We will be having our next DAC monthly online meeting
via
ZOOMDecember 8th at 8 PM
To join
the meeting click here >>>
ZOOM then click "Join A Meeting", enter the ID#
865 3647 7270 and then the Password 192315
11/27/2020
Harewood Video - Klaus Bartels and Ludwig Heimrath
Professional
racing footage of Harewood and Green Acres in Canada
circa 1960. With Klaus Bartels and Ludwig Heimrath
(thanks Mike Nilson for locating this) Click >>>
Video
Test Day- MR2V6 at TMP
DAC member Scott Miller got the first test run completed
for the MR2 V6 project on Friday Nov 20th on a cold and
windy day at Toronto Motorsport Park (TMP). "After
taking 2 years to build the wait was totally worth it -
runs like a scared rabbit, amazing handling, everything
I had hoped!" With cold track conditions, an open
diff and 9" street rubber the car managed a 1:22.4 lap
time It's a complete ground up race build, the only
stock thing left on it is the steering rack. The motor
is a stock Toyota 2GR-FE V6 weighing just 390lbs
producing approx. 330HP and 300ft-lb torque mated to a
6spd Scion Tc tramsmission. The car weighs approx. 2200
lbs (
https://youtu.be/oo21JT7gPlQ)
11/25/2020
2021 Minden Ice Race Season
In
a "Letter to Ice Racers" today on FaceBook, Russ Bond,
representing SportCUP Inc., announced the intention to
hold ice racing in Minden, Ontario this 2021 season as a
joint effort between
SportCup Inc.,
Driveteq.ca and the Minden Kinsmen.
Calling the
series the "Minden Ice Championship", MIC events are not
connected in any way to the CASC, will be a modified
form, and will be held Saturdays only. All
activities are virtually "No Contact" including online
registration only and meeting current Covid19 protocol
and government guidlines.
Copy of the "Letter To Ice Racers"
below:
----------------------------------------------------
Open letter to the ice racers of Minden, Ontario
November 25, 2020
Fellow competitors,
My name is Russ
Bond.
The purpose of this letter is to try and
thoughtfully answer many of the current and potential
questions about the current state of ice racing in
Minden Ontario for the 2021 season from my perspective.
Here is what we know so far:
• COVID-19 has made ice
racing a greater challenge.
• In September, 2020, I,
with Rick Morelli of DriveTeq.ca formally sent a letter
to the CASC asking about the possibility of adding a new
“class” to the 2021 CASC Ice Race Series called the
DriveTeq Winter Challenge (the “DWC”): an
arrive-and-drive style race series where the presenter,
Sport Cup Inc. (owned by me, Russ Bond) owns all the
cars in the series.
• In early November, 2020, the CASC
cancelled the 2021 Minden ice racing season.
As a
businessperson, sometimes opportunity comes knocking
when and how you least expect it. That is the case here.
So, let me outline the events that have taken place
since the CASC made its decision. After I learned of the
CASC decision, I met with my partners at DriveTeq.
Together, we have been providing driver education days
in Minden during the ice racing season. This year, we
were hoping to integrate the DWC (as noted above) into
our programming. With CASC not operating its ice racing
series, we approached the Minden Kin about the
possibility of proceeding with their normal construction
of the Minden Fairgrounds ice circuit. We made our
proposal to the Kin on Monday, November 23, 2020 and
they accepted.
Subject to certain terms, Sport Cup Inc.
and DriveTeq will fund the construction and maintenance
of the Minden Fairgrounds ice circuit in order to allow
us the opportunity to continue with the programming we
have developed to date.
Having secured the opportunity
to continue the driver education and DWC portions of our
winter program (subject to COVID-19 related challenges
and requirements), we thought it was appropriate to
consider the opportunity to continue the long
established ice racing tradition in Minden. However, in
all the circumstances, it will need to be on a modified
basis and to the extent that we are able to gain
adequate support to make it reasonably feasible for us.
In that regard, Sport Cup Inc. entered discussions with
Steve Manol to assist with the attempted continuation of
ice racing generally in Minden. Cooperatively, we intend
to work together to host the Minden Ice Challenge (the
“MIC”) provided we get adequate support to function, as
noted above.
For clarity, we expect, if successful, the
MIC will be a “much modified” version of what we have
all been enjoying for many years.
The MIC Plan:
On
Saturdays – expected dates to follow – the MIC will be
run in conjunction with the DWC.
• The MIC will be
comprised of two initial classes. Rubber and Street
Stud. Depending on entries, a 12-car class will be
separated to have their own race. The Lexus Sport Cup
has advised us that they will field ‘at least’ 12 cars.
Other groups that are within these groups that can
generate enough entries ‘could’ have their own race. We
will also cap the total number of entries allowed.
• MIC
cars will be prepared to a rule set prepared by Steve
Manol (we expect substantially similar to the current
CASC rules).
• Competition Insurance will be provided by
Stoneridge.
• All MIC drivers will require a Sport Cup
Inc. license to compete.
• All entries, waivers and crew
lists will be done online. No “day of” entries. The
entire series is “contactless” – everything is done
online. Period.
• There are opportunities for paid
support staff, please contact me if you are interested
(russsportcup@gmail.com). We do not have or require
volunteers – anybody working will be paid.
• Racing will
be on Saturday only. There will be an Individual class
practice, qualifying race in morning and two class races
in afternoon.
• We are limiting class sizes due to
COVID-19 guidelines. First come, first served.
We are
currently in the process of finalizing details and will
be providing more information around pricing and other
logistics.
Now, of course there are several obstacles to
overcome in a COVID-19 environment and in the CASC’s
absence but we are optimistic. With some good fortune
and our experience operating events generally and in a
COVID-19 environment, we’re hopeful we’ll be able to
produce safe, compliant and fun racing events.
In
respect of the future of ice racing generally, we want
to be clear that should the CASC decide to return in
2022 (and we expect they will), I will be the first to
welcome them back.
