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Images from 2015 Bud Merrill Memorial Races at Roebling Road
Posted in Announcement, Sports Car Club of America, tagged ECR, mazda miata, Motorsports, Racing, Roebling Road, SARRC, SCCA, SECS, SEDiv, Southeast Championship Series, Southeast Division SCCA, Spec Racer Ford, SRF on September 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Images from 2014 LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC- Double SECS – Single ECR at Roebling
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2014 LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC- Double SECS – Single ECR at Roebling
Images from 2013 LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC – Double ECR at Roebling Road
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Images from 2013 Formula Vee 50th Birthday Festival at Roebling Road
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Images from 2012 LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC – Double ECR at Roebling Road
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SCCA LouElla Cook Memorial Double SARRC/Double ECR
Posted in Race Reports, Sports Car Club of America, tagged Motorsports, Racing, Roebling Road, SARRC, SCCA on August 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
July 2 – 4, 2010
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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| Tom Weir trying to sneak onto the podium. | Lo and behold he made it onto the podium after Tom Rogers was penalized. |
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| Ben Robertson, Taylor Robertson Porsche 944 S2 Winners in ITR and overall. |
Tom Weir SRF Winner in SRF, 3rd overall. |
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| Allen Witham Mazda RX-7 Winner in ITS, 5th overall. |
Alex Bolanos, Cliff Blanchard Mazda Miata Winner in SM, 6th overall. |
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| Tyler Raatz Mazda Miata Winner in ITA, 9th overall. |
Hiram Cruz, David Leira Volkswagen GTI Winner in ITB, 15th overall. |
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| 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.
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| Ben Robertson, Julia LeCroy Porsche 944 S2 Winners in ITR and overall. |
Tom Rogers Mazda RX-7 Winner in ITS, 2nd overall. |
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| #18 (Orange) Matthew Van Vurst Mazda RX-7 Winner in SM, 3rd overall. |
Mary Katharine, Paul Ronie Acura Integra Winner in ITA, 6th overall. |
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| Jeff Joyce, Matthew Douglas Honda Civic Winner in ITB, 18th overall. |
Shaun Hinds Mazda RX-7 Winner in IT7, 21th overall. |
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| Alan Harriman Volkswagen Rabbit Winner in ITC, 27th overall. |
Officials and Workers
BK Racing Update – July Fourth at Roebling Road
Posted in BK Racing Update, tagged Butch Kummer, Cuervo, Motorsports, Racing, Roebling Road, SARRC, SCCA on July 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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:
Motorsports Photography by Clark McInnis 