CACC Women In Motorsport

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Happy WIM Wednesday Everyone!!

🏁 Congratulations to Our Women Novice Racers! 🏁

CACC Races #3 and #4 at Mission Raceway Park showcased an incredible group of women competing in the SCCBC Novice program. We want to recognize these racers for getting out on track and taking on the challenge!

👏 Amy Allinson \ #107 – Mazda Miata – Congratulations on earning your Senior Upgrade! Great job, Amy!

Also racing in the novice group were:
🏎️ Elle Johnson \ #78
🏎️ Heather Martin \ #934
🏎️ Gloria Romain \ #17 – Competed in CACC Race #4

🏎️ Eileen Shao \ #70 -
🏎️ Sammy Wong \ #97 – Competed in CACC Race #3

Congratulations to all of you for your hard work and dedication. We hope to see each of you back on the grid again soon. Keep chasing those checkered flags! 🏁💜

Happy everyone!

This week we have a recap from last week's CACC #4 race weekend at Mission Raceway road course from Courtenay Rimaldi. She was out racing in her Formula Ford.

July was quite the race weekend!

It has been a few tough years with the car, but we are getting there!
Don ran Saturday (well 2/3 of it), unexpected showers came in, and the wet track and rain was not worth the risk for practice. Quali went well, despite needing to run the wrt tires, as he was set to start 4th for the race.

Good, clean and dry race saw him finish 3rd with a 1:11.7.
The bar was set, and I would be looking to improve on my 1:13.9 from June race, but my PB was a 1:13.5 from 2025.

My 1st session out Sunday was qualifying. (It has been limited time in the car the past few years, maybe a total of 3 hours for 24/25 seasons. And then 45 mins from June race weekend.)

Qualifying did not go quite as planned, on my 3rd lap I yelled over the radio that I lost 3rd gear. Not literally lost, as I am the gear changer, it was in there, but I couldn't find it with the shifter. Came in early to discover a bushing was loose on the shift linkage from a lost bolt. New bolt installed, and I would be ready for the first of 2 races on Sunday.

Race 2 - started 9th and was prepared to fight my way through the field to gain a few positions. The race started clean and I got myself set into a rhythm of working on my lines and braking, as well as chasing down those in front. I only finished that race 7th, but I set a new PB of a 1:12.9! I was ecstatic and set to start 4th for race 3, as I had the 4th fastest lap in the race.

Race 3 - I was excited to start higher up, but still cautious of the Turn 1 cluster can has the potential to happen. I kept it clean, and was jumped by a few Legends and a Ford that were my hyper focus to pass. I reeled in the Legends and used my signature move of late braking into Turn 1 to pass the Legends and keep them behind. Then it was my time to catch up to Cam in the Ford ahead of me. He was a ways off, but I was determined to try braking a little later, increase corner speed and get on to the throttle more to light up that shift light, or bring on the rev limiter. The times were improving and Cam was coming into contention. As I was pulling my inside line in Turn 1 as he overshot the corner and locked up, I was ready to zoom away from him. But instead, I bogged 😢. The throttle did nothing and the car was losing power. I had to pull over to the side and be taken away by the safety truck. (Thank you Safety!)

My 4th place turned into 9th as I ended up being 2 laps down. Thank you Cam for not cramming into the back of the car as I came to quite a slow down ahead of you.

Despite the less than desirable end, I had a blast with the chase! And I did a another new PB!

1:11.9!!! I am now in the same second as Don, just 0.2s off. Time to string more of those together in a race and keep improving.

Thank you to all my amazing team mates for support 🥰
As seen in later photo, I lost my balls at the end of Race 3 😅. The floats on our carb both fell off their solder joints! Back to plastic, as I no longer trust the brass floats.

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In case you missed it, Females in Motorsport got to chat with Brehanna Daniels, the first black woman to serve on a NASCAR pit crew! ⭐️

From college basketball to a chance opportunity with NASCAR’s pit crew tryouts, find out all about her journey and how she landed her history-making role here: https://bit.ly/4vRa94l

📸: Brehanna Daniels

SCCBC road race CACC #4 is this weekend July 18-19th at Mission Raceway Park.
What a great group of Women Drivers! Racing starts at 2:10pm on Saturday and 10:45 am on Sunday. Come out and watch the action!
Lora Lonesberry #777 will be racing in IPE-B in her 2019 Honda Civic SI. Come talk racing with Lora in Pit #78
Gayle Baird will be competing in two different cars for a total of four class's! Check out her 2 race cars - #75 Honda Civic, #118 Formula V. Visit Gayle and her all female crew in pit #88-87
Heather Martin will be competing on Saturday in her 2nd Novice Race driving her #934, Hyundai Tiburon. Come find out more about getting started in racing, Heather will be in pit #70
Amy Allinson will be racing her #107 Mazda Miata in the Novice race on Saturday! Come talk to Amy in pit #49
Tracey Pearson will be racing her #702 Mazda Miata and will be in Pit # 126. Come say hi!
Courtenay Rimaldi will be racing her #75 Formula Ford. Check out this open wheel car in pit #18
Amanda Shuffles will be racing her #14 Honda Civic sporting new colours after her best run ever at Knox Mountain Hill climb. Come see Amanda in Pit #55
Gloria Romain will be competing in her first Novice Race on Saturday in a Mazda Miata. Come cheer her on in pit #14 !
Cherie Storm will be racing her #27 Bspec Mazda 2. This farther and daughter team will inspire you to come and join us!
Renee Land in the #127 Miata will be racing in the hotly contested Spec Miata Race should be a fun one to watch with 18 Spec Miata's competing together!
Susie Zimmerman will be driving the #095 this weekend, the GTU Honda Civic come talk cars in pit #95
Naz Degan will be racing her #022 Lamborghini Gallardo in GT1 and will be in Pit .Come check out her amazing race car!
Looking to get involved in Motorsport or want that up close perspective by volunteering! Come chat with us in the pits, just look for the "Women in Motorsport flags" to answer all your questions on how to get involved in Motorsport.

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Attention all women crew members and volunteers on the July 18-19th cacc #4 race weekend a Mission Raceway, be sure to stop by the Women in Motorsport booth and pick up your FREE custom WIM engraved coaster! Just see Meredith at the booth to claim yours and learn more about how you can get involved in motorsport.

And for everyone at the track—drivers, future drivers, crew, volunteers, and spectators—be sure to stop by our Silent Auction, running over the next two race weekends. Bid on some gently used race gear, including a HANS device, OMP race boots and gloves, and an OMP fire suit with Nomex underwear and an OMP gear bag.

Three Auction Packages available!

1. HANS Device
2. OMP Race Boots & Gloves
3. OMP Fire Suit with Nomex Underwear and OMP Gear Bag

Come by the WIM booth, check out the auction items, place your bid, and support a great cause!🏁