It’s not too late to vote for your favorites for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors

It’s not too late to vote for your favorites for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors.  But it will be too late after online voting closes on October 9, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET.  Paper ballots must be received no later than 7:00 pm on October 10. 

All Regular members in good standing of the Region as of the close of voting, both Individual and Family members, are eligible to vote.

Voting is being conducted online through MotorsportReg.  The ballot can be found here.  You must have an account with MotorsportReg to vote online.  Click here to set up a free account with MotorSportReg.  Voting is also being conducted through paper ballots, which are available upon request at the Club office. 

The six candidates for the three vacant Board positions in order of their member number are:

Barry Brown

Lin Toland

Taylor Hyatt

Shawn Roberts

Valerie Farret

Trey Albrecht

Biographies of the candidates can be found on the WDCR website, click here.

If you need help with voting, please contact the Region Administrators through the Club office at cluboffice@wdcr-scca.org.  .

VOTE NOW IN THE ELECTION OF WDCR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Please cast your ballot for the three open positions on the WDCR Board of Directors.  You may but need not vote for up to three candidates.

All Regular members in good standing of the Region as of the close of voting, both Individual and Family members, are eligible to vote.

Voting is being conducted online through MotorsportReg.  The ballot can be found here.  You must have an account with MotorsportReg to vote online.  Click here to set up a free account with MotorSportReg.  Voting is also being conducted through paper ballots, which are available upon request at the Club office. 

Online voting will close on October 9, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET.  Voting through paper ballots will close on October 10, 2023, at 7:00 pm ET. 

The six candidates for the three vacant Board positions in order of their member number are:

  • Barry Brown

  • Lin Toland

  • Taylor Hyatt

  • Shawn Roberts

  • Valerie Farret

  • Trey Albrecht

Biographies of the candidates can be found on the WDCR website, click here.

If you need help with voting, please contact the Region Administrators through the Club office at cluboffice@wdcr-scca.org.  .

Notice to Autocross Competitors: Sound Restrictions

Let's talk about sound....

We all know how hard it is to get sites. And not everyone in every community appreciates what we do. But we are committed to making reasonable efforts to keep noise within acceptable levels. It's just good Citizenship right? For drivers who tour already, this should be quite familiar. For local autocrossers, this is very new. So here is the basic rundown.

Key points:

  • 100 dB limit will be measured 50 ft from course at a high throttle zone determined during course setup. Workers will be stationed by the meter and record each run.

  • Courtesy warnings will be given at 97dB and competitiors who reach the 100dB limit will be given an opportunity to take corrective action, that must be approved before they continue.

  • Records will be kept, and if a driver continues to bring a car that violates the sound restrictions, that driver may have to bring a different car next time. DDS is always a good choice... unless the muffler is rusted away, of course!

  • It's important that we respect the community where we play. Sites are becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain, and we need to be grateful in word and deed for the opportunities we still have.

Thank you for understanding and cooperating. We are committed to working together to make sure this policy satisfies participants and the surrounding community as best as possible.

Ryan St.Louis
WDCR Solo Chair

Restricted and Hazardous Area Access Bulletin - April 2023

Effective Immediately:

All programs and participants:

Change in access to Restricted, hazardous, or “Hot” areas has changed, Washington DC Region will not approve or issue access to the “Hot” areas to non-members or commercial entities not specifically requested to enter or assigned to those areas.

A hazardous area is defined as: “any area outside the protection of a positive barrier.” In general, only those specifically assigned will be provided appropriate ID (Wrist Band, etc.) to areas where any potential hazards exceeded those of the general public.

General spectator access will be viewed as the limitation of any non-member or commercial enterprises not relating to arrangements with the Region.

Insurance underwriters are expecting access to the areas be by trained and experienced SCCA members. Washington DC Region reserves the right to designate individual(s) for specific purposes into the areas identified as hazardous.

Each person entering a hazardous will notify the individual in charge of that zone of their presence. Those individuals are obligated to follow the instructions from the individual responsible for that zone. The chief authority in the zone involved is not obligated to allow access or may direct individuals to safer locations or leave the area.

This policy directly applies to professional photographers. Summit Point Raceway is aware of our action and in support of controlling access to the areas of concern. Others desiring access may secure approval from the Director of WDCR Road Racing Program or the Region Executive or alternative.

WDCR: Recipient of the Jumbo Region of the Year Award!

Region of the Year Award: The Region of the Year Award gauges the Region’s leadership team’s performance related to SCCA’s Goals and Business Strategies, which include (1) positive Member Experience through improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Region communication, increasing member value and opportunities, and activating program board plans, and (2) membership growth and activation through developing and rolling out aggressive and enthusiast recruitment campaigns, improving new member communications, and enhancing the Region’s focus on renewal. These REs also participated regularly in scheduled Region Zoom Meetings to listen and share and support each other.

“Washington DC Region delivered Top-5 membership growth & retention while running the most Programs and hosting the most Events in their category. The RE was a regular contributor in the Jumbo Region RE meetings, provided stellar communication with the National Office, and was active in local community programs. They were a Tom Burke Award recipient in 2021, and they’re celebrating their 75th birthday as a Region this year – so here’s something else they can toast to.”

