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Rookie Dan Skeeters (#65) under pressure from Aaron Stein
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June - 2012
Cal Club RallyX
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Road Rally Results
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Double Regional
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Cal Club Road Race Pts. page 25
Pacific F2000
page 17
Around SoPac
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GPLB Highlights
page 20
SoPac National Points
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SoPac News
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Thank You Corner Workers To Cal Club corner workers and responders at Buttonwillow on May 20: Thank you for your quick response and professionalism when my car caught fire during the Group 1 race on Sunday. While going from leading my class to a car spitting flames and smoke is not my idea of fun, you truly saved the day by extinguishing the fire so quickly. Thanks to your hard work. I will be back racing soon! See you at the track, Matt Merrill
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Auto Club Speedway AutoX Practice Looking for an opportunity to try out AutoX, or maybe get back to your roots? Due to the great coorperation of the Club Racing leadership the Solo group will be hosting an AutoX Practice on the parking lots inside the oval of Auto Club Speedway both Saturday and Sunday, June 910, 2012. This year's inside practice will have NO WORK ASSIGNEMENT for entrants (this is an extreme rarity). Since there is NO WORK, and the run groups will be somewhat un-structured this is a great opportunity for club racers to 'Double dip' the weekend; Sign up for the AutoX and simply jump in line when you have dead time. Or, sign up that loving 'pit crew' member in their daily driver who gets bored watching you 'go around in circles'. If you have family and friends who're always on the fence, this will be the year's best bang for buck, and did I mention, NO WORK. Much of the proceeds coming from this weekends AutoX will be going to the charitable group AbilityFirst of Long Beach. Expect about a 30 second course and 16+ runs per day. Registration is through MyAutoEvents (you'll need an account) and paid via paypal (you don't need a paypal account). Registration for the "Inside" practice is OPEN. Register as early as possible to help with logistics, practice is limited to only 60 drivers per day. Entry fees are $60 for a single driver, $80 for a shared entry. Who's AbilityFirst?: AbilityFirst provides recreational activities for the developmentally delayed community. Some of the participants are planning on coming to Saturday's event to watch and ride shotgun! Visit www.calclub.com for more event information.
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Sun and Fun for opening Rally Cross National Challenge
SAN BERNARDINO (May 20, 2012)
All eyes were on Glen Helen Raceway for the RallyCross National Challenge season opener. The Southern Pacific Division stop of the National Challenge series was hosted by the Cal Club region and pulled in an outstanding 70 drivers. Sun and heat were the order of the weekend and just to insure the events uniqueness, thrown in was a late afternoon solar eclipse. The SoPac National Challenge use the accumulated time of twelve runs, six on Saturday and six on Sunday to determine the winners. In the Stock Front Wheel Drive class, Bill Martin and Danny Downey battled closely through the first day. On the second day Bill Martin more than made up his 5 second deficit, dominating in the Sunday morning muddy conditions. First year RallyCrossers fill the Stock Rear Wheel drive class where the two leaders Tom Kwasniak and Ken Lord traded individual runs. Small gains turned into a big win for the Bradipo RallySport MR2 of Tom Kwasniak taking the top spot. Similar outcome was had in Stock All Wheel Drive where 16 drivers vied for the lead. Brent Smith in his Burnt Dirt Subaru squeaking out a lead on each day to build a comfortable 11 second win over the hard charging Pete Landry. Alex Orozco and Randy Gallman shared the Speed Energy/Stilo Suzuki Swift to take the top two spots in Prepared Front Wheel Drive. Alex showing marked improvement on the second day to
PA class winners!
PR class winners!
stretch his first day 5 second lead into a 20 second victory. Prepared Rear Wheel Drive was full to brim with Mazda products, 6 drivers in all. First day’s results showed Jayson Woodruff taking a large lead over the field, but second day’s racing had the rest of the field
making up large gains. A hard charging new comer Jared Volz made up much of Saturday’s deficit but fell 5 seconds short to Jayson’s Miata sponsored by JayComServices. The most dynamic class of the weekend had to be continued on next page
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PF class winners.
