SCCA LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC/Double ECR

July 2 – 4, 2010

Gallery of Images

The Buccaneer Region SCCA’s  2010 LouElla Cook Memorial race at Roebling Road was a Double SARRC/Double ECR this year.  In past years it has been a Double National.  For those not familiar with SCCA racing, the SCCA has national and regional class racing.  The South Atlantic Road Racing Championship (SARRC) is a regional class championship in the SCCA’s Southeast Division.  On a Double SARRC weekend each class runs two 15 lap races.

 

Group 1 – CF, F5, FF, FST, FV, F600

Clint McMahan led every lap of both races of the weekend to take both overall wins for Group 1.  On Saturday he set a new track record of 1:12:768 in the process. 

Steve Brooks and Steve Robertson battled for the CF win in both races, with Steve Brooks taking the win on the last lap in both races.

 

 

 

 

 

Clint McMahan McMahan FDS 001 Winner in F600 and overall on Saturday and Sunday.	Steve Brooks Van Dieman Winner in CF, 2nd overall on Saturday and Sunday.
Jim Lee Ford DB-1 Winner in FF, 4th overall on Saturday. Winner in FF, 8th overall on Sunday.	Hank Bilek qRE qC-1 Winner in F5, 5th overall on Saturday. 2nd in F5, 7th overall on Sunday.
Fred Clark leads Russ Stalvey, Scott Ross, and Duke Waldrop; which is the finishing order for FV on Saturday and Sunday.	Thomas Manalio QC-1 Invader F500 2nd in F5, 6th overall on Saturday. Winner in F5, 6th overall on Sunday.

 

Group 2 – SM, SSB, SSC, T3

Where were all the other classes in this group?  For both races there were only SM cars entered.

Alex Bolanos led every lap but 1 to win on Saturday.  On lap 9 he drove off course at Turn 2, driving in the grass a little before coming back on course.  This slowed him down enough for Dennis Alex Gaines to get by him to lead lap 9.  Bolanos got back by on lap 10 and led to the finish.

 

Click this image to see a short animated series of images showing Bolanos off course, and Gaines making the pass.

 

Matthew Van Vurst had pole position for Sunday’s race and led the first 3 laps before slowly dropping back to 6th place at the finish.  Dennis Alex Gaines moved from his 5th place starting position to the lead by lap 4 and led 3 laps. Alex Bolanos (driving Cliff Blanchard’s car #7) took the lead on lap 7 leading 7 laps.  Bolanos fought to hold off Gaines, but Gaines took the lead on the penultimate lap, going on to win overall.

 

 

 

Alex Bolanos Mazda Miata Winner in SM and overall on Saturday. 2nd in SM and overall on Sunday.	Dennis Alex Gaines Mazda Miata 2nd in SM and overall on Saturday. Winner in SM and overall on Sunday.

 

Group 3 – EP, FP, GP, GTL, HP, SPU, STU, SRF

Ron Stanley had pole position and led every lap for the overall win on Saturday.  He had pole position on Sunday also, and led 7 of the 15 laps; only to finish last overall.

Randy Carter inherited the lead from Ron Stanley and led the next 6 laps ahead of Allen Mitchell in his #61 Nissan 240Z.  Mitchell took the lead on lap 14, but Carter got it back on the last lap for the overall and EP win, with Mitchell taking 2nd in EP and overall.

Richie Stanley won SRF on the track with Frank Severino and Robert Bauman finishing 2nd and 3rd in SRF.  But Stanley was penalized 3 positions for passing under the yellow.  This moved Severino into 1st and Bauman into 2nd.  Severino was then penalized 1 position moving him to 2nd.  By virtue of Stanley’s and Severino’s penalties Bauman inherited the SRF win.

 

Ron Stanley Ford Pro Challenge Winner in SPU and overall on Saturday. 2nd in SPU, 24th overall on Sunday.	Richardo Hollingshead Mazda RX-7 Winner in EP, 2nd overall on Saturday. DNF on Sunday.
Don Ahrens Mazda Miata Winner in FP, 4th overall on Saturday. Winner in FP, 3rd overall on Sunday.	Richie Stanley Ford SRF Winner in SRF, 5th overall on Saturday. 4th in SRF, 7th overall on Sunday.
David Boles Volkswagen Scirocco Winner in GTL, 12th overall on Saturday. Winner in GTL, 15th overall on Sunday.	#46 Louis Hutto Volkswagen Scirocco Winner in HP, 14th overall on Saturday. Winner in HP, 13th overall on Sunday.
Randy Carter Lotus Caterham 7 DNF on Saturday Winner in EP and overall on Sunday.	#65 Robert Bauman SRF DNF on Saturday. Winner in SRF, 4th overall on Sunday.
Herbert Shipp BMW 323i 2nd in SPU, 10th overall on Saturday. Winner in SPU, 10th overall on Sunday.

