SECCS 10th Anniversary - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

sperry · 2012-11-22, 11:54 PM

Unbelievably, this Sunday, November 25, 2012 is our 10th Anniversary.

Way back in 2002, during the whole i-club/NASIOC split fiasco, we setup a nifty little phpBB forum over at doink.net. That forum helped us organize the original weekly meets of the club.

Here in fact is the very first thread on the forums: http://www.seccs.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1

Back then, I never would have imagined that there would still be a core group of folks that still post here every day a decade later. Surely, SECCS is no longer the club that it used to be, but it still provides a great place for local folks to get together and talk even if most of us have shifted our priorities away from owning a Subaru and towards things like having jobs and kids. I'd like to thank all the members; those of you who have been here for the last 10 years, and those of you that have joined us and stuck around over that time. SECCS is literally nothing without its members.

How about a little trip down memory lane?

This is pretty much everyone, circa Nov 2002, shortly before the site went live:

Xmas 2002 we went out in the snow near Galena.

Even saw an FX45 test mule doing winter testing before Nissan released it:

New years 2003, we were at the newly opened Tamarack. Remember when we used to pop our hoods and look at each others cars?

Karting at the Hilton in March '03:

The first of many days of SECCS domination of the 2003 Reno SCCA autocross season:

There was an F40 there that day...

We were meeting at Starbucks back then... here's DayOfPain's awesome WRX. RIP Phil.

Then we were meeting at Cantina Los Tres Hombres for a few weeks... definitely the era of the bugeye:

Summer of 2003, we moved over the the 4th Turn, across the street from Subaru. One of the dealers brought the 1st STi Lithia had for sale by the meet for us to drool over:

Look, we're like a real club or something. I wonder where that banner is these days?

Headed down to Sacramento to hang with the SRIC sister club:

We represented Reno SCCA at the NORPAC convention, even won the use of a WRX donated by Subaru for our efforts of bringing in new SCCA members... that we couldn't accept due to insurance cost.

In 2004, some of us tried out hands at Solo 1 to varying degrees of success:

Lap of the Lake charity drive:

In August, we hosted our own track day at RFR... Racecars, f-in racecars!!

In 2005, things took a turn for the absurd as MattR represented at Import Motion in Sacramento.

That must have been about the time the shark was jumped, because at that point, I stopped taking pictures at the meets/races. Also, that's around when my WRX was broken for the first long stint... which put a bit of a damper on my enthusiasm.

Who else has any pictures or stories from the "good old days"?

khail19 · 2012-11-23, 02:26 AM

Scott, I think you sent these pics to me many years ago. I can't believe it's been 10 years, and that I had my RS for almost 9 of them.

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Dean · 2012-11-23, 04:48 AM

Only 800 more posts and you owe me $100!!! Gotta work on that!

I like the original Jedi ranks. Very nerdy!

I have to blame Debbie for getting me involved in this group, though I think I am the one who nudged her to get the WRB bugeye wagon in the first place.
Are there no pictures of the Circuit City/Starbucks meets? I think one of those was the first I attended.

MattR · 2012-11-23, 09:12 AM

Great Post Scott, I'll see if I have any old pictures, but you pulled some goodies! Also, I have the banner still, keeping it safe. Haven't had a big event to set it up for in a while. Let me know if you want it back, It's in its box.

While Import Motion was absurd, it was a lot of fun and I was trying to help out Nate and Scott as my STi (was one of, if not the..) first STi Nate had tuned. We really let the rice fly that weekend, haha. I remember leaving and walking over to the Rat-rod show.

Great stuff, thanks

Nick Koan · 2012-11-23, 10:04 AM

Wow, lots of old stuff. A lot of this happened right as I was hanging out with the Sacramento people 8 years ago, before even joining the board and moving to Reno.

Here is an old random photo from an auto-x. I believe this was Pete's bugeye, but I can't remember. I'm pretty sure this was Bob's handiwork though.

doubleurx · 2012-11-23, 12:00 PM

I still have my RFR T shirt from that day. Man that was a fun day. I remember Mike and I were so nervous in the morning. Good times!

doubleurx · 2012-11-23, 12:06 PM

Nick, the first time I met you, was at Nate's old shop, down in Sac. What is. Nate up to these days?

MikeK · 2012-11-23, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleurx

I still have my RFR T shirt from that day. Man that was a fun day. I remember Mike and I were so nervous in the morning. Good times!

I wanted to crash my car in the morning just to get it out of the way!

My most vivid track day memory is still the look on that woman's face when you were were yelling about how you were going to destroy that port-a-potty after eating a burrito as big as your arm

doubleurx · 2012-11-23, 12:39 PM

Was that the same event or the Audi event? Either way I do remember following through.

Nick Koan · 2012-11-23, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleurx

Nick, the first time I met you, was at Nate's old shop, down in Sac. What is. Nate up to these days?

Nate is working for Canepa down in Santa Cruz, fixing up crazy, weird, rare cars from all over.

