A special note of thanks to Jordan Southen for giving me the chance to get back out on the track after a long hiatus. His Encini was beyond amazing. The effort and detail that went into its setup will serve as a benchmark for me with future endeavours. Thanks, Jordan!
Okay, I’m an idiot. So, mark September 17th on your calendar (if you already haven’t done so) as the real last night of St. Lapping. Your editor regrets the confusion.
And, hey, we get mail! From Eric Stewart in Ottawa comes this:
Re.: St. LAP (love that name!) of the season.
I had a wonderful time last night, and so did Chris. You guys strike a good balance of grassroots hominess and safety-mindedness. Lots of interesting people to socially-distant chat with! Funny what Chris said afterwards. He said that as a driver, you’re always busy managing the car at full track Shannonville and there’s really not a lot of time to watch the scenery. I hadn’t really thought about that, but it’s true. It’s a challenging track and a jewel. Sometimes we need to put down our shiny toy (Calabogie, I’m looking at you) to pick up other toys. Shannonville is well worth the effort and the drive from Ottawa.
Thanks again for doing this. I’m looking forward to the 17th of September.
Hello S Lac members and lapping pass holders. Firstly, please don’t forget we will be hosting the 4th St Lap evening this Thursday evening on the 27th.. As a reminder registration opens at 5 and the drivers meeting is at 5:15. I was watching the sunset last night so the last session will be running at dusk. As we will be on the Long track again this week we will have ample room to combine both the street car groups and in turn extend the run times slightly in an effort to work with the shortened daylight. If you are rusty on the long track layout please google an in car lap of the course to familiarize yourself if you haven’t run on it yet this year. The weather may again be damp but as we have found over the previous nights the track dries very well if we are just experiencing showers so i hope this doesn’t deter anyone.
is sadly stepping down from his role as treasurer as he is relocating from Kingston. Rob and I are hoping we can convince Roger to maintain his role as webmaster from a distance as he has done a 
terrific job with the web page over the past several years including inserting his quirky sense of humour which always makes me laugh out loud. In the Interim Rob Metcalfe our esteemed President will be taking over the finances- this year has been very quiet in terms of expenses but missing out on the regional events has meant no income either so it’s a stalemate year in terms of revenue.
Fortunately we are still in decent shape despite the Covid clouds and our membership is robust with over 70 members which is nearly a 40% increase from last year. With Rob retaking his old role as cheque signer I have asked Dan Wilson to step into the President’s role. Dan has been a longtime Varac member and Vintage racer with his beautiful yellow MGB and he is a fantastic spokesperson for St Lac. His positive nature and 
enthusiasm for all things car related make him a decisive choice from my point of view. I know officially we should be meeting regularly and voting on his appointment but with Covid preventing us from doing we have unilaterally appointed him in his new role. Once we can meet again as a proper club we can stick our hands in the air to make this official.
One of the things that I like about having insurance from Hagerty is getting access to enough video, reading, DIY stuff to keep me more than busy.
This video chat answers the question ‘what impact can a movie have on a market. See it here.
https://racehero.io/events/smp-cup/results/1073745376
Raceheroprovides all you need to know about how members of St LAC are faring.
With covid upon us, some Canadian TV stations are making more and more auto racing available. See here for what’s available.
August 10th Silverstone F1 results.
SMP Cup
Car racing returns to Shannonville for the SMP Cup. The event features a variety of categories including vintage, classic, formula libre and GT Sprints and will feature CTCC presented by Pirelli.
Practice and qualifying will be held on Saturday with the first races scheduled for the afternoon. After a brief warmup on Sunday morning, the event continues with championship races for the full day.
A maximum of 100 spectators may attend. The cost for the event is $20.
For Covid guidelines, schedule and other information please visit Shannonville
And now the bad. The Lowencash car will not be making an appearance.