I think we all want to see cars on
the ice for a number of reasons. Neither Sport Cup Inc.
nor DriveTeq sought or wanted to operate ice racing in
Minden. We made a proposal to JOIN them this year with
15 new entries. But given the circumstances, we’ve
decided to attempt to continue the racing at some
significant risk, financially and otherwise to us.
Normally, there is one thing we cannot control…the
weather. Now, its two.
The government can impose new
COVID-19 regulations at any time and operationally there
are a myriad of additional matters to consider. We hope,
to the extent possible, you racers will join us and
support our initiative this year to bring some ice
racing fun in an otherwise challenging time.
We’d also
be remiss if we did not mention our connection to the
Township and Kin. They, like many, have also been
impacted by the virus. We hope that our attempted
continuation and support of the ice racing tradition in
2021 will provide some assistance to the community that
has been kind to us.
Specifically thank you to the
Minden Kin, the Township and Tom Prentice for working
cooperatively to attempt to make this happen.
Again, we
hope you will join us in supporting the MIC this year.
For sure, it’s a huge change from what we are used to,
but we’re optimistic if we are able to run, we’ll have
just as much fun as always.
Stay tuned for more
information. We continue to monitor current events in
parallel with preparing to race. We’re hoping the stars
align in a safe and prosperous manner for all.
DAC member Daniel Biral is spending some time on his
race simulator these days driving Red Bull's
futuristic "X2010" virtual race car. Watch
the video at left of his blistering 45.574 second lap of
Mosport topping out at 430KPH !!! (
https://youtu.be/EYQ5X7yZPnM )
06/25/2020
Meeting Survey
We are interested in finding out when is the best day of
the week for you to attend the monthly DAC meetings and
your interest in having the option to attend via a video
chat link. The survey is open to members and guests. Please complete this survey
by clicking this link >>>
Meeting Survey and
click the "Done" button at the bottom of the survey when
finished.
06/09/2020
June 3rd 2020 - Next Online DAC Meeting
We will be having our next DAC monthly online meeting
via
ZOOMon Wed., June
3rd at 8 PM
Please email either
Steve Scala
or
Candace Calder for meeting ID# and Password or
message them on Facebook
To join
the meeting click here >>>
Zoom and then click "Join A Meeting", enter the ID#
and then the Password
DAC Photos Page Update, Redesign, Renamed the Link
I updated and redesigned our Photos web page and renamed
the link from "Photos" to "Pics+Vids" on the floating
right hand side menu. Check it out by clicking the
right side floating menu item "Pics+Vids" If you have
any additions for the Pics+Vids page either files or
links please forward them to me by email - click here >>>
Scoty
05/14/2020
Requesting DAC Website Article Submissions
This is your car club
and your website! I have a request to ALL
DAC members - please help contribute to your club by
submitting an article no matter how brief for
publication on this website. Feel free to include photos
or copy the links to photos on the internet. I am
here to help you with your article. If you can type then
you can write an article - just send it as an email if
you like! I will take care of the rest and it will
appear right here for all DAC to read. It can be
about anything at all but preferrably race and/or DAC
related. It could be current or an old war story.
Please email me by clicking here >>>
Scoty
1st Ever DAC Online Meeting A Success!
Ten members joined in the 1st ever online DAC meeting
Wednesday May 13th over their internet from their homes
by connecting through the free group video meeting
service
www.zoom.us In attendance were: Candace
Calder (our meeting hostess) Steven Scala (club
pres.) Irene Ott (club treasurer) Mary McClure and
Mike Nilson Scott and Judy Miller Nancy Frey
Daniel Biral Sylvain Gilbert
It was really
good to see and interact live over video feed with
fellow members that one would not normally get to visit
with at a physical meeting because of the distance they
live from the GTA - places like Windsor and Ottawa.
Everyone enjoyed the experience and we're going to make
this a regular part of our monthly meetings even after
we start getting back to physical meets as we will be
able to have members from virtually (pun intended)
anywhere join in. It turned out to be real easy to join
the meeting and use Zoom. People started sharing photos
with the group from their devices and experimenting with
changing our backgrounds in our camera feeds. We chatted
for about 2 hours.
Most laptops, smartphones,
tablets etc. these days have a built-in camera and
microphone and are connected to the internet which means
you can participate.
So
come on and join in the meeting fun next month on
Thursday, June 4th at 8PM. Get your access to Zoom
sorted out now in advance of the next meeting by
clicking here >>>
www.zoom.us . It's really quite simple and it's
free. Looking forward to seeing people from far away
places join us.
Next months meeting ID# and
password will be available at a later date (probably a
couple days before the meeting).
Re-opening of Non-spectator Track Events Annouced
2020-05-14
As part of its Stage 1 Openings announcement today, the
province of Ontario has permitted "car and motorcycle
racing" to take place, without spectators. On the
surface, this appears to clear the way for practice,
lapping sessions and competition with no fans in
attendance.
05/09/2020
Monthly Meetings CANCELLED
the DAC monthly physical meetings are cancelled until
further notice - once we get over the pandemic issue. In
the meantime there will be online meetings offered from
time to time using ZOOM
03/27/2020
Ice Race article from Inside Track
Article from the March/April 2020 issue of Inside Track
Members and guests welcome ... Our
March monthly meeting will be Thursday, March 5th, 7:30pm at, K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
Members and guests welcome ... Our
February monthly meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 6th, 7:30pm at, K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
Our annual awards
dinner will be held on Saturday evening, Jan 25th at
the
Red Umbrella Inn (Map)
1075 Red Umbrella Rd., Minden, Ont. K0M 2K0 Canada
1-800-461-0316 12km north of Minden on Hwy
35
The DAC is hosting the second weekend of the Ice Races
in Minden on Jan. 25/26, 2020
Our annual awards
dinner will be held on the Saturday evening, Jan 25 at
the
Red Umbrella Inn (Map)
1075 Red Umbrella Rd., Minden, Ont. K0M 2K0 Canada
1-800-461-0316 12km north of Minden on Hwy
35
Members and guests welcome ... Our January monthly meeting will be on
Thursday, Jan. 9th, 7:30pm at, K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
Please vote below for the recipient
of the above two awards and click the "Done" button when
finished. Winners will be presented
their awards at our annual awards banquet - details to
be announced Create your own user feedback survey
2020 Ice Race Pre-tech Schedule
From the Ice Race Director Steve Manol Ice Race
Pre-tech schedule:
Saturday Jan 11 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday Jan 12 12 noon to 4 pm Friday Jan 17 1 pm to 5
pm
Please note that you can still tech your car
any weekend as well as the scheduled pre-tech times
noted above
12/08/2019
2019
DAC Christmas Dinner A Success!
