Welcome to the on-line home of Piston Patter, the official publication of the Chicago Region Sports Car Club of America. Piston Patter is published eleven times a year (monthly, except for a combined December/January issue). Visit our Membership page if you are interested in joining Chicago Region SCCA.

Here on the Piston Patter web site, you will find:

• Piston Patter On-Line -- View or download complete copies of the magazine in Adobe PDF format.
• Downloading Tips -- Hints on downloading and viewing the online edition of Piston Patter
• Once Upon a Wire Wheel -- A series by Norm and Bernie Koglin highlighting the history of Chicago Region.

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To access back issues of Piston Patter, use the "Back Issues" links on the site map at right.

Piston Patter On-Line

November 2010 Piston Patter (Newsletter Edition)

In this issue:

• REmarks, from outgoing RE Mike Smith and incoming RE Ed Locke
• A request for loaner helmets for Solo
• Introducing the 2011 Board of Directors
• Spotlight on Membership
• The 2011 CenDiv Club Racing schedule
• Congratulations to the 2010 Triple Crown winners
• And more!

Click here to download the : November 2010 Piston Patter Newsletter (approx. 1.2MB)

2010 Chicago Region Calendar

Click here to download the : 2010 Chicago Region SCCA Calendar (approx. 1.2MB)

Downloading Tips

• You can double-click on the PDF file links to view the Acrobat files "on-line" using an Acrobat plug-in in your browser. This works for most users with most browsers, but tends to be fairly slow.

• For most users, though, we would recommend that you download the entire PDF file to the hard drive of your computer. You do this by clicking on the PDF link with the right mouse button and selecting "Save Target As..." (or something similar) rl+Click on Macintosh systems). This brings up a dialog box that allows you to save the file on your hard drive (be sure to remember where you saved the file!). Once the downloading is complete, you can view the file at any time (i.e. even when you're not ng the file using the stand-alone Adobe Acrobat Reader. You'll need Version 4.0 or later of Acrobat Reader, which you can download free of charge from www.adobe.com

Once Upon A Wire Wheel

As part of Chicago Region's recent fiftieth anniversary celebration, longtime members Norm and Bernie Koglin penned a series of articles for Piston Patter detailing the colorful history of Chicago Region. We are proud to provide the entire series here n Once Upon a Wire Wheel and enjoy!