Come join us on October 25 - 26 for racing at the Maxton airport.This is the last meet of the 2008 season, and the season champions for both cars and motorcycles will be decided. This has historically been one of the larger meets of the season, so get there early and stake out a prime pit spot.

As always, track set-up will begin on Friday, October 24, and extra hands are always welcome, so bring your work gloves. As time permits and staff is available, tech inspection will begin on Friday afternoon and continue on Saturday. If you are a rookie, you must attend rookie orientation at 5pm on Friday if you want to run Saturday morning. Other rookie orientations will take place through the weekend as needed.

See you there.

Photo: Above is shown the truck entry of Zainfeld Bell & Dillon Racing, which was the 2007 Season Champion for cars, and is a contender for 2008 honors 

The Bonneville Tune-Up Meet is over, and it was an action-packed meet. For complete results, click here, or follow the links from the main navigation bar at the top of the home page. Pictures from the meet have been added in the gallery. Follow the link from the navigation bar above.

Our thanks to all of the volunteers who made this a spectacular meet. And special thanks to Deb Dross, Donna Timney and Tonya Turk for their late night work on Sunday night following the meet to get the results posted promptly.

As we go into the summer break we wish you all a fun and productive summer. We hope to see you in September (. . . wait, isn’t that a song?)

Pictured above is the lovely (and freshly built) 33 Ford entry of Charles Venable. This car set a new record of 126.98 in E/CGALT class. Congratulations.(posted 07/1/08)    

Countdown to Bonneville Tune-up Meet

We’re now less than a week away from the June ECTA meet. We refer to the June meet as the “Bonneville Tune-Up Meet” because many of our racers make the trip to Bonneville in the summer and early fall for one or more of their meets, and this is their last opportunity to do speed runs before the trek out West.Come join us on June 27 - 29 at Maxton for this meet. This has historically been one of the smaller meets of the season, which translates into a more relaxed atmosphere and, perhaps more importantly for the participants, more runs.Temperatures are predicted to be in the 90s, so bring your hot weather clothing and plenty of sunscreen. See you there!

Shown above is Thomas Cronan, aboard SNART Racing’s entry, at speed on his way to a record in May 2008. (Photo courtesy of Bob Dill)

May 2008 Meet in the Books The weather was beautiful. Attendance was smaller than in recent meets, which made for more runs per entrant. Speeds were fast and many a record fell. The top speed of the meet went to Charlie Anstaett on his DaveO-tuned Suzuki Hayabusa turbo bike at 256.798 mph.Three new members were inducted into the ECTA 200 MPH Club. All three were on motorcycles, and all three were running unfaired. Congratulations to Dean Sabatinelli, Debbie Dross and Phillip C. Campbell. Unfortunately, the meet ended a bit early on Sunday because of extremely high gusting cross winds. The meet had thinned out quite a bit by that point, so the disappointment was minimal. The meet results have been updated and can be viewed by clicking here.

Pictures is Charlie Anstaett and his Suzuki Hayabusa. Photo by Jim Hansen

(posted 05/20/08)

Countdown to 2008 Season Opener

The 2008 Season Opener, April 5-6, is upon us. The track will be open on Friday, April 4, for Registration and Inspection. Friday is also a good time to come and catch up with old friends, many of whom we have not seen since last year, and to stake out a prime pit area.

There are a record number of pre-entries for this meet, so in establishing your pit area, please be respectful of your fellow racers and don’t take more space than you need. For Rookies, Friday is a good time to get acclimated to the track and to meet new folks. And don’t forget there will be a mandatory Rookie Orientation on Friday at 5PM.

(To the right are ECTA officials, Keith Turk, Tonya Turk, Donna Timney and Joe Timney.)

As you know, at this meet we will also be running the fourth annual Top Speed Challenge, sponsored by Hot Rod Magazine. The rules for the challenge are the same as last year’s, and can be seen here. We are proud to say that Editor in Chief of Hot Rod Magazine, Rob Kinnan, and photographer and contributor, Brian Lohnes, will be at the meet. They and the magazine have been great fans and supporters of the ECTA, so we want to make them feel most welcome. When you see them, step up and say hello. (I have a sneaking suspicion they will be delighted to talk cars, and probably motorcycles as well.)

(Shown to the left are last year’s Top Speed Challenge jacket winners, Dave Matyjasik and Sonny Parks.)

As always, all motorcycle and automobile member competitors are welcome at the meet, so come and get ready to go fast. We look forward to seeing you. (posted 03/23/08)

. . and in Other ECTA News

As usual, the Annual Awards Banquet will be held the weekend of the April meet. It will be held at the Grove at Pine Acres (Pine Acres Lodge) on Saturday, April 5, with cocktails commencing at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $20.00 per person and will be available at the registration trailer during the meet. Make your plans accordingly. We hope to see you all there.In other news, over the winter the ECTA completed extensive track repairs and erected a new, bigger and higher tower, and the track has never been in better shape. So we are ready to run.

Also, please note that there have been a few corrections to the printed 2008 Rulebook. Please check them here.

(posted 03/20/08)

2008 Rules

The 2008 Rulebooks and other membership materials will be mailed commencing this week (February 18) to all members who have registered for 2008. If you have not registered as a current ECTA member, you can do so now by following the instructions here, or you can register at the track at the April meet. Remember, you must be a member to compete at any ECTA meet. If you are not a member but want a 2008 Rulebook, you can obtain one by following the instructions here.Few modifications have been made to the general competition rules or the car rules. The motorcycle rules have been substantially revised to bring them more in line with the SCTA rules. Because of the extent of the changes to these rules, we have posted the motorcycle rules in full here.To see the latest addenda to the 2008 rules (both cars and bikes) not printed in the Rulebook click here. (posted 2/16/08, last updated 3/23/08)

The 2007 Season Finale meet was held October 20 - 21. It was a record, or nearly so, in number of registrants and number of passes and number of new records set. There were some stunning vehicles present and some stunning performances. Congratulations to our newly crowned points champions, bike champion Purpose Driven Racing (Tom Schaefer), and car champion, Zainfeld, Bell & Dillon Racing. We hope to bring you more details of the meet soon. (posted 10/25/07)