 

Group 4 – ITA, ITS, ITR, IT7, ITB, ITC

Kip Van Steenburg had 2 flag to flag overall and ITR class wins.  Michael Van Steenburg in ITA, Shaun Hinds in IT7, and Robert Duffy in ITC also had double class wins for the weekend.

Chuck Hines in his #51 Mazda RX-7 and Charles Perry in his Nissan 280ZX swapped podiums in ITS with Hines taking the win and Perry finishing 2nd on Saturday and vice versa on Sunday.

 

 

 

 

Kip Van Steenburg Porsche 944 S2 Winner in ITR and overall on Saturday and Sunday.	Michael Van Steenburg Mazda Miata Winner in ITA, 2nd overall on Saturday and Sunday.
Chuck Hines Mazda RX-7 Winner in ITS, 3rd overall on Saturday. 2nd in ITS, 4th overall on Sunday.	Ron Sattele Ford Mustang Winner in ITB, 9th overall on Saturday.
Shaun Hinds Mazda RX-7 Winner in IT7, 17th overall on Saturday. Winner in IT7, 8th overall on Sunday.	Robert Duffy Honda Civic Winner in ITC, 22nd overall on Saturday.  Winner in ITC, 13th overall on Sunday.
Charles Perry Nissan 280ZX 2nd in ITS, 4th overall on Saturday. Winner in ITS, 3rd overall on Sunday.	Steve Strickland Mazda Protege 3rd in ITB, 13th overall on Saturday. Winner in ITB, 12th overall on Sunday.

 

Group 5 – ASR, CSR, DSR, FA, FB, FC, FE, FM, FS, S2

As did Kip Van Steenburg in Group 4, Jim Dixon also had 2 flag to flag overall wins and class wins in FS.  Of the 7 represented classes in this group, all the classes were won by the same driver on both Saturday and Sunday except FM where Dan Tadokoro was the only FM entry and he failed to finish on Sunday.

Jim Dixon Pro Mazda Winner in FS and overall on Saturday and Sunday.	Wally Osinga Van Diemen Winner in FE, 2nd overall on Saturday. Winner in FE, 4th overall on Sunday.
Luiz Nogueira Formula Atlantic Swift Winner in FA, 3rd overall on Saturday. Winner in FA, 12th overall on Sunday.	Marc Stern Van Diemen RF-97 Winner in FC, 4th overall on Saturday. Winner in FC, 2nd overall on Sunday.
Austin Armellini Shelby Can-Am Winner in ASR, 6th overall on Saturday. Winner in ASR, 9th overall on Sunday.	Dan Tadokoro Formula Mazda Winner in FM, 11th overall on Saturday. DNF on Sunday.
Jack Kyle Johnson INEX Thunder Cup Winner in CSR, 13th overall on Saturday. Winner in CSR, 10th overall on Sunday.

 

Group 6 – AS, GT1, GT2, GT3, GTA, ITO, SPO, ST, STO, T1, T2

Jeff Bailey had pole position on Saturday and led until going of the track on lap 3.  Although I have a shot of Bailey off track, I got the shot after hearing tire squeal and turning to see him already off track, so I didn’t see what happened.

It was reported that Richard Smith, who was following close behind touched Bailey and put him off.  No actions were taken against Smith as the final results show him as the winner overall.

Bailey took the overall win over Smith on Sunday.

 

Richard Smith Mazda RX-7 Winner in GT2 and overall on Saturday. Winner in GT2, 2nd overall on Sunday.	Bill McGavic Mazda RX-7 Winner in GT3, 2nd overall on Saturday. Winner in GT3, 4th overall on Sunday.
Butch Kummer Chevrolet Monte Cuervo Winner in GTA, 3rd overall on Saturday and Sunday.	Paul Gordon Ford Mustang Winner in STO, 5th overall on Saturday. Winner in STO, 11th overall on Sunday.
Dainton Brooks Ford Mustang Cobra Winner in AS, 6th overall on Saturday. Winner in AS, 5th overall on Sunday.	William Thomas Ford Mustang Winner in ITO, 7th overall on Saturday. 2nd in ITO, 10th overall on Sunday.
Jeff Bailey Chevrolet Monte Carlo Winner in GT1, 10th overall on Saturday. Winner in GT1 and overall on Sunday.	Al Wicht Ford Mustang 2nd in ITO, 8th overall on Saturday. Winner in ITO, 7th overall on Sunday.

 

Group 7 – (ECR-1) ITA, ITB, ITC, ITR, ITS, IT7, SSB, SSC, SM, SRF

Also on tap for the weekend were 2 ECR’s (Enduro Championship Racing) on Friday and Saturday.

The Group 7 ECR was completed in 1:31:16.247 for a total of 61 laps Friday.

Tom Rogers finished 1st in ITS and 2nd overall, but was penalized 2 laps for a short pit stop, dropping him to 3rd in ITS and 12th overall. 

Tom Weir trying to sneak onto the podium.	Lo and behold he made it onto the podium after Tom Rogers was penalized.