The Jumbo Region of the Year is…Washington D.C. Region!

Mission Accomplished: Regional Health Update for 2022

We have now fully completed the transition of our Administration management and financial operations. All pieces are now in place and operating as intended.


18 months ago, starting June of 2021, the WDCR Region began the process of developing a new Administration Team and refreshing the Region’s business management processes.  Through this process refresh we conducted a holistic financial review and overhauled our accounting processes.

Step-by-step, each piece of WDCR’s processes were reviewed and reconsidered: Our decisions included changing our business banking, moved our accounting process to a professional service, and established business with a CPA (Graber and Associates; Baltimore) experienced in our servicing our Region’s needs. At this we began the process of restructuring our budgeting planning processes to a more traditional time-driven income/expense plan to account for our event-driven income. Additionally, we established a new electronic bill tracking and payment process. With these new accounting procedures, and the transition to a traditional budget format on a month-by-month base, we have streamlined our accounting processes to more realistically reflect actual income.

In that year and a half, we also interviewed and hired an experienced member of our Region to step-in as our new Region Administrator. Our intent was to also bring on a second individual to train into the Administrator's job and provide assistance and relief when needed and be in place to take over administrative duties, if and when needed. Unfortunately, the second staff member resigned in mid-2022. We then brought on a replacement in the Fall months of 2022. We now have two part-time staff administrators servicing the needs of our Membership. With Vincent Mandile and Liv Willis on board as our Region Administration staff, we have a strong, well-functioning team in place as we head into the 2023 season.

We also made the decision to move our business to a new banking account servicer more closely aligned with our needs. This was a successful 12 month transition and all ongoing expenses have been resolved to our new servicer. As of December 28th, 2022 our legacy accounts have been closed with all balances moved to these new accounts.

The last piece of our financial reformation was bringing the Region’s investment accounts under manageable control of the Board of Directors. With the approval of the Board, Russ Gardner (Chairman of the Investment Account Committee) has spearheaded the integration of a new investment management process in conjunction with our investment account management team.

In the overall view, the Washington D.C. Region SCCA is now sitting in much better financial posture heading into 2023. The exhaustive work of those involved, primarily volunteers serving our region, have ensured that our new administrative structures, accounting practices, and investment posture are in alignment with our organization’s size, scope, and cash flow needs. The overall result of this hard work, blood, sweat, and tears is the Region administrative expenses will be lower than previous years. 

To all those involved, the Region extends a sincere thank you and appreciation of your guidance, patience, and foresight.   We are on a great footing, and can’t wait to see you at the track this coming year.

C.W. Armbrust
Chairman & Region Executive
WDCR - SCCA

WDCR Annual Awards Banquet

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, January 21, 2023!!

This will be an evening affair with dinner, dancing, and multiple awards presentations

The WDCR Annual Awards Banquet will be hosted at the fabulous Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, MD.

Join your WDCR family and celebrate a return to in-person, post-season celebrations and help recognize all the deserving folks who contribute to making all our programs and events successful.

Awards for the Road Racing Program and the MARRS awards will be presented at the same location before the evening dinner portion of the event.

More details to follow soon!!

Loss of WDCR Member: Mike Moscati

Over the weekend we lost one of our very special people. An after hours accident took the life of Mike Moscati, one of our stalwart volunteers and longtime Emergency Services worker. Mike was very much a part of every racing event, along with continuous support of generally all track activities for the Region. His wife Janet, Chief of Emergency Services has supplied WDCR with the following arrangements:

Arrangements for Mike Moscati:

Viewings: Friday August 19 from 2-4 and 6-8 at John Taylor Funeral Home, 147 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401

Funeral: Saturday August 20 at 11:00 at John Taylor Funeral Home (address above) with interment at Lakemont Memorial Gardens, 900 West Central Avenue, Davidsonville, MD 21035

Gathering to Celebrate Mike’s life to follow, these details updates will be provided as soon as they are finalized.

If you would like to make a donation in Mike’s memory, we are supporting Fallston Animal Rescue (FARM) 2725 Fallston Road, Fallston, MD 21047

Wayne Armbrust
C.W. Armbrust
Chairman & Region Executive
WDCR - SCCA
WDCR-RE@Outlook.com

WDCR Member Wayne Nicolette participating in the 85th running of the Dundalk Parade

WDCR Member Wayne Nicolette is participating in the 85th running of the Dundalk Parade ( Baltimore Md.) again to support and promote WDCR, the SCCA, and our venue partners.

From Wayne:

“Last year we rope towed the cars, fired up the engines from time to time and did 3 mock races in front of the judging stands. We were a smash hit and I hope one or 2 more formula cars will help out.  We also had crew members walk along and hand out postcards. This year we would like to have several corner workers flagging our races and handing out postcards. Let me know if you can participate! The Parade starts early in the AM (8:15) Monday July 4th and we are done by 11:00 so you have the rest of the day. Here is the parade link ( Dundalkparade.com ) Please let me know if you or someone you know might be able to help out?”

If you are interested in participating you can contact Wayne at wayne@xibitz.net