Summary of Past Events

2009 Autocross Events (5/23/2009, 6/27/2009, 8/22/2009)
August 22nd Autocross Results (OSU SCC, BMW CCA, MBCA
June 27th Autocross Results (OSU SCC, Alfa Romeo Owners Club, MBCA

5/23/2009 Autocross Results

2008 Autocross Events (7/19/2008, 8/16/2008)

7/19/2008 Autocross Results
8/16/2008 Autocross Results

2007 Autocross (6/30/2007)

DRIVER		BEST TIME		MAKE	MODEL	YEAR
Tom Siehl		47.03		BMW	M3	1995
Jim Graber		47.14		Mazda	Miata	1994
Tom Wahjudi		47.98		Chevy	Corvette	2003
Joseph Panko		48.57		BMW	318IS	1991
Mike Groeniger		48.87		Subaru	Impreza	2007
Michael Stokes		48.62		Toyota	MR2	1991
Niels Braam		49.2		Alfa	Spider	1974
Robert Balchick		50.82		BMW	M3	2004
Caleb Pulliam		51.19		Honda	C ivic	1996
Ginger Wahijudi		51.59		Chevy	Corvette	2003
Derek Schorodin		52.31		Audi	TT	2002
Kevin Davis		52.35		Acura	Integra	1999
John T. Morrison		52.89		Toyata	Celiza	1997
Anthony Utz		53.06		VW	GTI	2003
Tim Timberman		53.49		Pontiac	GTO	2006
Brian Panzo		53.59		Alfa Romeo	Spider	1984
Sam Lucas		53.71		Alfa Romeo		1988
Marty Kasa		54.1		VW	Jetta	1984
Ed Collazo		54.5		Audi	TT	2002
Brian Koepf		55.57		Eagle	Talon	1991
Andrew Saturn		56.98		Hyundai	Elantra GT	2003
Anna Hoza		01:01.03		MB	250D	1987

2004 Holiday Dinner

The Central Ohio Section held their Holiday Party December 10th at the Marriott Airport Hotel. We had a very nice turnout and the food was great and plentiful. The cost of the dinner was lowered by the nice donation from Crown Eurocars. Door prizes were also donated by Crown Eurocars.

We had several new members attend. Joe Alexander and Dale Beavers showed some photos and film from their "Classic Adelaide Rally" in Australia. More information about the USA members that went to this Rally is in the Jan/Feb issue of The Star. Our regional Director, Frank Cozza and his wife Mary Alice attended the party.

The highlight of every Holiday Party is always the "Member of the Year” award. The 2004 Member of the Year was awarded to Robert Fellows. Bob has been an active member, and also holds the longest continuing membership, since 1972. He has a beautiful original 280SL. Mary Alexander, Section President, made the arrangements resulting in a very good dinner party. Many thanks to Crown Eurocars for helping us host such a nice event.

2004 Auto Cross

On July 18th the Central Ohio Section of the MBCA co-hosted an auto cross event at a large parking lot on the campus of The Ohio State University. Our co-host, for the second consecutive year, was the local Alpha Romeo club. Members of the two clubs were able to compete with any car they owned, so there was an interesting collection of vehicles in the makeshift paddock. Samples include: Alfa Guilia Super T1, Alfa Spider, Honda Civic, Mercedes 190E 2.6 Sportline, Mercedes 250SL, Mercedes 560SL, Mercedes E420, Oldsmobile Alero, Porsche 911, and a VW Golf GTI.

Three practice runs and three timed runs were given to each participant, with additional fun laps allowed after the winners were announced. This gave everyone ample opportunity to have fun scrubbing cones.

The fastest run of the day was 65.61 seconds by Joe Alexander in his Mercedes SLK32 AMG. The second was 68.20 seconds by Gregory Bond in his Alfa Romeo GTV 6. Third place was 69.62 seconds by Mike Groeniger in his Subaru WRX. Twenty two competitors took a shot at the long track, with times ranging from the winning 65.61 seconds to a first timer running 87.06 seconds in a European W124 chassis 200D.

Thank you, Joe and Mary Alexander, for acquiring new timing equipment for the Central Ohio Section. It worked great and it ensures many more enjoyable timed competitions in the future. Thanks are also in order for Joe Alexander, Bill Hoza, and Rodd Masteller for site setup and tear down.

2004 All German Car Show - Click Here for pictures

On August 22nd the Central Ohio Section hosted the 3rd Annual All German Car Show at the Clarion Hotel in Dublin, OH. The show was sponsored by Crown Eurocars and all proceeds and donations went to Pilot Dogs (www.pilotdogs.org), a local organization that trains enabling dogs to aid the blind.

This year saw the third consecutive year of grown for the show. Seventy two cars participated, where as 60 had the year before and only 45 in the inaugural year. The Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volkswagen brands had the greatest participation, but several Audis, BMWs, Merkurs, and an Opel GT were on hand as well. There were some very unusual and interesting vehicles on hand. These included a Porsche 917 fiberglass race car, a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, a pair of Mercedes-Benz Unimogs, a 1960’s era Volkswagen 1500 large coupe, a nearly 100% factory original 1969 Opel GT 1.1 liter, and more.

The Clean Car Contest was held as usual, and first through third place trophies were given out in each marquee. This allows us to reward numerous owners who worked so hard on their vehicles. We also awarded a People’s Choice award. Every car in the show was eligible for this and the show spectators and participants could all vote. The 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL won People’s Choice.

New this year was trophies in place of ribbons, the on-site concession stand, and a professional photographer. We look forward to a bigger and better show on August 21st, 2005 featuring a vendor’s area, more German-centric food at the concession stand, and live German pub music as new features.

Special thanks go out to event chairman Rodd Masteller, along with Mary Alexander, Joe Alexander, Jo Smith, and Joe Buhac for organizing the event, running errands, setting up the facility, running the show, and helping tear down afterwards.