Amazing DAC Christmas dinner! Really enjoyed the group
get together and the food at Bonimi was great and very
reasonably priced. (Click any image below for large)
Group photo
Rick Creuzburg and Martin Hoeschele
Anthony and Daniel Biral
Really strong Serbian coffee grounds
still in cup
11/22/2019
CASC Fall Workshops & Annual General Meeting
CASC's Fall Workshops and Annual General Meeting will be
held at the Hilton
Garden Inn on Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, in the
Toscana "C" Room.
Meeting times are scheduled as
follows: Ice Race Organizers: 9 am to 10 am Ice
Race General Meeting: 10 am to 11 am Race Workshop
11:30 am to 1:30 pm Annual General Meeting: 2 pm to
4 pm
The
Hilton
Garden Inn is located at 3201 Highway 7, Vaughan,
ON, L4K 5Z7, which is the south side of Highway 7, east
of Highway 400.
MAP link
The DAC Presse Archives are now complete! All known
issues of the Presse and DAC Newsletters have been
uploaded to Google Drive by Mike Nilson and each issue
separately linked to on the DAC
Historical page by Scott Miller
11/15/2019
DAC AGM - Your 2020 Board
The DAC 2020 AGM elections are complete and there is no
change, the board remains the same as it was for
2019.
Our host for this years AGM was
Pfaff Autoworks
in Vaughan. We had access to a nice boardroom, Jeff took
us all for a tour of the facilities while we waited for
the pizza we'd ordered to be delivered. First
impression was wow! at just how large the building is -
it's about the size of a large Superstore. There are
many makes and vintages of cars having some form of body
work being done to them including this beauty. The place
is very organized and super clean with processes really
streamlined. There are no less than 8 paint boothes.
Mike Nilson is actively scanning and uploading club
related historical material (photos, race programs,
Presse, newsletters etc.) to Google Drive where it's
accessible to all. Most recent additions are some
more Presse issues and Race Programs. For more
information and links to the archives go to the DAC
"Historical" page ...
Historical (FYI: this link is also to your right on
the side menu)
***Please note: VENUE CHANGE *** Annual General
Meeting and Elections
The DAC's Annual General Meeting and Elections Of
Officers of the Deutscher Automobil Club Inc. will be
held:
Thanks to efforts by Nancy Frey, Mike Nilson and Scott
Miller, all known copies of the Presse (and ePresse)
newsletters will soon be available for viewing on this
website. They are in PDF format and are still being
organized and uploaded to Google Drive. Links to each
issue will be added to the collection on our existing
Presse webpage archives. I'll announce when we're
done!
09/30/2019
Monthly Meeting
Members and guests welcome ... Monthly meeting will be on
Thursday, Oct 3rd, 7:30pm,
K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
Members and guests welcome ... Monthly meeting will be on
Thursday, June 6th, 7:30pm
K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
The event was a great success, many thanks to
all who helped make this happen and to all those who
showed up. Big thanks to those who donated all the
wonderful items for the random draw: Scott Maxwell from
Mini Grid, Torsten Kreuger of
The Udder Way Artisan Cheese Co. for the great cheese baskets,
Tom Meier of
Brandt Meats for the gift cards, cooler bags,
and gigantic Salamis
and anyone I forgot to mention! Rick Creuzbug did a
wonderful job of not only organizing the event but
MC'ing as well. Thanks to Karen Vereeken for manning the
door, issuing tickets and doing the cash and Judy Miller
for the centre pieces. Thanks to Dave Deacon and Torsten
Krueger for sharing a few treasured annecdotes. Also
thank you Mike Nilson for bringing a large amount of
archival material and setting up a display of same.
Video that was put together and presented at the
celebration
05/14/2019
New DAC Banners
Big
thanks
to
Rick Creuzburg
for his hard work and involvement
getting the DAC banners designed and ordered. Fingers
crossed, they may be finished in time to make an
appearance at the 60th clebration event May 25th!
<<<Photoshop example of banner
Webpage Upgrades
- I've removed the old slideshow slider and
replaced it with a front page full width video that plays when you
first come to the website giving our webpage a more up
to date look and feel. Just click "Top" (rightside menu)
if you missed it getting here. Using the website is the
same as before, choose any of the menu buttons, scroll down
or click the scroll down chevron in the middle of the
screen which autoscrolls you to the next section on this
page. The
video used can be of anything but shouldn't be too
large a file size, at present the file size for this
video is 30MB
- incorporated the new DAC banners into the page's
background default road image
Thanks to
Mike Nilson for scanning and uploading some old Presse
newsletters. I have added links to them on the
Presse ePresse Archives
page. The above link is also always available by
clicking "Sitemap" on the right side
menu and then click the "Presse ePresse Archives" link
Website Upgrades
I've made a few minor upgrades and changes to the site
in the last few days: - replaced the background image
for the main page to, as Rick Creuzburg put it: "An
inviting road scene with blue sky!" - changed the
font colour for the right hand side menu links to a
lighter more visible colour - included clickable
"scroll down" chevrons at the end of each section of the
front page that when clicked take you to the next
section down the page - wrote some new code to
automatically reload a fresh copy of the website
everytime you visit the website. This way will ensure
you're viewing the most recent version of the website
- included the rightside menu missing link for "News" on
the "Members" page - Any "Upcoming Events" will now
be pinned to the very top of the "News" section under a
yellow headline stating "Upcoming Events" and will
remain there until the event is over at which point the
event entry will be moved furtherdown the "News" section
to join the regular yellow dated "News" items. Any
yellow dated "News" items will continue as before and
now appear below the "Upcoming Events" listings.