Bob Danger · 2012-11-23, 05:26 PM

I enjoy tape.

MattR · 2012-11-23, 07:33 PM

SECCS used to party pretty hard if I recall...And I found another picture of a dirty high-speed off at Lovelock...

Dean · 2012-11-23, 07:52 PM

I think all Subarus driven at the track are required to hit a cone with the front right fender while moving in excess of 70MPH! I've done it at least twice now.

MattR · 2012-11-23, 08:04 PM

I remember me, atomiclabmonkey, sperry and dcfc03 heading to Altamont speedway to race stock cars...I think we have pics of that somewhere...and not to forget some good times at Laguna Seca...

Here are some pics from Winnemucca, Mike and Tyson talking shit about the STI already

MattR · 2012-11-23, 08:12 PM

When Keepin it real, goes wrong...And some awesome snow pics

Kevin M · 2012-11-23, 08:31 PM

Our kids are never going to believe all these shenanigans.

Dean · 2012-11-23, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

Here are some pics from Winnemucca, Mike and Tyson talking shit about the STI already

When was that? Any dates on the original pics?

MattR · 2012-11-23, 09:24 PM

Dean, that was August of '03. Winnemucca Challenge. I just bought the sti weeks prior. I think quite a few of us made that trip.

MattR · 2012-11-23, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin M

Our kids are never going to believe all these shenanigans.

Kevin M · 2012-11-24, 10:35 AM

MikeK · 2012-11-24, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

Dean, that was August of '03. Winnemucca Challenge. I just bought the sti weeks prior. I think quite a few of us made that trip.

It must have been 2004, which is when I started autox.

ScottyS · 2012-11-24, 01:00 PM

Well, I've only got 8.5 years in as a peripheral member, but it's still cool to see all the old photos.

Here are some from 2004. How many still have their cars from back then I wonder?

ScottyS · 2012-11-24, 01:15 PM

OK, can't help myself. Some old favorites, including when I was volunteering in an unsolicited capacity for Sybir Graphics Solutions, Inc.

sperry · 2012-11-24, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

I remember me, atomiclabmonkey, sperry and dcfc03 heading to Altamont speedway to race stock cars...I think we have pics of that somewhere...and not to forget some good times at Laguna Seca...

Here are some pics from Winnemucca, Mike and Tyson talking shit about the STI already

sperry · 2012-11-24, 01:36 PM

Oh, and how can I forget the USTCC race at RFR?

2012-11-22, 11:54 PM	#1
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	SECCS 10th Anniversary Unbelievably, this Sunday, November 25, 2012 is our 10th Anniversary. Way back in 2002, during the whole i-club/NASIOC split fiasco, we setup a nifty little phpBB forum over at doink.net. That forum helped us organize the original weekly meets of the club. Here in fact is the very first thread on the forums: http://www.seccs.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1 Back then, I never would have imagined that there would still be a core group of folks that still post here every day a decade later. Surely, SECCS is no longer the club that it used to be, but it still provides a great place for local folks to get together and talk even if most of us have shifted our priorities away from owning a Subaru and towards things like having jobs and kids. I'd like to thank all the members; those of you who have been here for the last 10 years, and those of you that have joined us and stuck around over that time. SECCS is literally nothing without its members. How about a little trip down memory lane? This is pretty much everyone, circa Nov 2002, shortly before the site went live: Xmas 2002 we went out in the snow near Galena. Even saw an FX45 test mule doing winter testing before Nissan released it: New years 2003, we were at the newly opened Tamarack. Remember when we used to pop our hoods and look at each others cars? Karting at the Hilton in March '03: The first of many days of SECCS domination of the 2003 Reno SCCA autocross season: There was an F40 there that day... We were meeting at Starbucks back then... here's DayOfPain's awesome WRX. RIP Phil. Then we were meeting at Cantina Los Tres Hombres for a few weeks... definitely the era of the bugeye: Summer of 2003, we moved over the the 4th Turn, across the street from Subaru. One of the dealers brought the 1st STi Lithia had for sale by the meet for us to drool over: Look, we're like a real club or something. I wonder where that banner is these days? Headed down to Sacramento to hang with the SRIC sister club: We represented Reno SCCA at the NORPAC convention, even won the use of a WRX donated by Subaru for our efforts of bringing in new SCCA members... that we couldn't accept due to insurance cost. In 2004, some of us tried out hands at Solo 1 to varying degrees of success: Lap of the Lake charity drive: In August, we hosted our own track day at RFR... Racecars, f-in racecars!! In 2005, things took a turn for the absurd as MattR represented at Import Motion in Sacramento. That must have been about the time the shark was jumped, because at that point, I stopped taking pictures at the meets/races. Also, that's around when my WRX was broken for the first long stint... which put a bit of a damper on my enthusiasm. Who else has any pictures or stories from the "good old days"? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2012-11-23, 04:48 AM	#3
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Only 800 more posts and you owe me $100!!! Gotta work on that! I like the original Jedi ranks. Very nerdy! I have to blame Debbie for getting me involved in this group, though I think I am the one who nudged her to get the WRB bugeye wagon in the first place. Are there no pictures of the Circuit City/Starbucks meets? I think one of those was the first I attended. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids... Last edited by Dean; 2012-11-23 at 04:52 AM.