 

Ben Robertson, Taylor Robertson Porsche 944 S2 Winners in ITR and overall.	Tom Weir SRF Winner in SRF, 3rd overall.
Allen Witham Mazda RX-7 Winner in ITS, 5th overall.	Alex Bolanos, Cliff Blanchard Mazda Miata Winner in SM, 6th overall.
Tyler Raatz Mazda Miata Winner in ITA, 9th overall.	Hiram Cruz, David Leira Volkswagen GTI Winner in ITB, 15th overall.
Shaun Hinds, Stan Hinds Mazda RX-7 Winner in IT7, 26th overall.

 

Group 8 – (ECR-2) ITA, ITB, ITC, ITR, ITS, IT7, SSB, SSC, SM, SRF

The Group 8 ECR was completed in 1:30:37.892 for a total of 60 laps on Saturday.

Ben Robertson and Julia LeCroy led all but 3 of the 60 laps, giving up the lead to complete their mandatory pit stop.

Ben Robertson, Julia LeCroy Porsche 944 S2 Winners in ITR and overall.	Tom Rogers Mazda RX-7 Winner in ITS, 2nd overall.
#18 (Orange) Matthew Van Vurst Mazda RX-7 Winner in SM, 3rd overall.	Mary Katharine, Paul Ronie Acura Integra Winner in ITA, 6th overall.
Jeff Joyce, Matthew Douglas Honda Civic Winner in ITB, 18th overall.	Shaun Hinds Mazda RX-7 Winner in IT7, 21th overall.
Alan Harriman Volkswagen Rabbit Winner in ITC, 27th overall.

 

Officials and Workers

BK Racing Update – Road Atlanta Double SARRC

There’s a lot to tell about our Atlanta Region Double SARRC / Pro-IT / PDX event the weekend of July 16-18 at Road Atlanta, but the overriding theme of the weekend is:

            “We are the victim of our own success.”

Short story – out of twelve GTA cars we qualified third for Saturday’s race but finished eighth, then on Sunday we broke during qualifying and didn’t run the race.  It acts like it’s the clutch or maybe a broken input shaft, but we won’t know for sure until we get it apart.  From an organizational standpoint (as Competition Director for Atlanta Region and Associate Pastor of the First Church of GTA), the weekend was a rousing success.

And, as always, here’s the longer story:

SCCA May National, Pro-IT at Road Atlanta

May 21 – 23, 2010

Gallery of Images

The Atlanta Region SCCA’s 2010 May National and Pro-IT at Road Atlanta included 5 National 18 lap races and the Pro IT race on Sunday; qualifying and 4 Track Trials sessions on Saturday.  Track Trials Images. 

One of the coolest pace cars I’ve seen was used this weekend.  What do you think?   

 

Group 1 – CSR, DSR, FA, FB, FC, FM

Jason Barfield started on the front row, but at the start he dropped to 4th with Charles Dempsey, Glenn Cooper, and Eric Vassian getting by him going into Turn 1.  Barfield was back into 2nd by lap 4, following Charles Dempsey, who led until lap 10 before pitting.  Dempsey had pulled off during the morning practice session and there was concern whether he would make the race.   Not sure if his early retirement in the race was related to the problem he had in practice.

Barfield continued on for the overall win.  Cooper finished 2nd, but Vassian dropped out on lap 10.

Jason Barfield Stohr WF1 Winner in DSR and overall.	Glenn Cooper RFR F1000 Winner in FB, 2nd overall.
Curt Harrelson Star Formula Mazda Winner in FM, 6th overall.	Mike Eakin Reynard SF 2000 Winner in FC, 10th overall.
Eric Vassian West WX10 Winner in CSR, 14th overall.

 

Group 2 – SM, SSB, SSC, T2, T3

Cliff Brown had pole position, but Clark Crawford jumped from 3rd to the lead on the first lap and never looked back, taking the overall win with a margin of victory of 6.161 seconds.  Brown continued in 2nd, leading SM with Andrew Von Charbonneau and Mark Pombo working together to catch him.  Von Charbonneau got by him on lap 14 and Pombo got by him on lap 16.

Von Charbonneau and Pombo leading Brown through Turn 12.

 

Clark Crawford Nissan 350Z Winner in T2 and overall.	Andrew Von Charbonneau Mazda Miata Winner in SM, 2nd overall.
Richard Fohl Honda S2000 Winner in T3, 9th overall.	Mark McCaughey Toyota Celica GT Winner in SSC, 13th overall.

 

Group 3 – AS, GT1, GT2, GT3, ST, STO, T1

The Group 3 race didn’t go well for its top 2 qualifiers.  John Schaller was on pole and led until slowing on the back straight and parking it at Turn 10 on lap 7.  Zach Monette held down 2nd place until spinning at Turn 5 on lap 6 and was not able to continue.  Bob Monette benefited from both DNF’s by moving into 2nd when Zach spun and into the the lead the next lap when John parked it.   Bob led until the end for the overall win.  Grant Leadbetter was in 2nd for 3 laps until Bob’s daughter got by him for a Monette 1 – 2 overall and in GT1.