Mike Nilson has been busy scanning and uploading
historical articles and photos to Google Drive. I
have included a link on the "Historical" page to his
Google Drive archives. The
"Historical" page link can always be found on the side
menu or click here ....
www.dac1958.ca/historical.htm
05/02/2019
New DAC Website Address!
Welcome - this is your new website address ...
www.dac1958.ca !!! Yup, you're looking at it
right now! Nothing else has changed just the website
address.
Please change your
bookmarks/favourites on your respective devices to the
reflect the new address "dac1958.ca". In most cases,
simply find your old
existing DAC website bookmark, right click on it and
change the "URL" (website address) to the new one
www.dac1958.ca
Much easier to type, remember and
share with others!
The old address
www.deutscherautoclub.ca will not be updated any
more and will eventually cease too exist sometime
after May 2019
05/01/2019
Monthly Meeting
Members and guests welcome ... Monthly meeting will be on
Thursday, May 2nd, 7:30pm
K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
(If you
want to come earlier we could have a Gokart race)
04/17/2019
Join us at the Hansa
Haus 6650 Hurontario St, Mississauga
MAP Link Saturday,
May 25th In the Schenke Room Cocktails 5pm, Dinner
6:30pm
Your
admission includes, dinner, a complimentary glass of
wine, coffee and cake, and door prizes. After dinner
we will have a time of sharing stories, along with some
guest speakers. If you have any meal preferences or
dietary requirements, please let us know, the menu has
not yet been chosen. On the same night, Hansa Haus
is having their Spring Dance in the main hall, so for an
extra charge you can dance the evening away with live
music.
Tickets may be purchased by mailed cheque
or e-transfer. We have a maximum of 80 seats
available. Please let us know if you are coming!
Contact Rick Creuzburg to purchase tickets and ask
all questions Ph: 416-419-6241 Email:
Rick Creuzburg
Services
will be held at Chapel Ridge Funeral Home &
Cremation Centre 8911 Woodbine Avenue, Markham (
MAP
) Friday, April 19, 2019.
Visitation will be
held from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon immediately followed by
the funeral service. Guests are invited to stay for a
reception in honour of Sandy following the funeral which
will be held on site.
*Please note that this post has been made public
and is shareable*
04/11/2019
Sandy Macnie - Visitation and Funeral Arrangements
Services
will be held at Chapel Ridge Funeral Home &
Cremation Centre 8911 Woodbine Avenue, Markham (
MAP
) Friday, April 19, 2019. Visitation will be
held from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon immediately followed by
the funeral service. Guests are invited to stay for
a reception in honour of Sandy following the funeral
which will be held on site. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the
Prostate Cancer Canada Network.
*Please note that this post has been made public
and is shareable*
04/09/2019
DAC Member Sandy Macnie
Sad
to have to inform the DAC of this. Sandy Macnie passed
away suddenly this morning Tuesday, April 9, 2019 of a
reported brain aneurysm. Further details will be posted
when they become available
04/01/2019
Monthly Meeting
Members and guests welcome ... For this month only
the meeting will be on Wednesday Wednesday, Apr.
3rd, 7:30pm
K1 Speed (indoor karting) 75 Carl Hall Rd., Unit
#9, North York, Ontario, Canada M3K 2B9
You now have the option to pay for your membership
renewals by sending an Email Money Transfer (EMT) to
Ralph Klingmann at
rklingmann@yahoo.ca
Fritz Baumeister
Please be advised that Fritz Baumeister passed away
on November 11, 2018. He was one of the earliest
members of the DAC and enjoyed all notifications once he
moved out west.
January Monthly Meeting will be held Thursday, Jan.
10th, 7:00 PM at: K1 Speed Indoor Kartways 75 Carl Hall Rd Unit
#9, North York, ON M3K 2B9, Canada MAP
12/09/2018
DAC Ice Race Weekend
January 19 and 20, 2019 is the DAC ice race weekend this
year - we're first up on the schedule this year. Dave Watson
is our ice race organizer, any communication regards
volunteering for the weekend please contact him at:
david.watson@bericap.com
DAC Awards Banquet
Date: Saturday, January 19, 2019 Time: Guests arrive at
6:30 PM, Dinner & Awards Begin at 7:00 PM Guests: 40
patrons Location: Dominion Hotel, Minden Ontario (main
street) Dining Room Service: A La Carte Dinner Contact:
david.watson@bericap.com 905-515-2878
Sylvia Schultz and Beaver Awards An email was recently sent to all members asking you to
submit nominees for the above awards.
1) Beaver - is for
the DAC member who has done the most for the CLUB over the last
year and the 2) Sylvia Schultz - is for the DAC member who
has done the most for the SPORT over the last year.
In a
couple weeks you will be emailed a "Survey Monkey" poll so you
can vote for the recipient from the list of nominees for
each award. These awards will be presented at the Awards
Banquet Jan 19th.
Christmas Dinner Photos ...
11/09/2018
Christmas Dinner Florentia Ristorante, 579 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Toronto M4S
2M5 Friday, December 7th, 7PM ... MAP
You must RSVP ASAP before Nov. 30th! to Karen
Vereecken with your reservations: Email:
worldwidetours@bell.net , Phone: 416-417-1925
Annual Ice Race Drivers Workshop Edward Village Markham Hotel, 50 East Valhalla Dr.,
Markham, Ont. L3R 0A3 Saturday Nov., 10, 10-11 AM ... MAP
10/10/2018 Reminder: Annual General Meeting and Elections The November meeting will be our Annual General Meeting
and Elections Of Officers of the Deutscher Automobil Club
Inc. The meeting will be held Thursday, November 1, 2018,
7:00 p.m. at Scott Miller's shop, 58 Queens Road, Whitby, ON
L1P 1K3 ... see MAP
(Coming from west of Whitby: take 401 eastbound, exit Lakeridge
Rd., turn left go 1/2 km north on Lakeridge, turn right 1
block east on Churchill Ave.) ***PLEASE BRING A LAWN CHAIR*** All DAC members are encouraged
to attend. Positions that are up for election are: -
President - Secretary - Competition If you cannot attend in person, you may appoint another
member (in good standing) to act on your behalf by proxy.
