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Here's your helpful hint of the day when filling out your PIP Schedule: Take advantage of the Notes field to add any information that will identify the specifics of the modification and also aid the scrutineer in confirming the modifications. Here is an excellent example (thank-you Mr. H.)

Attached are the Road Race Supp Regs for our 2025 Road Race season. Feel free to contact me if you have questions, race@wscc.mb.ca WSCC 2025 Race Supplementary Regulations - Ver 1.1.pdf

Nicky Wolfe #7721 Requesting to reserve #13

Big shout out to Club members, Mike Demchenko and Steve Leiding for installing the clubhouse meeting room doors. Looks terrific and now that the room is closed off, painting, new lighting and tables/chairs can be added . Real good progress.

Big shutout to Wayne Kehler and his continuing efforts to promote the WSCC track improvements and sponsorship signage. Looking great and more to come.

Big thank you to John Armatas ( Armatas Painting and Decorating ) with his crew of 3 company staff for refreshing the paint on the clubhouse and shower buildings. Also to John plus Mike Demchenko, Steve Leiding, and Brian Wiebe for painting the track. Looking good.

Michael Wu (#7761) #10 thank you

I’ve been out of the game a little bit but reading reviews and reports, generally the steering feel on the Bridgestone re71 has always been a bit sharper. Kumhos have been a bit numb on center. ultimately it’s preference. Not sure with current testing but the Continental extreme contact sport was popular and not too far off the pack. Also it was priced a bit better. If it’s of any value I shopped around and got some rt660’s for cheap this spring online. You have to cross shop every site as prices can vary greatly.

Dylan Fitzsimmons Member#7635 Car#34 Class: Rookie / GT3

Hi Everyone, Time Attack season is fast approaching with our first two events scheduled for June 7-8 weekend. It’s good to see that many of you have already submitted 2025 PIP Schedules and are classing your cars for the championship series. No matter whether you’re competitive or just coming out for fun, it’s helpful to have your car classed. The process to class your car is relatively straight-forward, but if you need help, there are several links on this Time Attack Forum guiding you through the process. Don’t hesitate to contact Roland or me if you need help with the classing process or you need clarification on technical issues relating to the classification of your car. As Roland mentioned elsewhere in this Forum, OTA has changed the Time Attack Regulations for 2025, which means you will have to submit a new PIP schedule, even if you haven’t made any changes to your car since last year. Please submit your 2025 PIP Schedules to secretary@wscc.mb.ca Stay tuned to this topic for some helpful hints and discussion on classing your car. Looking forward to seeing a full grid at our first race weekend on our freshly resurfaced track. Brian

Hi Everyone, Please join us for our the May Club meeting at the Irish association, 654 Erin Street in Winnipeg. We have had our first Autocross at St. Andrews and enjoyed our first laps on the new surface at Gimli Motorsports Park. If you can't make it in person please join us via Zoom. WSCC Zoom Host is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: WSCC Zoom Host's Zoom Meeting Time: May 15, 2025 07:00 PM Winnipeg Every month on the Third Thu, 36 occurrence(s) Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tZIvf-usqzkqHtUtJ2hcT_O6IN87e1ZXXfX-/ics?icsToken=DOMZ-S1IlkUaYznlKAAALAAAAHsNg3rpnod7c9cgxL5ALM87cvx-HTaH3CUWhQ85PFKLMEuP9Zh_2pSsR9nJj2jU5R1T8mcqeg0-KiABNDAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=bU9d8nDtQy6AT33XstkH5A Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86282452041 Meeting ID: 862 8245 2041 --- One tap mobile +16465588656,,86282452041# US (New York) +16469313860,,86282452041# US --- Dial by your location • +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 778 907 2071 Canada • +1 780 666 0144 Canada • +1 204 272 7920 Canada • +1 438 809 7799 Canada • +1 587 328 1099 Canada • +1 647 374 4685 Canada • +1 647 558 0588 Canada Meeting ID: 862 8245 2041 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kcsJx4EQTv

Yes, it was great info. Hopefully it will help more than just me this year! I was stunned to see how expensive the tires are. I work from home doing the JDM car import stuff, so I don't really have a commute. Tires would solely be for driving to / from / at autocross. And yeah, those pesky Golf R's do seem to have an advantage, at least on our course.

Great info from MyConeWorstEnemy In the end you have to decide what are your goals and buy tires accordingly. If I were in your place I wouldn't even buy anything now. Just kill your tires this season and then you will probably know what you want by next year. You can still have fun and grow as a driver on old tires. If you want to be competitive you are pretty much required to get one of the three (Bridgestone RE-71RS, Falken RT660 or Yokohama A052). But then again you have to look at how competitive your car is in your class. When I got my Bridgestones I shaved off like 3-4 seconds off my time, but those pesky Golf Rs still leave me in the dust😪 Also I thought I would daily drive RE-71RS in the summer, because I don't drive that much (about 5000km in the summer). And regarding comfort and even tire noise they were fine, but what I didn't realize is how sticky those tires are. They pick up all the sand and stones and throw it against your car. Makes for a very noisy ride when you are not driving on perfectly clean roads, and I am sure its bad for the paint too. I lasted a month and had to get another set of some cheap all seasons just to daily drive my car and keep RE-71RS purely for autocross duty. I am guessing something like Kumho V730, Hankook RS4, Nankang CR-S, Yokohama AD09, Conti ExtremeContact Force would be better for daily driving

Such an amazing event and setting. I went last year to put crew for a friend, was a fantastic time, great people and cool cars. Hope to someday day get back with my own car.