Bob Monette Ford Mustang Winner in GT1 and overall.	Jerry Onks Chevrolet Corvette Winner in STO, 4th overall.
Fletcher Williams Nissan 240SX Winner in GT2, 9th overall.	Jeff Dernehl Mazda RX-3 Winner in GT3, 10th overall.
Pat Wilmot Ford Mustang Winner in AS, 11th overall.

 

Group 4 – EP, FP, GTL, HP, SRF, STU

The battle for the lead in Group 4 was hard fought with 5 different SRF drivers leading the race and 7 official lead changes.  Jean-Luc Liverato jumped from 3rd at the start to the lead exiting Turn 1.  John Greene led the next lap and then Liverato led the next 5 laps until he spun at Turn 8 on the back straight.  Tray Ayres spun trying to avoid Liverato, also causing John Greene to spin.  Michael Greene and Andrew Von Charbonneau moved into 1st and 2nd.  Greene led for 2 laps and then Von Charbonneau moved into the lead ahead of Michael for 6 laps.  On lap 16 Green and Ayres got by Von Charbonneau with Green leading the next 2 laps.  Ayres and Von Charbonneau make a last lap pass on Green and battle to the finish coming out from under the bridge side by side with Ayres taking the win by only .004 seconds.

Whew!!! Did you follow that?

Tray Ayres Winner in SRF and overall.	Robert Stratos BMW 325i Winner in EP, 5th overall.
Roger Burdette Mazda Miata Winner in STU, 9th overall.	Rob Horrell Austin Sprite Winner in HP, 10th overall.
David Bryson Mazda Miata Winner in FP, 12th overall.	Gary Johnson MG Midget Winner in GTL, 13th overall.

 

Group 5 – F5, FE, FF, FV, S2000

Compared to the Group 4 race this one was pretty boring.  The top four positions never changed throughout the race.  Fifteen year old Sean Rayhall had pole position and led every lap to claim his 3rd National win with a margin of victory of 19.46 seconds.

Sean Rayhall SCCA FE Winner in FE and overall.	John Benson Swift DB1 Winner in FF, 4th overall.
Chris Smith Invader QC1 Winner in F5, 7th overall.	Stevan Davis Racer’s Wedge SB-1 Winner in FV, 8th overall.

 

Group 6 – Pro-IT

Matt Reppert (2008 & 2009 Pro-IT Champion in ITS) led from pole to the finish.  David Kim maintained second place from start to finish.

The best battle on the track was for 3rd and 4th overall and 1st and 2nd for ISM   between Mark Pombo and Danny Steyn.  Danny officially led the first 3 laps and Pombo the remaining 23.  But there were other unofficial lead changes during the race and they were nose to tail throughout the race.

Danny Steyn and Mark Pombo.

 

Matt Reppert BMW 325 Winner in ITS and overall.	Mark Pombo, Mazda Miata Winner in ISM, 3rd overall. Danny Steyn, Mazda Miata  2nd in ISM, 4th overall.
Tim Pruitt Porsche 924S Winner in ITX, 7th overall.	Willie Phee Acura Integra Winner in ITA, 10th overall.
Keith Wilbanks BMW 318i Winner in ITB, 16th overall.

 

Officials and Workers

Ted Johns	John Krick
John Krick and Ted Johns pushing David Obenauer behind the wall at Turn 7.	John offering David Obenauer some water.
Gary Dabate	Rick January, John Sayre, and Hazel Harrell goofing off.
Greg Creamer makes an appearance at Turn 4.

The Mitty 2010 at Road Atlanta

April 30 – May 2, 2010

2010 Mitty Image Gallery

Historic Sportscar Racing’s The Classic Motorsports Mitty at Road Atlanta was a great weekend for the car and motorsports enthusiast, whether you were a competitor or a spectator.  There was a lot of great racing on the track, car corrals and exhibits in the infield and paddock, track touring, test rides, vendor area, and parties each night.

Peter Brock was the Grand Marshal and Guest of Honor.  Brock Racing Enterprises brought Datsun into racing in the SCCA Production class.  Brock is known for his design work on the Corvette Sting Ray and he designed the Cobra Daytona Coupe. 

 

 

 

Lotus was this year’s “Featured Marque”.  There were plenty of Lotus cars on the track, and Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum brought several Lotus cars for display in vendor row. 

  

Klub Sport Porsche Challenge

The first race of the weekend was the Klub Sport Porsche Challenge, which consisted of 2 liter and 2.5 liter Porsche 911’s, 914’s and 356’s.  Eric Bretzel won overall in his ‘72 Porsche 911.  

Classic Motorsports Cup (Small Bore Enduro)

The Classic Motorsports Cup is a four race series limited to production sports cars built before 1970 with engines no more than 3 liters.  The first race was held at Roebling Road in April, The Mitty was the second race, and the next 2 races will be at Mid-Ohio in June and Savannah in October.