To be valid, proxies must be deposited with the Club Secretary,
Karen Vereecken before 7:00 p.m. on November 1, 2018.
10/01/2018
Monthly Meeting October DAC meeting is Thursday, Oct. 4th, 7:30 PM
The Fox And Fiddle 865 York Mills Road,
Toronto, ON. M3B 1Y6 MAP
Annual General Meeting and Elections The November meeting will be our Annual General Meeting
and Elections Of Officers of the Deutscher Automobil Club
Inc. The meeting will be held Thursday, November 1, 2018,
7:00 p.m. at Scott Miller's shop, 58 Queens Road, Whitby, ON
L1P 1K3 ... see MAP
(Coming from west of Whitby: take 401 eastbound, exit Lakeridge
Rd., turn left go 1/2 km north on Lakeridge, turn right 1
block east on Churchill Ave.) All DAC members are encouraged
to attend. Positions that are up for election are: -
President - Secretary - Competition If you cannot attend in person, you may appoint another
member (in good standing) to act on your behalf by proxy.
To be valid, proxies must be deposited with the Club Secretary,
Karen Vereecken before 7:00 p.m. on November 1, 2018.
DAC 60th Anniversary Celebrations The 60 year celebration event will be in November 2019.
Details TBA
Shannonville Races For 2019 !!! DAC is currently in
the planning stages for a summer race at Shannonville in 2019.
At this point the success of whether this endeavour goes
ahead or not depends in large part on YOU, our club members,
volunteering to serve in the numerous positions that need to be
filled! This is a call to all DAC members, it's time to step
up, we need you to make this work! Please
volunteer and email Gianni Biral for details on what you can do
to help ...
gianni.biral@gmail.com
2019 Ice Racing The 2019 Ice Race schedule and
rules/regs have been released. DAC is scheduled to host the
first weekend Jan. 19/20th, 2019
2019 Ice Race Schedule
2019 Ice Race Rules and Regs Planning on
participating in Ice Racing this season? Check out our
informative page on the series ...
Go
Ice Racing Join the Ice Race Facebook Page ...
Ice Racing
In Minden ON and the Ice Race Facebook Discussion Group
...
Ice Racing
In Minden
09/03/2018
Monthly Meeting This month's DAC meeting is Thursday, Sept. 6th, 7:30 PM
at
The Fox And Fiddle 865 York Mills Road,
Toronto, ON. M3B 1Y6 MAP
07/22/2018
DAC Summer Picnic
There will be no monthly meeting for August neither a DAC
BBQ. Instead we are all welcome to attend the Hansa Haus
summer picnic on August 19th. Things start at about noon,
with a DJ starting up at about 2pm. Admission is 5$ each for
non members. Let me know if you are coming so I can reserve
a table.
www.germanclubhansa.ca
MAP link
PS: if you want to check the place out, they are having their
monthly schnitzel dinner next Friday the 27th from 5 to 8 pm The next
DAC meeting will be held Thursday, Sept 6th
07/19/2018
Monthly Meeting There will be no monthly meeting for August. The next
DAC meeting will be held Thursday, Sept 6th
06/28/2018
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, July 5th , 7:30 PM .
The Fox And Fiddle 865 York Mills Road,
Toronto, ON. M3B 1Y6 MAP
05/15/2018
DAC Lapping Day Meetup Toronto Motorsport Park
DAC is having a lapping night meetup on Friday May 25th, 5pm to
dusk at Toronto
Motorsport Park Admission is $80 if you RSVP to
Rick Creuzburg by Thursday afternoon otherwise you
pay full price. There will be a little BBQ alongside.
This invitation is open to anyone, club members or not.
Please inform Rick asap that you are coming: Email
creuz@sympatico.ca Voice or text at 416-419-6241
04/30/2018
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, May 3rd, 7 PM .
The Fox And Fiddle 865 York Mills Road,
Toronto, ON. M3B 1Y6 MAP
04/05/2018
Monthly Meeting
We checked out the new monthly meeting venue at
The Fox And Fiddle Was not hard to get to, place
was a bit noisy but we had our own alcove. There was a good
turnout - like 15 members. Rick Creuzburg celebrated his
birthday. Congratulations to Gianni Biral who received a
Volunteer Service Award from the Ontario Government for 25
years of dedicated volunteer service to the DAC!
Please be advised that Fritz Baumeister passed away on November
11, 2018. He was one of the earliest members of the DAC and
enjoyed all notifications once he moved out west. Sincerely,
Christine Baumeister.
25 Year Volunteer Service Award to Gianni Biral
Meeting - Fox And Fiddle
Gianni Biral - Receiving Service Award
03/14/2018
New Monthly Meeting Location
We have a new monthly meeting location starting with the
Thursday, April 5th meeting.
The Fox And Fiddle 865 York Mills Road,
Toronto, ON. M3B 1Y6 MAP
DAC Awards Banquet
The annual awards presentation and dinner was held Saturday, Feb
24th at the Dominion Hotel in Minden Ont. The recipients for
2017 are ...