Sheldon Fehr Member #7246 #23 Please and thanks

Probably a combination of rare sizing and price increases over the last few years. Consider manipulating sizes by +/- 10mm in width and correlating aspect ratio change required to maintain a circumference within a few % of OEM. Sometimes there can be a significant cost savings in changing to an adjacent size that’s much more common. If your intent is to keep the car classed in SCCA Street, you are not restricted in terms of tire width, only rim diameter, width and offset relative to OEM. But yes, tires have gotten markedly more expensive in the last number of years even comparing like for like sizing as you’ve noticed. PMC Tire often runs sales promoting their eBay storefront. This spring they were running a 25% off sale which was a fairly good buy if they had the right sizing available. Quattro has a 10-12% off sale rolling at all times.

Oops, completely forgot to comment on the Indy500. I would not recommend them. It’s largely a carryover design from the old Bridgestone RE003 moving them downmarket as the Bridgestone street performance summer line has been improved. They’re basically outclassed performance wise by most of their competitors at this point and won’t be competitive whatsoever in an autocross application. It’s a 10 year old tire that’s been left behind by everyone else. Supporting test results for the above statement: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=329 Anecdotally, I had a set of the Indy 500 on an E90 when they first came out, it was purely a street application as I did not autocross at the time. The tires developed flat spots every time the car sat without moving for a day or two and I found it very annoying as it would take almost an hour at highway speed before the flat spot would resolve itself. Felt like a tire was out of balance almost every time I drove the car on the highway for the first 30-60 minutes of the journey. Wouldn’t buy a set again myself. Still a passable tire as a budget option but don’t expect too much from them if you have previous experience with modern tires offering more competent performance and quality.

I have searched PMC but for my sizes it came up with some Pirelli P-Zero (PZ4-Sport) for $1,547 for 4 (less than 4 in stock); Pilot Sport 4S for $2,122 (less than 4 in stock). Anything else out of stock. Quattro Tires shows RE71RS for $1,770 or some Continental Extreme Contact Sport 02 for $1,593 (or the Indy 500 for $1,085). Probably the sizing that's rare. Switching to 18's doesn't show pretty much anything at PMC, Quattro or Costco. I don't know if I could justify $2,000 for tires. "10 years ago, I was able to get 235/45R17 Bridgestone POTENZA RE-71R x 4 $730 Price including, GST and tire disposal fee - now those are listed at $1,268" Have tire prices almost doubled in the past 10 years? Is it just a temporary thing, or slowly creeping up year after year?

Indy 500s will be MILES off the RE71RS. They will be better than what you have now, but I don't think by much. As said above the RT660's are another great option. I've purchased my last two sets at PMC. Excellent pricing and quick delivery.

