"Player Program" 2011 NASA SE30 Nationals

#1

I put together a “Player Progam” for the drivers in this year’s 2011 Nationals at MidOhio. If I have made any mistakes guys…please let me know!

We have a deep talent pool of SE30 Racers! I look foward to meeting all of you in a few days. Best of luck to all!

1 [b]Anthony Magagnoli /bCompetes in the Great Lakes Region, 2010 Great Lakes SE30 Regional Champion; 2008 National 2nd place KP class BMWCCA ,4th overall in the 2010 One Lap of America;

2 SimonHunter (IN) Competes in the Great Lakes Region currently 4th in Regional Points, 2005 J Stock BMWCCA National Champ; Finished 4th in 2007 Nationals; 2nd in the 2008 Nationals behind Mike Skeen;

3 [b]Michael Osborne/b Current SE30 Series Director for the Great Lakes Region; 3rd place in the 2010 Great Lakes Region SE30 Championship, Finished 8th in the 2007 Nationals; 6th in the 2008 Nationals; National Champion 2006 GTS1;

4 Stephen DeVinney (GA) Steve is the NASA SE Spec Miata Series Director. He is also the 2010 Southeast Region SE30 Regional Points leader. Steve first attended Nationals in 2008 and had a DNF, Finished 3rd in the 2009 Nationals at Miller;

5 Bennett McMicking (CA) Representing NorCal. Bennett is a consistent top 10 finisher in our highly competitive field. He is currently 5th in Regional Points out a field of 40 drivers. He is also our top BBQ’er!

6 Kishantha Galappatti (NJ) Competes in the highly competitive Mid Atlantic Region; Currently 12th in season points (out of 35 drivers);

7 Team FAST Tech (OH) Competes in the Great Lakes Region, Finished 2nd in the 2010 Great Lakes SE30 Regional Championship.

8 Robert Grace (AL) Competes in the Mid Atlantic Region. Competed in the 2010 Nationals was running a strong 2nd (or 3rd place) but broke a suspension component with only a couple of laps to go. Currently the Regional points leader for the 2011 Mid Atlantic Region:

9 [b]Cameron Bullard /b Competes in the Great Lakes Region. He is the current regional points leader for Great Lakes Region SE30 His other interest is surfing…Lake Michagan has waves?

10 Fred Switzer (SC) Competes in the highly competitive Southeast region and is currently 10th in the 2010 Southeast SE30 Regional Championship (out of 40 drivers);

11 Sean Curran (NJ) Competes in the Northeast Region, finished 2nd in the 2010 NE Regional SE30 Championship, Sean is a veteran S30 racer who competed in the 2008 Nationals;

12 Robert Gagliardo (VA) Competes mostly in the Mid Atlantic regional and is currently 2nd in Mid Atlantic SE30 Regional championship points behind Robert Grace;

13 [b]Julio Palacio /b Competes in the highly competitive Southeast region and is currently 7th in the 2010 Southeast SE30 Regional Championship (out of 40 drivers);

14 Eric Palacio (GA) Competes in the highly competitive Southeast region and is currently 2nd in points the 2010 Southeast SE30 Regional Championship (out of 40 drivers)(brothers?);

15 [b]Jonathan Allen /b Competes in the Northeast Region, Finished 2nd place 2007 Nationals behind Cobetto, 4th in the 2008 Nationals behind Carter Hunt;

16 [b]Rick Mariani/b Competes in the Mid Atlantic Region, currently 4th in 2011 MidAtlantic Regional Season Points;

17 [b]Andrew Zimmermann/b Andrew is the Mid Atlantic SE30 Region Director. He finished 13th in the 2008 Nationals at Mid Ohio; is currently 3rd in season points in the Mid Atlantic Region, two 6th place finishes in Honda Challenge 4 at Nationals 2006 and 2007;

18 Carter Hunt (NC) Co-Founder/CEO/Grand Poobar… Finished 2nd in the 2006 Nationals, 6th in the 2007 Nationals; and 3rd in 2008 in an awesome battle between Mike Skeen and Simon Hunter;

19 Matt Harness (AL) Competes in the Mid Atlantic and Southeast Regions. Is currently 14th in points (out of 40) in the SE Region. Is son of Californian Ron Harness;

20 Ron Harness (CA) Ron is one of NorCal’s charter members. He purchased Mike Mills original SE30. Ron has had a strong comeback after rolling his car at Thunderhill and having to build another car. He’s been finishing in the top ten in NorCal the last few races.

21 [b]John Trefethen /b NorCal NASA Racer. John is a long time Porsche Club racer and races GTS in an M3. Is the dad of Loren Trefethen;

22 [b]Loren Trefethen /bRepresenting NorCal Loren is currently #2 in points in the highly competitive NorCal SE30 Regional Championship.

Cheers,
Scott Neville
SpecE30 National Championship Director

#2

Great work Scott, dont forget my two 6th place finishes in Honda Challenge 4 at Nationals 2006 andf 2007 :laugh:

Andrew Z
Drive-gear.com

#3

Scott -

Thanks for putting that together. Good info! Eric and Julio (“The Flying Palacios”) are a father-son team.

I’m sorry to see Steve Ferrario not making the trip from California. I had a lot of fun watching him battle Cobetto for the win at Miller in 2009.

#4

I’m not from Ohio so I surfed Florida, Outerbanks, etc. After watching this video the Great Lakes isn’t looking too bad, just cold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sMWoG0llYo

#5

Looks good. I am the current Great Lakes SE30 series director. Never Mid-Atlantic. Won championship in 2006 in GTS1.

#6

Thanks guys for the clarifications…again I look foward to meeting all of you in person. I too wish Steve Ferrario (and Kevin Nichols) could have made it out this year.

#7

I’m running Southeast and hope to run with the MidSouth. Not so much Mid Atlantic. Otherwise it looks good to me. Thanks for putting together the info.

Holy Crap. I’m 14th in points?!?!

I’ve seen the Trefethen crew, McMicking, Grace and the Palacio boys. Hopefully everyone else makes it here without issues.

Matt

#8

See a lot of talent on that roster, good luck guys. Should be a good time. Keep it on the black stuff…or white stuff I guess in a couple corners.

cheers,

#9

[quote=“Steve D” post=59601]Scott -

Thanks for putting that together. Good info! Eric and Julio (“The Flying Palacios”) are a father-son team.[/quote]
actually eric and julio are a son-father team. sometimes steve gets it backwards because objects are reversed in the rear view mirror.

#10

[quote=“MikeD” post=59613]See a lot of talent on that roster, good luck guys. Should be a good time. Keep it on the black stuff…or white stuff I guess in a couple corners.

cheers,[/quote]

we will miss you Mike, remember the race we had in 2007? Maybe next year.

#11

Great write up Scoot…
Good luck to all at the Nationals…
Steve D. best of luck to you…

Loren,John, Bennett & Ron make NorCal proud, you represent! Best of luck.

Someone keep all of us posted.

#12

Very cool Scoot! Thanks for putting this together. I do wish I was there. Maybe next year. Now… We need video boys! Pictures too. Commentary, results, details, plat by play.

Thanks in advance. My best to all of you!

#13

[quote=“Elephant4” post=59616][quote=“MikeD” post=59613]See a lot of talent on that roster, good luck guys. Should be a good time. Keep it on the black stuff…or white stuff I guess in a couple corners.

cheers,[/quote]

we will miss you Mike, remember the race we had in 2007? Maybe next year.[/quote]

Yea man, definitely one to remember, great racing. We’ll do it again soon I hope. Good luck!