Sylvia Schultz Award (Most for the Sport) -
Ralph Klingmann Beaver Award (Most for the Club) - Rick
Creuzberg President's Choice (Special Recognition) - Karen
Vereecken Edgar Sockel Award (Road Racing Champion) - Kye
Wankum Raul Backstrom Award (Ice Racing Champion) - Scott
Miller Kohl and Teubler Award (Rally Champion) - Candace
Calder DAC Oldtimer Award (Oldest Competitor) - Ahmad Khodkar
Edgar Sockel Award - Kye
Wankum (L) presented by Dave Watson (R)
Beaver Award - Rick Creuzburg
Oldtimer Award - Ahmad Khodkar
Kohl and Teubler Award - Candace Calder
Raul Backstrom Award - Scott Miller (R)
President's Choice - Karen Vereecken
Sylvia Schultz Award - Ralph Klingmann
Sandy Macnie club Pres. (R) Ralph Klingmann
membership (L)
The "DAC-hoons" Youngest/newest members
John Dennie We had the pleasure of John Dennie (Facebook)
and his friend Patrick Galante's (Facebook)
presence at our monthly March meeting (Mar. 1, 2018)
Part of John's illustrious history was as a mechanic for the
Williams F1 team in the early 70's. He regaled us with a few
anecdotes from his storied past around racing. Here's a 2014
article by Norris McDonald in
Wheels.ca
02/26/2018
DAC
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, Mar. 1st, 7 PM The Three Monkeys Pub
1585 Warden Ave, Scarborough, ON M1R 2S9
MAP
02/22/2018
DAC Set To Host Final Round -
Minden Subaru Ice Race Series
Latest word from track builders late Wednesday this week is that
we are a go for this coming weekend. However final
decision is made by the Ice Race Director and can be changed up
until noon on Friday so check the CASC Hotline 877-667-9505
or the
Ice Race Facebook group for final confirmation.
02/19/2018
Minden Ice Race Track Condition Report
DAC is scheduled to host the 6th and final round of the Minden
Subaru Ice Race series this coming weekend. View a few
in-car laps from the very last race of the day this past Sunday
and see the conditions for yourself. And Scoty's prediction
as to whether the track will survive this week's rain and high
temps.
02/15/2018
New members ...
WENZEL, Zack Newmarket, ON Ice Racer WENZEL, Jake
Newmarket, ON Ice Racer MARINI, Luca Nobleton, ON Ice
Racer DiMARCO, Jesse Woodbridge, ON Ice Racer
Monthly Meeting Next scheduled monthly meeting is Thursday Mar 1st,
7PM Three Monkeys Pub 1585 Warden Ave, Scarborough, ON M1R 2S9 MAP link
Trophy Voting now closed Recipients of the Sylvia Schultz and Beaver Awards will
be presented at the annual DAC Awards Banquet in Minden
Ont., Feb 24, 2018
DAC Ice
Race Weekend and Awards Banquet - DAC will be hosting
the sixth and final weekend of the Minden Subaru Ice Race 2018
series Feb. 24/25 in Minden Ontario - We will also have our
annual awards banquet on Saturday, February 24th
Cocktails at 6:30 pm followed by dinner at 7 pm The Dominion
Hotel (downtown, main street Minden, Ont.)
01/03/2018
DAC Monthly Meeting
Next scheduled monthly meeting is Thursday Jan 4th,
7PM Three Monkeys Pub 1585 Warden Ave, Scarborough, ON M1R 2S9 MAP link
12/11/2017
Merry Christmas to all from the D.A.C. ! Our annual Christmas dinner was a success. Here are a few
photos (click for large) from the event at The Old Country Inn,
Unionville Friday Dec 8th.
11/22/2017
Learn More About Ice Racing Anyone wishing to try ice racing or find out more about it can
do so on Saturday, December 9th at 1pm. Location is at the
CASC office. Address: 1110 Finch Ave W, suite 222 in North
York.
MAP link
11/16/2017
2018 Ice Race Rules & Regs Released Rules
And Regs
(downloadable PDF file - size 375KB) - current 2018 version
updated 2017-11-16 (possible minor revions to come after Ice
Race Meeting Nov. 19th)
11/14/2017
Vote for this Year's Recipient of the Sylvia Schultz and Beaver
Awards All DAC members were emailed a poll today (2017-11-14) asking
you to vote for this year's recipient of the Beaver and Sylvia
Schultz awards. Please click the link contained in the email
and vote your choice for the recipient of each award from the
list of nominees. The Beaver award goes to the DAC member who
has done the most for the CLUB over the last year and the
Sylvia Schultz award goes to the DAC member who has done the
most for the SPORT over the last year.
11/08/2017
DAC Christmas Dinner
The Old Country Inn 198 Main
St, Unionville, ON MAP
To make your reservation please email Karen Vereecken
or call 416-264-2551
11/06/2017
***NEW*** for 2018 - Try ice racing for under $100 ! Ice Race
Trial Licence Program Not sure if you're ready to make the commitment to a
full season of ice racing? There will now be a special one
day, one time licence available for the bargain price of $15.
To take advantage of the program, you will need to do the
following: - borrow/rent/buy a car prepared to the ice racing
rules that has passed annual tech inspection - borrow/buy a
helmet that meets the CASC Ice Racing Regulations - complete
a licence application, a waiver, and a short test on flag
signals and race procedures - pay $15 for a one day licence
- arrange an experienced ice racer to go with you as a "coach"
(if you don't know one, we'll find you one) - pay a one day
entry fee to the event (between $65 and $85) And you're racing,
wheel to wheel! (reprinted from CASC
Ice Race Trial Licence Program )
11/11/2017
Reminder - Ice Race Annual Organizers and Drivers/Workshop
Sunday Nov. 19
Sheraton Parkway North 9005 Leslie St. at Hwy #7 Richmond
Hill (
MAP )
Photos Added to DAC Photos Page
Photos from a 1973 Ontario Road Race Calendar that I recently
received ... DAC
Photos Page
DAC AGM Meeting
Thanks to Joe Chan for hosting us! Your board members as of
January 1st, 2018 are ...
