News & Announcements
*** Upcoming events & news ***
The gap in our schedule is nearing its end, and there are several upcoming things I wanted to remind you all of.
Sept 28th - Spokes Karting Meetup @ COTA
Join fellow Spokesters for some karting action at COTA. This is an informal Spokes meet-up/social event. We will sign up for regular public races on Saturday 9/28 between 10am-1pm. Sign-ups are online on the COTA website: bookings.clubspeed.com/cota/cotaaustin. Their "races" are really more like qualifying sessions- best lap time wins- so we'll try to keep track of people's best lap times and see who can claim bragging rights of being the fastest Spokes Kart driver for the day! If you're interested in going to do some driving, sign up on the COTA website. All the details for COTA karting are available here: circuitoftheamericas.com/karting/
Oct 12th - Spokes Autocross #10 (joint event with SASCA hosting it)
Let's get back to autocross action! This autocross will be at River City Community Church, and is hosted by our friends in SASCA. Registration for the event is through SASCA's event page here: www.motorsportreg.com/events/sasca-9-2024-spokes-10-river-city-community-church-venue-san-antonio.... Note that if you are prepaid for the season through Spokes, you DO NOT need to register at this link, you will be automatically added to the event registration list.
Track Sprint @ H2R
The Track Sprint at Harris Hill Raceway is coming up in just over 8 weeks! Keep a look out in your inbox for more info about this event soon. Registration for the event will open in 3 tiers. The first tier will be Spokes members who purchased the autocross annual pre-pay (registration for the track sprint is separate), and Spokes members who have attended at least 6 Spokes autocrosses since Sept 2023. The second tier will be all other Spokes members who have attended at least 3 Spokes events prior to registration for the track sprint. The third tier will be non-members who have attended at least 3 Spokes events prior to registration for the track sprint. With a 100 driver limit, we expect this event to sell out. We will share registration dates for all tiers soon.
2024 Season Year End Party
Our Year End Party and awards banquet is tentatively being scheduled for January 11th 2025 at Fast Friends Brewery. Mark that on your calendars :)
Registration for our 10th event of the season is now open! This will be a joint-event hosted by SASCA. You can register for the event here: www.motorsportreg.com/events/sasca-9-2024-spokes-10-river-city-community-church-venue-san-antonio...
*** Spokes results at Nationals & SNAG recipients ***
It was another fantastic year for Spokes drivers at the SCCA Pro Solo Finale and Solo National Championships in Lincoln NE last week. Over 60 drivers from Spokes (and SASCA) made their way up to Lincoln, and we came back with several championships and trophies!
Pro Solo Finale - 14 trophies (finale + season)
- Todd Roberts won R2 at the finale, and won the season championship
- Erik Strelnieks won S1 at the finale, and won the season championship
- Chase Gintner got 2nd in S4 at the finale, and 2nd in the season championship
- Vivek Goel got 2nd in STR at the finale, and 3rd in the season championship
- Matt Morhardt got 4th in SSC at the finale, and 3rd in the season championship
- Justin Harbour got 5th in SSC at the finale
- John Hale got 5th in STX in the season championship
- Kasey Gintner got 6th in L2 at the finale
- Jason Minehart got 4th in R3 in the season championship
Solo National Championships - 20 trophies
- DP Champion: Todd Roberts
- XPL Champion: Stephanie Reynoso
- DSL Champion: Kasey Gintner
- STHL 2nd place: Ally Gobeli
- STSL 2nd place: Lora Harber
- SSC 2nd place: Matt Morhardt
- DP 2nd place: Troy Acosta
- KM 2nd place: Tom Harrington
- EM 2nd place: Jason Minehart
- STR 3rd place: Vivek Goel
- CAMS 3rd place: Richard King
- DP 4th place: Dan Pedroza
- EM 4th place: Jason Kupka
- DP 5th place: Ward Marshall
- CP 5th place: Jeff Minor
- STX 7th place: John Hale
- SSC 7th place: Ricky Crow
- DS 8th place: Zbigniew Szymański
- CP 8th place: Todd Farris
- AS 11th place: Jerry Centanni
Spokes National Autocross Grant Recipients
Last but not least, we are thrilled to announce that we have selected 5 recipients for the Spokes National Autocross Grant (SNAG) for nationals. The 5 recipients were chosen based on contribution to the community, performance at nationals, and participation in shenanigans :). Please join me in congratulating...
- Steven Tellman
- Evan Russo
- Zbigniew Szymański
- Jonathon Huffman
- Jessica Mignone
Competition is everything and everything is a competition at the SCCA Pro Solo Finale and Autocross National Championships.