Charles Guest ’67 MG Sprite Midget Winner overall, winner in 3M.	Dennis Gonzalez ’66 Austin Healey Sprite 2nd overall, winner in 2K.
Warren Aplin ’62 Triumph TR4 3rd overall, winner in 2H.

 

Vintage Enduro

Brian Johnson’s co-driver led most of the Vintage Enduro, but a late pit stop dropped them to 4th or 5th.   Brian charged back and made a last lap pass to take 2nd place.  Yes, that’s Brian Johnson, the lead singer for AC/DC. 

Unfortunately the HSR results only list one driver’s name for the endurance races.  The co-driver is not listed.  So for the endurance races I only list one driver.  If anyone knows the 2nd driver of any of these cars, please let us know by posting a comment below.

John Harrold ’68 Chevron B8 Winner overall, winner in V9.	Brian Johnson ’70 Royale RP 4 2nd overall, winner in V6.
Jerry Loftin ’65 Ford Mustang 3rd overall, 2nd in V9.

 

SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup

Atlanta’s Mathew Pombo took pole position with a record lap of 1:40.220.  Pombo led the race until lap 10, when Lyonel Kent took the lead coming from his 3rd place starting position.  Pombo regained the lead on lap 13, but lost it again on lap 14.  From that lap on, the lead changed multiple times between Pombo and Kent, but Kent never officially relinquished the lead.  There were only 3 official lead changes at the line. 

Meanwhile, Brad Rampelberg moved from his eighth place starting position to third on lap 20.  On the last lap at Turn 7, Pombo moved to the inside of Kent, and Rampelberg took advantage and got by Pombo for 2nd.  Kent held off Rampelberg on the last corner for the win.      

 

Lyonel Kent 1st Place	Brad Rampelberg 2nd Place
Mathew Pombo 3rd Place	L to R:  Mathew Pombo, Lyonel Kent, Brad Rampelberg

 

Classic GT Enduro

 

Richard Duffey ’85 Swift DB-2  Winner overall, winner in H7.	Eric Bretzel ’72 Porsche 911 2nd overall, winner in GT3, .
Asa Chandler ’87 Swift S2 3rd overall, 2nd in H7.

 

Formula 5000 Feature Race

The Formula 5000 V8 engines sounded great on the track.  For more information about Formula 5000 go to www.f5000registry.com.  The Formula 5000 cars had their own feature race on Sunday and also competed in the Group 4 – B.O.S.S. Series race on Saturday.

Tony Adamowicz drove the ‘69 Gurney Eagle Mark 5 in which he won the 1969  Formula 5000 Championship.  The car was retired in 1969 and has since been in storage.  The car made its 2nd debut at this year’s Mitty on Tony’s 69th birthday.  Tony finished 5th overall and 2nd in class in the Formula 5000 Feature race.  He finished 16th overall and 2nd in class in the Group 4 B.O.S.S. Series race on Saturday.

Jim Stengel ’73 McRae GM-1 Winner overall,  winner in F8.	Dudley Cunningham ’73 Lola T332 2nd overall, 2nd in F8.
Steve Davis ’69 Gurney Eagle MK5 3rd overall, winner in F7.

 

International – American Challenge

The International – American Challenge pits international sports and GT cars over 1500cc against American muscle cars built through 1973.  This year the American cars came out on top taking the top 3 spots. 

The winner, Anthony Martin, last raced at Road Atlanta 26 years ago.

Top 3 American

Anthony Martin ’65 Backdraft Cobra Winner overall, winner in 5X.	James Cullen ’69 Ford GT40 2nd overall, winner in 3A6T.
Tim Holland ’66 Ford Mustang 3rd overall, winner in 2E.

 

Top 3 International

Byron DeFoor ’73 BMW CSL 3.0 4th overall, winner in 3Q.	Robert Summerour ’72 BMW CSL 7th overall, 2nd in 3Q.
Derek Young ’71 Datsun 240Z 11th overall, winner in 3J.

 

GTP, WSC, DP Enduro and Historic Enduro

Bill Adam and Andy Wallace co-drove the #38 ‘05Audi R8.

George Robinson and Jack Baldwin ’01 Riley & Scott MK111C Winner overall, winner in W1.	Bill Adam and Andy Wallace ’05 Audi R8 2nd overall, 2nd in W1.
John Reisman ’02 Lola B2K40 3rd overall, winner in W3.

 

Group 2 – Vintage Production

Early 50’s production sports cars through 1954; 50’s era sports racing cars through 1959; and certain mid 60’s and early 70’s small-bore production sports cars from 1960-1974.

Bob Leitzinger ’65 Lotus Elan Winner overall Saturday and Sunday.	Mark Eskuche ’66 Porsche 911 2nd overall Saturday and Sunday.
Glenn Stephens ’56 Lotus 11 LeMans Although this is a picture of Glenn spinning out of the race on Sunday, he finished 3rd overall in Saturday’s race.	Bill Bartlett ’62 Lotus Super 7 3rd place of overall on Sunday.