Prepared All Wheel Drive. After day one Brent Blakely had found himself at the top with Thomas Bloess just two tenths behind and a second very tight battle for third through fifth 15 seconds out. One large gain on Sunday put Brent’s Pom Speed Racing ’02 WRX permanently in the lead by three seconds. Modified Front Wheel drive
MF class winners.
might just have given us a glimpse into the future as young driver Brent Hercelinsky convincingly took out both past national champions, Ken Cashion and local mainstay Eric Martin. Hercelinsky’s Suzukird/Stilo Suzuki Swift was
fastest in class both days and managed to straight time Mod AWD on Sunday. For the first time Modified Rear Wheel drive cars were given their own class at an SCCA National event and nine driver’s took advantage of this
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June - 2012 new opportunity. Michael Cadwell made the most of his 325 BMW by winning all twelve rounds over the rest of the class. Never more than a couple seconds down per lap Omar Cardenas’ retrofitted RWD Subaru Impreza Wagon finished second. The largest field of the weekend was found in Modified All Wheel drive where 16 Subaru’s and one Mitsubishi competed in the quickest class. After a three tenths deficit on the first day Andrew Holman charged forward in his STi Wagon to take the win over John Chabot by almost two seconds. For more info on the RallyCross National Challenge Series visit: SCCA.com/Rally
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SA class winners!
Results - Rally X Glen Helen SoPac National Challenge May 18- 20, 2012 SF
Run 1 Run 2 1 Bill Martin 74 73.715 91 Nissan Sentra 73.802 2 Danny Downey 71 74.623 91 Dodge Stealth 75.122 3 Carol Janes 195 91.215 90 Honda Civic 86.199 4 Ian Ragsdale 93 85.962 93 Subaru Impreza Wagon 85.615 SR Run 1 Run 2 1 Tom Kwasniak 75 83.215 85 Toyota MR2 78.854 2 Ken Lord 150 87.142 94 Mazda Miata - JayCom 77.452 3 Damon Pipenberg 575 999.000 85 Toyota MR2 - Bradipo 999.000 SA Run 1 Run 2 1 Brent Smith 433 73.084 09 Subaru Impreza STi 72.234 2 Pete Landry 303 73.508 08 Subaru STI 72.704 3 Michael Com 486 77.813 06 Subaru Impreza WRX 71.265 4 Nainoa Speier 77 77.115 08 Subaru Impreza 2.5 I 75.404 5 John Trucks 110 77.527 Subaru Sti 73.376 6 Chris Walker 56 77.850 02 Subaru WRX Wagon 73.693 7 Justin Setchell 264 76.949 99 Subaru Impreza L - 73.590 73.572 8 Christopher Chafin 411 78.418 01 Impreza 2.5 Rs 85.453 9 Santiago Caballero 66 82.929 89 Subaru xt6 76.767 10 Rafael Trias 719 79.628 11 Subaru WRX 75.808 11 Chai Masters 165 86.679 88 Toyota Celica Alltrac 81.135 12 Kim Chafin 998 93.747 98 Jeep Weangler 85.574
Run 3 Run 4 74.437 78.988 74.520 78.171 85.077 90.933 81.403 88.105 Run 3 Run 4 77.982 80.733 80.403 80.611 999.000 999.000 Run 3 Run 4 69.846 71.370 70.963 73.463 71.030 71.012 74.047 74.616 76.134 73.001 80.164 73.764 74.945 85.411 79.172 77.717 74.856 75.922 75.970 79.714 80.152 92.721 87.080 82.958