Personally I mainly look to Grassroots Motorsports, Reddit or platform specific Facebook groups (there's a dedicated track/autocross focused group for all Hyundai N platforms in my case). Oh and Tire Rack is a valuable resource of course, as is the Tyre Reviews YouTube channel. I would think there should be some threads on Rennlist pertaining to autocross tire selection for the 987 platform, but it's always very hard to tell how experienced a given online poster is and how their subjective opinion applies to your own use case. As far as competitive autocross tires go, your choice is fairly simple these days. It pretty much comes down to the Bridgestone RE-71RS, Falken RT660 or Yokohama A052. The Falken RT660+ is out now as well, I haven't personally looked into it sufficiently yet to recommend it. Here's my TLDR commentary on each of the above: RE-71RS: Reportedly slightly faster than the RT660 but we're talking really slightly here, IME it's so slight that one may be faster than the other depending on how your car and driving style can optimize the tire's performance with respect to temperature generation/management Asymmetrical non-directional tread pattern, can be rotated to both sides of the car, but cannot be flipped on the rims to extend life on camber limited cars Quick to reach optimal temperature but can be difficult to keep in the right temperature window on some platforms and quickly becomes greasy when overheated Very rounded off shoulder design and slightly odd wear pattern with center rib wearing diagonally for the early stages of the wear process then evening out through the tires lifespan Softer/dead feeling steering compared to RT660 IME, but the net result of this didn't end up slowing me down overall, YMMV RT660: Symmetrical, directional tread pattern, can't be rotated side to side but can be flipped on rims to extend useful lifespan on camber limited cars Tolerates more heat than RE-71RS IME, still fairly easy to bring up to operating temperature Prone to horizontal tread splicing if not heat cycled properly before hard use, apparently this tread splicing doesn't effect performance or safety but it does not look confidence inspiring lol Very square shoulder design and runs significantly wider than Bridgestones depending on tire width in relation to wheel size Very even wear pattern through my use on two different vehicles, one camber limited and one not camber limited Subjectively much louder and more annoying on the road in terms of NVH compared to the RE-71RS if that matters to you A052: Regarded to be the fastest of the three if you can satisfy it's operating requirements which are: Does not cope with heat well Seems to want lots of negative camber to work best Lowest tread depth when new and fastest wearing of the three Highest cost of the three I have no personal experience with this tire, I've always run the RE-71R, RE-71RS or Falken RT660 due to cost and incompatibility with my car (camber limited FWD that pumps energy/heat into the fronts) The latest hotness in the 200TW scene is supposedly the Vitour P1 which folks are comparing to the RE-71RS; however, when I looked into it briefly this option appears cost prohibitive compared to the 'Stones or Falkens. AFAIK Vitour is a direct to consumer company not sold through a traditional distribution network. I think it's attractively priced for our neighbours to the south but doesn't make too much sense in Canada. Lastly on the 200TW topic there are several other options such as Kumho V730, Hankook RS4, Nankang CR-S, Yokohama AD09, Conti ExtremeContact Force etc. but these are generally regarded as having less ultimate grip/pace as a tradeoff for longevity. They're very popular options for hot lapping, road racing etc. but ultimately not going to compete with the above 3 for all out pace at an autocross event. Further, depending on your car and ambient conditions it may actually be impossible to even get them into their working temperature window at autocross. Finally, regarding options with treadwear ratings greater than 200 UTQG generally speaking they will not be fully competitive at autocross. That being said if they strike the right balance for a given driver and their expectations and usage case they may still be a good option. Examples of good max/extreme performance tires would be Michelin PS4S or Pilot Sport S 5, Bridgestone Potenza Race, Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02. One thing to keep in mind is that some of these tires may disintegrate if you continue to push them hard when they are past their working temperature window and overheated. I've heard of overzealous N drivers fully cooking a set of PS4S in a single autocross weekend due to overdriving the tire run after run. Hopefully the above ramble is somewhat useful, as always take it with a grain of salt. The above comments are based on a bit of research over the past number of years of autocross and personal experience autocrossing on the RE-71R, RE-71RS and RT660. Commentary on sourcing tires in Canada and having 200TW tires installed in Winnipeg: Quattro Tires and PMC Tire have consistently been the most affordable tire vendors in Canada for me. Costco often comes close if you have access to a membership. The latest 200TW options aimed at autocross that I mentioned above can sometimes be brutally difficult for installers to mount. It seems to depend on the shape of the wheel's bead and the width and aspect ratio of the tire. The first set of RE-71RS I bought stumped 3 reputable tire installers. Since then I've found two local resources for tire installation that know the right tricks to install them with relative ease. One of them is Korey, a fellow autocrosser (Black S2000, unsure of forum name), and the other is Ultimate Wheel on Logan. AFAIK Korey can also source tires at prices that are quite competitive compared to Quattro and PMC so I'd definitely recommend checking with him.

Its tough enough to apply the 4" track edge line straight so we will only be providing refreshments AFTER that has been applied 😀

Nice helmet Jason. Unfortunately for most of our current regulations the 2010 expired several years ago. At the end of this year it sounds like the SA2015 will unfortunately also be expired as well. Too bad because I'm sure its still quality safe helmet.

I didn't see a discussion about tires for autocross. Do you guys use Reddit, another forum, facebook group, chatGPT to get some advice? Right now any kind of advice might be touch and go with the tariffs, and it wouldn't necessarily apply the same for us compared to the USA, so was thinking it might be useful to have a discussion here about tires, specifically for us. For me, you might have seen me in later runs in my black Porsche Cayman S sliding around a bit. I have some Hankook Ventus Evo V12 Evo 2 tires (400 treadwear) in 235/35 ZR19 91W front and 265/35/ZR19 98Y rear (came with the car). They had decent tread depth, still had some nibs on them, but were a bit old and starting to crack. First day they didn't get really any temperature in them. Yesterday the third and fourth runs they started to get a fair bit warm to the touch, but in slaloms I definitely felt like I was sliding more than gripping. I've also been out of the game for 10 years. With that said did a quick search on a couple different platforms, and maybe it's the tire / wheel size that's rare, but the two options that I have found seem to both be at Costco for the cheapest (but still not cheap) price I could find: RE71RS: Fronts $969.98; Rears $999.98; total for 4 $1,969.96 Indy 500: Fronts $559.98; Rears $689.98; total for 4 $1,249.96 I don't plan on doing much with the car other than autocross. Also hovering near the bottom of street class, not sure if tires would improve my times enough to be competitive. I am just planning on autocrossing for fun. Thoughts on what is out there and where to get them?

If that XL does not work let me know. We have all Simpson race suits, and all safety gear on sale for cost +10% and taxes through the month of May. Just need to prove membership in a local car club. DM me for details if you are interested.

Corey Matthews WSCC#6343 Could I renew #36 please Thank You in advance