 

Group 3 – Historic Production

50’s era sports racing cars through 1959 and over 2 liters plus Austin-Healey 1000; production sports cars over 4.5 liters through 1959 and Corvette through 1962; certain 1960-1966 production sports cars and certain 1967-1974 2 and 2.5 liter production sports cars.

Predator Performance teammates Brian Johnson and Farrell Preston take 1st and 2nd place in Sunday’s race.  I could not find any results available for Saturday’s race.

 

Ernie Bello made a last lap pass of Bill Warner to take 3rd place.

Brian Johnson ’70 Royale RP 4 Winner overall on Sunday.	Farrell Preston ’63 Jaguar E Type 2nd place overall on Sunday.
Ernie Bello ’74 Opel Kadett GTE 3rd place overall on Sunday.

 

Group 4 – B.O.S.S. Series

Big-bore open-wheel formula racing cars, including F5000, Indy Cars, F1, Indy Lights and F3000.

Sunday results not available.

The winning ‘94 Tyrrell 022 on Saturday was campaigned in the 1994 F1 Championship.  The drivers were Ukyo Katayama and Mark Blundell.

Phil Stratford ’94 Tyrrell 022 Winner overall on Saturday.	Travis Engen ’01 Lola T97/20 2nd overall on Saturday.
Mark Brannon ’97 Lola T97/20 3rd overall on Saturday.

 

Group 5 – Classic GT

Production sports cars over 5 liters through 1959 and certain big-bore 1960-1974 production sports cars and muscle cars.

 

Dennis Olthoff ’66 GT40 MKII Winner overall on Saturday and Sunday.	Eric Bretzel ’72 Porsche 911 2nd overall on Saturday.
Edward Sevadjian ’65 Cobra Mark III 3rd overall on Saturday.	#00 – Anthony Martin ’65 Backdraft Cobra 2nd overall on Sunday.
Frank Beck ’72 Porsche 914/6 3rd overall on Sunday.

 

Group 5C – Cayman Interseries

Napleton Porsche and HSR teamed up to develop the Cayman Interseries which consists of the 2009 and 2010 Cayman S.  Champions will be crowned in sprint and endurance formats.  One cool feature of the series is that all the cars have a replica livery of a past historic racing Porsche.  This is the first official season of the series. 

The Cayman cars had a sprint race on Saturday and Sunday and competed in the Classic GT Enduro on Sunday.  I could not find any results available for Saturday’s race.

Steve Jenkins ’09 Porsche Cayman S Winner on Sunday.	David Hansson ’09 Porsche Cayman S  2nd overall on Sunday.
Lee Davis ’10 Porsche Cayman S 3rd overall on Sunday.

 

Group 6 – Historic GTP; WSC; DP

IMSA GTP and GTP Light plus European Group C cars from the 80’s and early 90’s and cars from IMSA’s World Sports Car Championship of the late 90’s.

George Robinson ’01 Riley & Scott MK111C Winner overall on Saturday.	Andy Wallace ’05 Audi R8 2nd overall on Saturday.
Travis Engen ’05 Audi R8 3rd overall on Saturday.

 

Group 7 – Championship of Makes (Jo Bonnier Series)

Sports racing cars from 1960-1974 including cars with displacements from 2 to 6.5 liters that competed in various series such as SCCA’s Can-Am.

Howard Katz ’75 Toj  Winner overall on Saturday.	Ed Swart ’71 Chevron B-19 2nd overall on Saturday.
Cliff Berry ’78 Chevron B36 3rd overall on Saturday.

No results for Group 6, 7 race on Sunday.

Group 8 – Historic Stock Cars

Winston Cup and Busch cars from 1980-2006.

	No Picture Available
Mark Furcini ’05 Charger Winner overall on Saturday.	Dale Phelon ’06 Ford Fusion Winner overall on Sunday.
No Picture Available
Jack Finch ’06 Charger 2nd place Saturday & Sunday.	Maurice Hull ’06 Charger 3rd place Saturday & Sunday.

 

Group 9 – Historic GT

IMSA GTO, GTU, and GTX from 1975-1984 and Trans-Am cars through 1992.

Richard Howe ’89 Mustang Trans-Am GTO Winner overall on Saturday.	Dale Phelon ’95 Mustang Winner overall on Sunday.
Donald Soenen ’95 Mustang Trans-Am 2nd overall on Saturday & Sunday.	Paul Reisman ’92 Mustang Trans-Am 3rd overall on Saturday.
Michael Mills ’06 Porsche 997 3rd overall on Sunday.

 

Officials and Workers

 

Steve Kalberg	Frank Thompson
Mark Chandler	John Krick and Jerry Plumber.

BK Racing Update – July Fourth at Roebling Road

The July 2-4 Double SARRC / Double ECR weekend at Roebling Road wasn’t originally part of BK Racing’s 2010 plans, but after getting a first & second at Nashville SuperSpeedway over Father’s Day weekend we decided to see if we could pick up some more SARRC points.  We had also done some major suspension changes to Cuervo after the wreck at VIR in May, so this would give us another opportunity to sort some of that stuff out.