Run 5 Run 6 73.036 79.047 72.378 73.732 84.370 83.340 78.849 88.331 Run 5 Run 6 77.402 77.501 78.125 76.418 999.000 999.000 Run 5 Run 6 69.338 71.446 70.949 70.594 69.881 70.801 72.461 74.039 72.086 72.324 73.655 74.886 73.304 102.825 76.088 81.978 79.261 78.040 75.532 73.441 80.817 80.357 85.047 86.901
Run 7 Run 9 Run 11 Run 8 Run 10 Run 12 Total 90.841 79.451 82.255 962.181 87.495 93.506 75.608 97.521 78.964 85.849 981.571 96.224 97.507 76.960 125.084 100.251 106.243 1173.894 111.808 115.551 93.823 999.000 999.000 999.000 6502.265 999.000 999.000 999.000 Run 7 Run 9 Run 11 Run 8 Run 10 Run 12 Total 95.610 88.048 86.933 1026.061 98.717 102.675 78.391 101.174 85.320 91.473 1040.763 102.761 101.932 77.952 104.209 86.678 96.051 6567.886 99.699 94.259 92.990 Run 7 Run 9 Run 11 Run 8 Run 10 Run 12 Total 90.590 93.480 81.061 950.874 97.787 90.859 69.779 87.800 94.844 82.732 961.942 95.687 93.952 74.746 94.971 94.086 82.522 965.476 98.650 94.159 69.286 90.782 90.349 81.485 971.663 96.061 93.428 71.876 89.155 87.395 81.820 973.294 97.207 92.670 80.599 89.244 96.815 86.829 1001.146 94.759 96.272 83.215 96.213 101.725 86.818 1023.014 102.512 75.150 96.399 91.951 82.751 1043.497 107.169 110.770 75.631 100.417 100.745 91.715 1051.946 104.218 108.457 78.619 109.305 109.836 88.040 1079.910 109.092 111.559 91.985 110.116 119.836 99.182 1148.513 113.014 118.931 85.573 108.267 108.210 101.802 1159.757 121.328 111.026 87.817
Page 6 13 Salvador Pulido 14 02 Subaru WRX 14 Christopher Krause 17 07 Subaru WRX - N/A 83.170 15 Juan Moguel 68 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 16 Sergio Gutierrez 84 04 Mitsubishi Lan Evo 81.717 PF
83.219 77.041 87.484 84.633 88.690 81.252 85.291 79.054 Run 1 Run 2 1 Alex Orozco 341 84.917 89 Suzuki Swift 73.534 2 Randy Gallman 134 78.111 89 Suzuki Swift 79.058 PR Run 1 Run 2 1 Jayson Woodruff 50 78.880 94 Mazda Miata - JayCom 74.796 2 Jared Volz 813 82.182 90 Mazda Miata - ATD Com 76.652 3 Bee Thao 610 81.919 99 Mazda Mx-5 75.921 4 Theresa Thao 109 91.532 99 Mazda Mx-5 91.469 2 999.000 5 Steve McNaughton 82 Mazda RX7 999.000 6 Scott McKee 11 93.486 82 Mazda RX7 84.684 Run 1 PA Run 2 1 Brent Blakely 58 71.215 02 Subaru WRX - Pom 69.049 31 71.839 2 Thomas Bloess 08 Subaru WRX - Oil Away 69.836 3 Johnny Wilkinson 108 74.798 08 Subaru WRX 72.982 4 Brent Hannapel 18 73.537 04 Subaru Wrx Wagon 71.265 5 Anthony Vaughn 32 72.901 06 Subaru WRX wagon 71.491 9 75.101 6 Art Singtoroj 05 Subaru sti 72.195 79 77.250 7 Travis Kiesow 04 Subaru Impreza Wrx 74.914 MF Run 1 Run 2 135 73.126 1 Brent Hercelinsky 91 Suzuki Swift 69.925 2 Ken Cashion 777 72.497 07 Honda Civic Si 70.931 3 Eric Martin 4 84.693 82 VW Rabbit 71.340 4 Doug Nagy 90 78.304 87 Toyota FX 80.425 5 Kirk Tetzlaff 111 81.806 93 Subaru Impreza - 78.917 82.952 6 Juan CarlosLa Rosa 405 94.781 91 Vw Gti - Condor 76.599 MR Run 1 Run 2 854 74.816 1 Michael Cadwell 87 bmw 325is 72.506 2 Omar Cardenas 52 79.210 95 Subaru Impreza Wagon 77.002 902 83.585 3 Arto Ylikangas 82 BMW 320 82.798 4 Ralph Kosmides 22 999.000 82 Mazda RX7 999.000 5 Michael Eguina 501 999.000 94 Mazda Miata - JayCom 999.000 6 Larry Gross 695 77.287 81 Toyota Corolla 76.042 7 Lance Gross 95 81.243 81 Toyota Corolla 77.983 8 Dave Cole 112 88.113 82 Mazda RX7 82.702