Sandy Macnie - President
Ralph Klingmann - Vice President Ralph Klingmann - Membership Irene Ott - Treasurer
Karen Vereeken - Secretary Scott Miller - Competition
Severin Haas - Advisory Counsel Gianni Biral - Advisory
Counsel Mike Nilson - Advisory
Counsel & Historian
Klaus Bytzek - Painter, Poet, Race Car Driver
Clip from a TSN broadcast 2000
Ogden Funeral Home Visitation: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Thursday, November 2, 2017
Ogden Funeral Home 4164 Sheppard Avenue East Scarborough,
Ontario, Canada M1S 1T3 -
MAP
Memorial Service: 1:00 pm
Friday, November 3, 2017 Ogden Funeral Homes - Chapel 4164
Sheppard Avenue East Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1S 1T3 -
MAP
10/30/2017
Ice Race Annual Organizers and Drivers/Workshop - Date
Changed to Nov. 19
Jonathan Rashleigh (Ice Race Director) has changed the date to
Sunday 19th from Saturday 18th Organizers Meeting
schedule:
CASC link
Drivers Meeting/Workshop schedule:
CASC link
DAC Annual Elections
***CORRECTION !!! Business name
change - see below !
The November monthly meeting is our AGM and elections meeting. Thursday, Nov. 9th, 2017, 7:00 pm at Paragon Competition
1681 Langstaff
Rd., Unit 12 Vaughan, Ont. Canada L4K 5T3 (
MAP
)
We
need a good showing for this meeting so please plan on
attending. It's important for the continued health of our club
that members step up and participate! In the unfortunate
event you cannot attend and wish to participate in the voting,
you may appoint another member (in good standing) to act on your
behalf by proxy. To be valid, proxies must be deposited with
the club Vice-President, Ralph Klingmann or in his absence,
club Secretary Karen Vereecken) before 7:00 p.m., November 9, 2017.
Visitation:
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Thursday, November 2, 2017
Ogden Funeral Home 4164 Sheppard Avenue East Scarborough,
Ontario, Canada M1S 1T3 -
MAP
Memorial Service:
1:00 pm
Friday, November 3, 2017 Ogden Funeral Homes - Chapel 4164
Sheppard Avenue East Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1S 1T3 -
MAP
10/28/2017 RIP Horst Kroll
Long time DAC member Horst Kroll has passed away - more details
to follow as they are available. Eleven vintage photos of
Horst ...
Click - courtesy Gettyimages.ca Canadian Motorsport Hall
of Fame inductee ...
Click - CMHF - Horst Kroll Horst's DAC Members listing
...
Click
10/23/2017 CASC AGM
CASC AGM - annual general meeting, elections, division meetings
and division workshops Nov 18th & 19th, 2017 at the Sheraton
Parkway North 600 Highway 7, Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 1B2,
Canada (905) 881-2121 -
MAP DAC Members Webpage Overhaul
In the ongoing
updating/overhaul of the DAC website I am currently working on
updating our Members webpage What I want is
an up-to-date, hi quality look to the images found there. After
all - this is our “public face”.
Please provide the most up-to-date, highest quality and resolution photos of your
1 - Head/mug shot 2 - Race Car
(or street car or both) - you may send up to 2 of each.
3 -
Website address (Optional) I will edit them so don't
worry about that
Get the above to me by any
one of the three following ways (whichever
works best for you): a) post to our
FaceBook Group I'll get them from there or b) email
scoty@rogers.com - send your actual files as an attachment or c)
email the links to them
scoty@rogers.com - that's if
they’re already on the internet somewhere. [How to do Opt. c
- Make sure you’re viewing the full sized image on the internet, right click
on the image, choose “Copy Image Address” then paste the link
into your email to me]
I sat out the last 2 rounds of the Radical cup as I
decided to sell the car after COTA. Will be racing a
Praga R1 at FARA/PBOC events in Florida this winter and
my F3 car next year in Formula Libre. Here are a few
pics including some from my race at Daytona a few weeks
ago in the Praga. I also uploaded a video (Onboard
Praga R1T at Daytona. FARA Sprint race #2 to YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdctXqth4IQ
Tyson
10/17/2017
A Beginners Basics of Ice Racing
I've created a new DAC page called Go
Ice Racing - provides basic information and answers typical
questions that people wanting to get into ice racing would find
helpful. The page is linked to in the "Race" and
"About" sections of this page as well 10/07/2017
The website has had and overhaul and facelift! Click the image below for a larger image detailing some of the
changes then take a tour and let me know if anything isn’t
working correctly – I have tested extensively before going live
but there’s always something – just email me at
scoty@rogers.com. Not all
pages have been updated to the new look yet, some of these may
be converted, others may go to an offsite page in the future.
09/28/2017 D.A.C. Booth at Mosport this
weekend!
Stefan Haas and Rick Creuzburg are
setting up a D.A.C. hospitality area at Mosport this Saturday
for the Celebration weekend. They will be set up on the outside
of turn 3. Look for Stef's brown Die-nasty Chevy Van, and a
Castrol banner. Come and join us any time during the day for
brats, beverages, and happy music !!! Print free entry tickets
here...
https://www.casc.on.ca/sites/default/files/4_casc_sept_30-oct_1_2017_wicket.pdf
06/13/2017
DAC Go-Kart and BBQ Event - July 15
The D.A.C. is
having a Go-Kart event at 3S Go-Karts (Sutton) for Saturday July
15 at 10:30 AM -
https://www.3sgokartsinternational.com (MAP)
followed by a BBQ lunch and swim (bring lawn chair, towel,
swimsuit) at Karen Vereeken’s home at 41 Lake Drive North,
Keswick ( )
- beer and food supplied by Karen.
We need a minimum of 10
participants to get a discounted rate of $100 (tax inc) per
person. Each person gets 50 laps in one of 6 high performance
go-karts. They are specially tuned 6.5 hp Honda powered karts in
light weight racing chassis. Drive format is timed laps, Karts
will be spaced out (not wheel to wheel), however if we convince
the owner we can drive in a safe and capable fashion, he will
allow us to race wheel to wheel. In any case, we have several
options of how to split up our allotted track time.