Short story – first in GTA and third overall on both days, we’re now leading in the 2010 SARRC GTA points chase, and we loaded a running race car in the trailer at the end of the weekend.  Life is good!

And, as always, here’s the longer story:

 

Powerhouse Racing Takes Podium at June Sprints

ROAD AMERICA – Elkhart Lake, WI – May 23, 2010

Terry Giles driving the  #85 Powerhouse Racing / H2O Overdrive / ECR Engines/ Base Race Fuels / PST/ TCP / Wix Filters Corvette took third place in the 55th running of the prestigious June Sprints, often hailed and noted as the biggest and most competitive SCCA National race in the country. Amid a field of 19 top GT1 cars, Terry placed the ECR Engines powered Corvette on the grid in 5th  – having struggled a bit with braking issues the week prior in the Trans Am race, where Terry (running in 6th – making a move for 5th) over shot Canada corner under braking and ended up putting the car deep into the gravel pit at Turn 12 – ending his day – the team was making adjustments for the Sprints. “We were second fastest in practice, but had a few tire / brake issues in qualifying” said Car Chief and Race Engineer Kevin Allen “Terry did what he could with what we gave him – after qualifying I made some additional changes that seemed to be on target and he drove a great race” he said. When the green flag dropped, pole sitter Cliff Ebben checked out on the field with second place starter Amy Ruman giving chase, Terry took over P4 going into turn 3 and gave chase to Texas based Pinnacle Racing’s Doug Harrington for 3rd place – which proved to be the race to watch on track. Nose to tail Terry and Doug battled for 8 laps when Terry took over 3rd in the short shoot between T13 and T14 afterwards he showed the dominance of ECR power by pulling away to a 9 second lead over Harrington to take the final spot on the podium at the waving of the checkered flag. “We changed engines after the Trans Am race, as we had over 900 hours on the old one – the new ECR bullet was every bit as strong and we have shown everyone with this finish just how focused we are on the Run-Offs” Giles said after the race, “I want to hand ECR their first National GT1 Championship title – I want to make all of our sponsors proud of sticking with us” he stated as he thanked ECR Engines, H2O Overdrive, Base Race Fuels, PST Driveshafts, Goodyear Tires, Thermal Control Products, WIX Filters and Tilton Clutches for their continued efforts in sponsoring the #85 Powerhouse Racing Corvette.

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BK Racing Update – Nashville SuperSpeedway

2010 marked our fifth year of running road races at the Nashville SuperSpeedway, plus it was the Third Annual Heart of Dixie event co-hosted by the Tennessee Valley and Chattanooga SCCA Regions.  Once again those folks reminded us what Southern Hospitality is all about.  Attendance was up somewhat over 2009, so hopefully it will continue to grow in the future.

Short story – first in GTA and first overall on Saturday after a great race with Bobby Reuse, second in GTA and third overall after an equally great race with Bobby.  We also loaded a running race car in the trailer at the end of the weekend, and that’s always a good thing.

And, as always, here’s the longer story: 

ECR Engines Powers Powerhouse Racing to Podium at Road America

Elkhart Lake, WI – May 23, 2010

The ECR Engines powered #85 Powerhouse Racing / H2O Overdrive / ECR Engines/ Base Race Fuels / PST/ TCP / Wix Filters Corvette out of South Florida driven by reigning SE Division GT1 Champion Terry Giles surprised the field of champions and local GT1 hot shoes with a hard charging second place podium finish in Sunday’s GT1 race. Foul weather and heavy fog on Friday caused all practice and qualifying for the CAT Double National to be cancelled, under a modified schedule all races would be subject to a single 20 minute qualifying session to be held on Saturday morning – followed by the first of two National races for each class. Terry managed to put the #85 Corvette in the second row – outside pole position, behind long time Road America GT pilot Denny Lamers, beside seasoned GT1 driver Rick Dittman, with the reigning SCCA GT1 National Champion Cliff Ebben on the pole. The excitement and action of Saturday’s race soon went from good to great and then to bad – as Terry moved from 4th into 3rd into turn one on the green flag and again moving into 2nd on the second lap of the race as the cars entered turn one. He maintained that position building a 5 second lead over the 3rd place car of Dittman when the race was black flagged due to a car impacting and then clearing the tire wall, After an extended 45 minute black flag the race resumed with just 4 laps to go – Terry maintained his second place position going into the next to the last lap when he and Dittman made contact entering into turn one and the #85 Corvette ended up in the outside sand trap. “This is a very disappointing day for the team” stated team engineer Kevin Allen, “Terry pulled everyone but Cliff on the start and he was gaining on him before the contact – the ECR Engine has legs” he said. Sunday’s starting grid was identical due to the single qualifier – however this time at the drop of the green – Terry immediately put the #85 Corvette into second position before the cars hit turn one – he ran the entire race giving chase to Cliff who won the race with Terry finishing second and Dittman third. “We had all these guys wondering who and what ECR Engines are all about when we got here” said crew chief Ben Brooks, “now they know – we are serious about the Run-Offs and as Terry gets time on this track – we will be contenders” he said as the team celebrated this podium win. “I have to thank ECR for their incredible horsepower and torque – we were 8mph faster up the hills here over when we were here last year at the Run-Offs, we had everybody looking that is for sure” he said. “Kevin did a great job on getting the car balanced for this track and Jason over at RCR who did our shocks -wow – the guy is a genius – I can’t thank ECR and the gang, including the help from RCR on how much they have help elevate our program this year” Giles stated. Next up for the team is the June 20th Trans Am race at Road America, followed by the June Sprints the very next weekend.

