and dancing.

To all NEDiv Champions for 2023, we would like to have you all in attendance for the Saturday evening Awards. NEDiv will cover the cost of the dinner for the Champions. Please register below.

Register here: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/2024-scca-nediv-convention-radisson-lackawanna-station-northeast-division-042218

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2024!!

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IMSA may be the best year ever. I cannot wait for Daytona 24!

I am happy that we are getting a break and I hope everyone is enjoying Hanukkah, Christmas and any other holiday. Spend time with your family and friends because you KNOW DAMN WELL that racing will soon be upon us and everyone else will be taking a back seat.....lol

I am working on a post to add pictures from our ten years of Championships. There are close to four thousand pictures to choose from. It will take a little time. Bare with me if you will.

Thanks, Chris

Several announcements for today. First and foremost, the 2023 NEDiv class Champions:

AS - Thomas Brown
CF - Amber Stephenson
FP - David Colbey
FV - John Ferreira
GTL - Serena Stephenson
HP - Amber Stephenson
ITA - Kyle Colbey
ITS - Joe Stadlemann
P2 - Chris Mosley
SM - Alexander Cunningham
SM2 - Justin Ferraro
SRF - Tristen Welling
SRF3 - Tom Kirchman
STL - Thomas Paolino
T3 - Justin Brigandi

Congratulations to all of this year's NEDiv Class Champions! Great job. Championship trophies will be given out at the NEDiv Convention Awards Dinner in February (more info soon). Not to worry if you cannot attend, I always have them with me at the track.

Second order of business today, release of the 2024 NEDiv race schedule.

May 11/12 - Palmer
May 24/25 - NJMP, Lightning Challenge
June 14/15 - Lime Rock, Paddock Crawl
June 29/30 - Watkins Glen, Sprints
July 20/21 - Summit Point
August 17/18 - Watkins Glen, Fun One
August 24/25 - Pitt Race, End of Summer Festival
October 18/19 - Thompson, Championship Weekend

Thank you to all of you who make this so much fun. Drivers, crews, friends, family and workers. Thank you to our series sponsors (who will be back in 2024), Hazlitt 1852 Vinyards and ROSMAR.

Linda and I look forward to seeing you all next year at the track.

Just like that, the 2023 NEDiv Racing Series year has come to an end. As each new season begins it feels like we have such a long road to travel (in essence we do, Linda and I cover thousands of road miles as we travel to each of the eight events on the NEDiv schedule) but all too soon the season ends.

This year has been a wonderful year as we celebrated with all of you the tenth year of the series. A decade of the NEDiv Championship Series. And a great decade it has been. The series has grown year after year, crowning many regional champions along the way.

I want (we, Linda and I) to thank everyone for such a great decade. I have to say thank you first to Linda for being there and working with me to promote the series and hand out trophies to all of the winners. I have to thank the series sponsors, Hazlitt Vinyards and Dan DeBell for joining up this year and of course, ROSMAR who has been a series sponsor for seven straight years. Please remember to give ROSMAR a call for anything Miata related. Mark Gregory will do all he can to help you out.

Thank you to all the regions that support the series by having an event at their tracks. Thank you to the workers for without them we would not be able to hold events. Thank you to the drivers, crews, families and friends for participating.

Over the years we have made many friends, and it has been our pleasure. We look forward to seeing all of you at the races next year.

Now the important part, pictures from the podiums from this past weekend's event at Thompson......................................................

Chris and Linda

And here are Sunday's NASCAR or short track podiums.

The "Fun One" at Watkins Glen was this past weekend. I do believe it lived up to that description. Everyone involved had a really good time. With over a hundred and ninety entries the fields were full and the racing was exciting.

As always there are many thanks to go around, to the workers, drivers and crews, to the series sponsors, Hazlitt Vineyards and ROSMAR. Thank you to all for a great weekend.

Below you will find the first race podiums. The long track races from saturday. Enjoy.

And here are the Sunday podiums from Pitt Race and then some.

Everyone had a great time and we had one of the best turnouts for the Pitt weekend that we have seen and one very cool car, the 1995 Daytona 24 winner!

Thank you to everyone, drivers, crews and of course all of the hard working SCCA workers. Thank you also to our series sponsors, Hazlitt 1852 Vineyard and ROSMAR.

OK, facebook does not seem to like my posting too many pictures at one time. So I will post the Staurday podiums from Pitt Race race first.

Here are the Summit Point podium pictures. Late again, I know.

We had a great weekend at Summit. The weather was good (a little warm) and a great turnout for the event. Saturday night WDC region had a blues band from New Orleans on hand to entertain the crowd and everyone had a great time.

We are looking forward to seeing you at Pittsburgh the weekend of August 26th.

Thank you to all, the workers, drivers, crew and everyone else that makes these weekends possible.

I have been advised that the points have been updated and a link can be found on the NEDIV website. Go here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V3XEInIHzq5GXE3_Gzih0egNsIrwZPDp

One more note: Drivers from group six at Watkins Glen. As the race was cancelled on Sunday, points were awarded for your finishing position from Saturday's qualifying race. If you have any questions please see me. I will have extra medals on hand to give them to you.

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Our forth race weekend took place last weekend at Watkins Glen. It was an on/off weekend of rain and sun. The Sunday races (Group1 through Group5) took place in cloudy, overcast weather. The podiums from those races are posted below.