We have
driver’s meeting at 10:45, and Karts roll out at 11:00. To race
you must have a minimum valid G-Class license. Racing suits and
helmets provided, unless you care to bring your own. Bring
closed footwear.
This is open to club members and their invited
friends.
Please note this is a weather dependent event. If it is
due to rain we will call it off Friday night and try to
reschedule for July 22nd. If we can count on you to come out
please confirm your attendance by emailing
scoty@rogers.com
This is
going to be great fun!
06/01/2017 TIME CHANGE - DAC Monthly
Meeting and Awards Nite Martin Hoeschele had originally set
today's meeting time at 4:30PM (16:30 hours for your ppl on
military time) so that's what I posted here (no need to email me
- email our president) and he has now changed the time of the
meeting to 7:30PM (19:30 hours). I only received this info just
now, June 1st at 1:34pm (13:34 hours).
MAP
05/30/2017 DAC Monthly Meeting and Awards Nite This
Thursday June 1st is our monthly meeting and will be combined
with the presentation of awards and trophies for 2016. Arrive
around 5-ish at
The 3
Monkeys Pub, 1585 Warden Ave., Scarbourough just south of
the 401 on the east side of Warden.
MAP We were unable to have our usual annual awards banquet
in Minden as this year the DAC icerace weekend was cancelled due
to the weather.
05/09/2017 CASC 2017 Ice Race Awards Banquet
The
CASC Ice Race Awards banquet was held Saturday, April 29th. DAC
was well represented by the awards received if not by the number
of DAC members - myself (Scott Miller) and Ahmad Khodkar being
the only ones who participated and both won multiple
championships!
Ahmad Khodkar - 1st in All Wheel Drive Street
Studs, class 14 - Overall Street Studs 2nd Driver Champ
Scott
Miller - 1st in Rear Wheel Drive Rubber-To-Ice, class 1 - 1st in
Rear Wheel Drive, Rubber-To-Ice, class 11 - Overall
Rubber-To-Ice Champ - Overall Rubber-To-Ice 2nd driver Champ -
Tim Whitfield trophy Rear Engine Ice Race Champion - PMSC trophy
Ice Race Champ of Ontario - Minden Kinsmen trophy Overall 2nd
Driver Champ ... *Phew*!
04/22/2017 New Venue For May Meeting The DAC Thursday May 4th meeting will be held at
The 3 Monkeys Pub
1585 Warden Ave., Scarbourgh 416-609-1511 (just south of the
401) -
MAP
04/10/2017 Suzan Payne Receives Volunteer Service Award
Congratulations to DAC Life Member Suzan Payne who was presented
with the Ontario Volunteer Service Award for her (cough, cough)
40 years of volunteer service with the DAC at the Concordia Club
in Kitchener by local MPP, Daiene Vernile, on Sunday, April 9,
2017
Full Article and photos (PDF file) ...
03/09/2017 Ice Race
Season Cancelled
It was officially announced yesterday by our
ice race director Jonathan Rashleigh that the 2017 Ice Race
season has been brought to an end. Despite the best efforts of
the local Kinsmen the excessive rain and mild temperatures
earlier this week (and the same early the week before) washed
away enough of the snow and melted enough of the ice that the
season had to be cancelled. We only managed to complete 3 1/2
weekends out of 6 scheduled for this year. :( The DAC awards
banquet will be rescheduled sometime soon in Toronto - TBA
03/03/2017
New Monthly Meeting Venue
The DAC held our monthly meeting last night for the first
time at The Blackhorn Steakhouse, 251 Ellesmere, Scarborough. It
was agreed by all in attendance at the meeting that we will
continue to hold our monthly meetings there.
Updated DAC Logo DAC member Kye Wankum is helping to promote our club and
hopes to attract club membership by a prominent display of our
logo on his race car. In the process of producing the "artwork"
required to get the logo printed for the car he has also given
our logo a bit of a facelift. The use of this revised logo on
Kye's car was given permission at the meeting
This
design will also be more vinyl graphic friendly
02/22/2017 Ice Race Weekend Postponed...
The DAC hosted ice race weekend has been postponed to March
11th and 12th
02/15/2017 !!! CORRECTION !!!- Address given in previous post for meeting location had
a typo error Next DAC Meeting ... The DAC will hold our next meeting at
The Blackhorn Steakhouse, 251 Ellesmere Rd (not 51 Ellesmere),
Scarborough (MAP)
Beaver and Sylvia Schulz Award Winners
Trophies will be handed
out at our annual Awards Banquet Saturday night, Feb. 25th in
Minden at the Grill On The Gull (main street next to the
bridge). 24 members voted and the results are:
Sylvia Schultz
Award (Club member who has done the most for the Sport in the
past year or on an ongoing basis) Winner: Ralph Klingmann
Beaver Award (Club member who has done the most for the
Club in the past year or on an ongoing basis ) Winner: Scott
Miller
02/14/2017 Next DAC Meeting ...
The DAC will hold our next meeting at The
Blackhorn Steakhouse, 251 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough (MAP),
Thursday March 2nd.
Voting for Beaver and Sylvia Schultz Awards Has Ended ...
Results will be posted later
02/06/2017 DAC Ice Race Weekend in Minden - Feb. 25 & 26
The DAC will be hosting our annual ice races in Minden Ontario
Feb. 25th and 26th. We'll also hold our Awards Banquet Saturday
night at the Grill On The Gull (on main street next to the
bridge). Here's a little video to wet your appetite from last
weekend ... Video
01/06/2017 Vote For The Recipient Of the Sylvia Schultz And Beaver
Awards
To vote click here (members only please) ... VOTE
These awards will be presented at the annual DAC awards banquet
to be held Saturday, Feb 25, 2017 in conjunction with the DAC
hosted ice race weekend in Minden Ontario - venue to be
announced
The New Board listings for 2017 have been
updated
Check it out here ... The
Board