25th Anniversary Spec Racer Ford Celebration

April 9 – 10, 2010

In 1985, SCCA Enterprises started the Spec Renault series.  A few years later the engine changed and the series became known as Spec Racer Ford or SRF for short.  In April, Road Atlanta hosted The 25th Anniversary Spec Racer Ford Celebration.  SCCA Enterprises and the United States Endurance Racing Association put on a great event.   

The weekend included 4 groups and each group ran a race on Saturday and Sunday.  SCCA Pro Racing sanctioned the SCCA Pro Spec Racer Ford and SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises races, and the United States Endurance Racing Association sponsored the USERA Spec Racer Challenge and the Sports Renault, Enterprises Sports Racers, Shelby Can-Am and VIP Driver’s races.

 

 

Click here for 25th Anniversary Spec Racer Ford Celebration Image Gallery

 

 

Group 1 – SCCA Pro Spec Racer Ford

Brian Schofield of Lakeland, Fl and Tray Ayers of Woodstock, GA dominated the SCCA Pro Spec Racer Ford races, finishing 1^st and 2^nd in each race on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday Schofield and Ayers battled to the checker, coming out of Turn 12 side by side with Schofield winning by .145 seconds.

Jean-Luc Liverato of Alpharetta, GA finished 3^rd on Saturday and Richard Spicer of Laurel, MD finished 3^rd on Sunday.

#61 Brian Schofield, #7 Tray Ayers	Brian Schofield

 

Group 2 – SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises

The SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises races were won by Nick Evans of Powell, OH on Saturday and Scott Rettich of Oxford, OH on Sunday.  Also notable was 15 year old Sean Rayhall taking pole for both races and finishing fourth on Saturday, but only 13th on Sunday.  

Nick Evans

 

Scott Rettich

 

Group 3 – USERA Spec Racer Challenge

Jason Barfield of Granville, OH won both of the USERA Spec Racer Challenge races.  On Saturday, Keith Scharf of Kansas City, Mo finished 2^nd and Brian Grigsby of Austin, TX finished 3^rd.  Scharf started racing in Sports Renault in 1986.  On Sunday, Herb Sweeney of Summerville, MA finished 2^nd and Keith Scharf had another podium finish in 3^rd place.

#23 Jason Barfield

 

Group 3 had some exciting action on the track during one of the practice sessions.  This incident happened when Richard Wiehl missed a shift coming out of Turn 10b.  Robert Dubler had nowhere to go but up and over.  Both cars were able to be repaired and make both of their races. 

 

Group 4 – Sports Renault, Enterprises Sports Racers, Shelby Can-Am, and VIP Driver’s Race

Also celebrated this weekend was the 20th Anniversary of the Shelby Can-Am series.  For more information about Shelby Can-Am cars go to www.shelbycanam.com.  Dalton Zehr won both Group 4 races.  On hand to help celebrate was Elliott Forbes-Robinson.  EFR only ran in the Saturday race and dropped out with a broken CV joint.

Group 4 also included VIP’s that were past SRF Champions (Pro or Club, active or inactive), drivers who ran SRF’s in the very very early years and still had active licenses but not their own cars, and general motorsports VIP’s like Nick Craw, 4 past or current SCCA National Champions and or Pro drivers like Jack Baldwin.

Dalton Zehr

 

EFR

 

Block Party

On Saturday night all the participants were invited to a block party in the paddock. 

 

What a great anniversary party!

BK Racing Update – Crash & Burn at VIR

I’m sorry to be so late getting this out, but I was waiting for the video of the weekend to see if maybe it was all a bad dream and I didn’t REALLY cause the wreck on the last lap of the May 8 SARRC/MARRS race at VIR.  Alas, it really did happen and I really did screw up badly.  I also need to officially apologize to Larry Pulliam for giving him a hard time about repeatedly looping Cuervo at Little Talladega last month – ends up there WAS something wrong with the car!!!

Short story – Running second in GTA during Saturday’s race, then made a mistake (on the last lap) and took out both myself and a competitor’s car.  NOT my best weekend ever at a race track.

For those that want the “Reporter’s version” of the weekend, here’s a race report I posted on the V8SC site: http://v8stockcar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1520&p=3831#p3831.  

And for those who have nothing better to do for the next fifteen minutes, here’s the longer story with “personalized facts” (my brothers will tell you what that means <g>):