There are no pictures from Group 6. It began to rain on the false grid. We took the green in single file as the sky opened up and produced a torrential down pour. The race was cancelled after three laps. For Group 6, NEDiv points will be awarded based on Saturday afternoons race.

Thank you to all who attended and worked the weekend in less than ideal conditions.

Our next race weekend is July 22/23 at Summit Point.

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Here, finally are the podium pictures from the Lime Rock race weekend.

Congratulations to all our podium finishers and all the racers who participated in the weekends activities.

As always, thank you to all the workers who make the weekends possible. Thank you to the series sponsors, Hazlitt Vinyards and ROSMAR.

Good Evening! It's great to be back. I have to apologize to all for Linda and my absence from the New Hampshire event. Both of us were ill and unable to make the journey to New Hampshire.

To all those who scored podium finishes, please see me at future events and I will provide you with the proper medals.

We have fully recovered and did attend this past weekends race at NJMP Lightning Challenge. There was a very good turnout of racers and workers and we had absolutely perfect weather for the weekend.

I would like to thank our new series sponsor, Hazlitt 1852 Vinyards in New York. They will be providing the wine presented to our winners in the series for 2023.

Also, retuning for the seventh straight year as a sponsor, ROSMAR! If you have a Miata, please give ROSMAR a call for all of your cars needs.

Here are your podiums from the Lightning Challenge!

I am proud and excited to announce a new series sponsor for 2023. Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards has joined up with the NEdiv Divisional Series to provide wine for our race winners for 2023. Please visit their website below.

Also, I am happy to announce that ROSMAR will once again be sponsoring the series for the seventh year in a row!
Thank you to both for supporting regional racing at it's best!

Hazlitt Wineries: https://hazlitt1852.com/

ROSMAR: https://www.rosmarracing.com/

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The 2023 season is almost upon us! Winter blew by so quickly and spring is here. That means it must be RACE SEASON!

The first NEDiv Race Series race is just five weeks away. Registration is open on motorsportsreg and can be found here: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/ner-nerrc-1-granite-state-regional-w-cre-new-hampshire-motor-speedway-910979

We are looking forward to seeing you all to celebrate the tenth year of the NEDiv Race Series.

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There are some questions about the Championship points for 2022. I have the PDF file. I don't know how to post it here. If anyone would like a copy, please email me at [email protected] and I will send you a copy.

Signup now for the NEDiv Mini Con, February 11 at the Scranton Lackawanna Radison. Come join us for meetings on racing, solo and rally. Join Chris Robbins from Topeka as he talks about "engagement". A full schedule will be posted soon.

Here is the link to motorsportsreg to register:

2023 SCCA NEDIV Convention SCCA - NorthEast Division on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Radisson Lackawanna Station, Scranton, PA - Join us on February 11 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station in Scranton, PA for the 2023 NEDiv Mini Convention! Since 1944, SCCA has existed to provide a place for auto enthusiasts and motorsports f...

I have to apologize, I completely forgot to congratulate the NEDiv Series 2022 Class Champions.

AS Thomas Brown Glen
FP David Colbey Glen
ITA Kyle Colbey Glen
P2 Christopher Mosley NNJR
SM Joseph Stadelmann NER
SRF3 Thomas Kirchman WDC

As in the past, the Championship trophies will be given out at the luncheon at the Northeast Convention, February 12th at the Lackawanna Radisson Hotel in Scranton, Pa.

If you are unable to attend I will always have the trophies with me at all of the NEDiv Series races.

To everyone, friends, workers and drivers! May this be the best year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

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The NEDiv convention is coming!

Next year the NEDiv convention will be live, face to face once again. The one day event will be held at the Lackawanna Radisson Hotel in Scranton, Pa on Saturday, February 11th. Registration is open, follow the link below. We are currently setting up the schedule and will post it as soon as it is finalized. Registration and hotel rooms for the event are being held at previous rates.

We are currently planning seminars on rally, solo, road racing, motorsportsreg, archives and more. Come meet and talk to your Area Directors. We will also have an awards luncheon on Saturday to honor our Northeast Division drivers and workers.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

2023 SCCA NEDIV Convention SCCA - NorthEast Division on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Radisson Lackawanna Station, Scranton, PA - Join us on February 11 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station in Scranton, PA for the 2023 NEDiv Mini Convention! Since 1944, SCCA has existed to provide a place for auto enthusiasts and motorsports f...

Here is the 2023 NEDiv Series Race Schedule.

05/05 - New Hampshire
05/26/ - New Jersey Motor Sport Park
06/17 - Like Rock Park
07/01 - Watkins Glen
07/21 - Summit Point
08/25 - Pitt Race (Double race weekend)
09/16 - Watkins Glen (Fun One, double weekend)
10/13 - Thompson

We hope to see you out next year to help us celebrate our tenth year of the Divisional Series.

What a great end of the season at Thompson! Over 180 entries! A great turnout. Wonderful to see so many folks out enjoying themselves.

We (Linda and myself) want to thank everyone, the drivers, the crews, the workers and friends who came out to support the regions and the NEDiv Racing Series.

We are already looking forward to next year, the tenth season of the NEDiv Series.

We had a scheduling meeting Tuesday night and I will be posting the 2023 schedule.

Until then, enjoy the pictures from the Thompson weekend!