Barry Rowe's Home Page

Welcome:

Welcome to Barry Rowe's Home Page on the World Wide Web. I was a Chemistry / Physics teacher at Champaign Centennial High School in Champaign, IL (1980 - 1994, 1998 - 2004). I was the technology director for the Champaign schools for four years (1994-1998). I was a consultant at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in Champaign-Urbana Illinois (at the University of Illinois); authoring some of the ChemViz materials and helping design that program. During that time I served on National Science Foundation (NSF) committees and as a program auditor for NSF. During my time as an NSF expert committee member I served on Instructional Materials Development, GK-12, NIE, AAT, and Small Business committees, as well as the IMD evaluation committee. In retirement I still review proposals for a private company that helps proposal writers get funding.

Hobbies....

I really only have one.... I am in the Champaign County Sports Car Club (CCSCC) -- and have been a member for over half my life! I am the CCSCC Vice President and am a licensed SCCA Solo Safety Steward. I own three TVRs. The 1986 280i is pictured at the top along with a picture of the 1973 2500. The 2500M is running again (after 20 years undergoing restoration) and the 1986 280i is awaiting restoration. I also own a 1985 TVR 280i automatic purchased from the original owner, and a 1989 C4 Chevrolet Corvette autocross special with Z51 suspension known as the "Dart Vadermobile" since it is black and darts around on the autocross course. They are shown in the 2nd row of pictures. I am the webmaster of the TVR Car Club North America (TVRCCNA). I built a garage to store my TVRs in and to work on them. It is 36 feet deep by 32 feet wide and has 15 foot walls. You can find out more about the garage by looking at the "GarageMahol" web pages.

CCSCC Information

2008 CCSCC Autocross Schedule:

CCSCC Autocross School:

CCSCC, in cooperation with CIR will be holding an autocross school on Saturday, April 5 and a "TestNTune" on Sunday, April 6 at the Rantoul Aviation Center. The deadline to register has passed, but there are a few openings. You may email me about openings.

For any of the entrants, it would be to your advantage to download the "Beginners' Class Notes" to make sure you know what is needed to know ahead of the school. If you want a hard copy. please ask me. I will make a limited number of them (getting 29 pages printed and assembled is not cheap), but if you want one I will reserve one for you.

Schedule and information:
Registration is closed and we can take no more entrants.
Beginners' Class Notes
SSS and SS Training
Map to the Rantoul Class and Site

Unique Car Numbers:

CCSCC uses unique, year long car numbers for every car at our events. You must use a car number unique to you to run one of our events. If you want to reserve a car number for your use, you may do so by registering your car number with CCSCC. Number reservation is open to all who want to run our events.

See what car numbers are taken,
Please hold off reserving a unique car nmber for a few days. A new way to reserve numbers (and register for CCSCC events) is coming this weekend.

CCSCC Autocross Pictures:

Sometimes I take pictures at CCSCC autocrosses. Here are a few pictures from the 2007 Autocross season in central Illinois. These pictures will remain for the 2008 season.