2012-11-23, 09:12 AM	#4
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Great Post Scott, I'll see if I have any old pictures, but you pulled some goodies! Also, I have the banner still, keeping it safe. Haven't had a big event to set it up for in a while. Let me know if you want it back, It's in its box. While Import Motion was absurd, it was a lot of fun and I was trying to help out Nate and Scott as my STi (was one of, if not the..) first STi Nate had tuned. We really let the rice fly that weekend, haha. I remember leaving and walking over to the Rat-rod show. Great stuff, thanks __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2012-11-23, 10:04 AM	#5
Nick Koan JDM Cowboy Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Somewhere Posts: 8,642 Car: 2015 Mazda 3	Wow, lots of old stuff. A lot of this happened right as I was hanging out with the Sacramento people 8 years ago, before even joining the board and moving to Reno. Here is an old random photo from an auto-x. I believe this was Pete's bugeye, but I can't remember. I'm pretty sure this was Bob's handiwork though. Attached Thumbnails __________________ While a standard engine is powered by a belt connected to the crankshaft, a turbo engine runs on its own exhaust steam, making it more energy efficient. -- CNN

2012-11-23, 12:00 PM	#6
doubleurx EJ205 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Truckee Posts: 1,948	I still have my RFR T shirt from that day. Man that was a fun day. I remember Mike and I were so nervous in the morning. Good times! __________________ Does it have a motor..............Does it have a motor?

2012-11-23, 02:26 AM	#2
khail19 EJ205 Real Name: Khail Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,769 Car: 2016 VW GTI Meets? We have meets?	Scott, I think you sent these pics to me many years ago. I can't believe it's been 10 years, and that I had my RS for almost 9 of them.

2012-11-23, 12:06 PM	#7
doubleurx EJ205 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Truckee Posts: 1,948	Nick, the first time I met you, was at Nate's old shop, down in Sac. What is. Nate up to these days? __________________ Does it have a motor..............Does it have a motor?

2012-11-23, 12:39 PM	#9
doubleurx EJ205 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Truckee Posts: 1,948	Was that the same event or the Audi event? Either way I do remember following through. __________________ Does it have a motor..............Does it have a motor?

2012-11-23, 05:26 PM	#11
Bob Danger Tape Terrorist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Melmac Posts: 1,792 Car: ? Class: Retired! Warning: Prolonged eye contact may cause insanity	I enjoy tape. __________________ A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi.

2012-11-23, 07:33 PM	#12
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	SECCS used to party pretty hard if I recall...And I found another picture of a dirty high-speed off at Lovelock... Attached Thumbnails Attached Images __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.” Last edited by MattR; 2012-11-23 at 07:36 PM.

2012-11-23, 07:52 PM	#13
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I think all Subarus driven at the track are required to hit a cone with the front right fender while moving in excess of 70MPH! I've done it at least twice now. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2012-11-23, 08:04 PM	#14
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	I remember me, atomiclabmonkey, sperry and dcfc03 heading to Altamont speedway to race stock cars...I think we have pics of that somewhere...and not to forget some good times at Laguna Seca... Here are some pics from Winnemucca, Mike and Tyson talking shit about the STI already Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2012-11-23, 08:12 PM	#15
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	When Keepin it real, goes wrong...And some awesome snow pics Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2012-11-23, 08:31 PM	#16
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Our kids are never going to believe all these shenanigans. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2012-11-23, 09:24 PM	#18
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	Dean, that was August of '03. Winnemucca Challenge. I just bought the sti weeks prior. I think quite a few of us made that trip. __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2012-11-24, 10:35 AM	#20
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	__________________ FWD is the new AWD

2012-11-24, 01:00 PM	#22
ScottyS EJ205 Real Name: It is real! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: RNO Posts: 2,367 Car: 1998 Impreza Wagon, 1991 Legacy Turbo Sedan, 2003 Nissan Xterra Class: tvFree Yes, I'll fix it for you. Again.	Well, I've only got 8.5 years in as a peripheral member, but it's still cool to see all the old photos. Here are some from 2004. How many still have their cars from back then I wonder? Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Trend Number One is that people aren't getting any smarter." Dogbert

2012-11-24, 01:15 PM	#23
ScottyS EJ205 Real Name: It is real! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: RNO Posts: 2,367 Car: 1998 Impreza Wagon, 1991 Legacy Turbo Sedan, 2003 Nissan Xterra Class: tvFree Yes, I'll fix it for you. Again.	OK, can't help myself. Some old favorites, including when I was volunteering in an unsolicited capacity for Sybir Graphics Solutions, Inc. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Trend Number One is that people aren't getting any smarter." Dogbert

2012-11-24, 01:36 PM	#25
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Oh, and how can I forget the USTCC race at RFR? __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

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