Cal Club News 77.166 75.810 80.140 79.039 80.619 85.456 79.731 87.633 Run 3 Run 4 74.722 73.351 75.235 79.173 Run 3 Run 4 72.849 73.282 76.241 75.586 83.343 80.147 85.270 84.072 999.000 999.000 82.021 83.626 Run 3 Run 4 68.934 71.532 69.073 71.004 71.118 74.984 71.374 76.749 70.848 76.120 74.828 80.336 77.201 80.451 Run 3 Run 4 68.855 73.161 70.554 78.447 70.073 75.214 77.605 81.636 74.251 78.593 74.295 86.963 Run 3 Run 4 73.562 81.360 74.557 88.449 79.893 99.096 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 72.977 88.097 77.737 84.148 81.835 92.308
74.416 76.170 75.796 999.000 78.982 79.787 83.946 999.000 Run 5 Run 6 77.605 78.256 77.210 78.695 Run 5 Run 6 71.170 73.337 70.931 73.420 79.227 76.420 81.475 85.381 999.000 999.000 80.958 80.560 Run 5 Run 6 68.602 69.827 68.561 69.077 71.626 68.653 70.725 71.348 72.514 70.183 73.883 78.015 74.922 75.321 Run 5 Run 6 70.189 69.755 75.100 69.650 71.473 71.751 78.534 77.631 77.923 67.764 78.732 74.923 Run 5 Run 6 78.040 73.000 79.851 76.119 89.143 80.736 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 74.380 72.765 80.287 77.044 86.161 79.754
June - 2012 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 Run 7 Run 8 80.704 72.371 81.808 73.140 Run 7 Run 8 86.023 71.834 82.334 70.720 82.973 72.919 89.603 82.677 82.444 73.967 999.000 999.000 Run 7 Run 8 70.831 65.944 69.502 66.395 71.782 64.632 76.040 67.071 76.888 67.955 79.391 68.001 76.862 70.454 Run 7 Run 8 63.682 62.435 63.135 62.684 63.803 65.341 65.326 70.880 67.352 82.661 66.827 65.551 Run 7 Run 8 65.969 64.750 67.644 66.014 79.516 69.551 67.427 65.323 66.451 69.977 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000
999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 Run 9 Run 10 66.586 71.216 67.971 75.389 Run 9 Run 10 66.801 71.127 66.900 71.521 69.220 72.533 79.084 86.477 67.132 72.322 999.000 999.000 Run 9 Run 10 63.395 70.797 66.594 71.552 63.704 70.814 63.943 79.917 65.776 78.264 65.768 84.389 69.593 84.488 Run 9 Run 10 62.146 66.710 62.758 68.891 62.303 67.193 66.338 77.672 66.146 65.812 65.366 80.715 Run 9 Run 10 63.603 75.492 66.715 80.028 69.711 95.232 65.211 74.061 66.005 86.745 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000
999.000 999.000 999.000
6457.822
999.000 999.000 999.000
6488.786
Run 11 Run 12 65.243 64.096 72.039 66.375 Run 11 Run 12 66.995 66.344 69.380 64.960 67.637 67.595 77.406 75.964 70.872 70.915 999.000 999.000 Run 11 Run 12 64.130 63.863 63.955 64.027 64.863 62.216 66.163 63.550 68.229 65.196 69.566 64.551 72.864 68.550 Run 11 Run 12 62.859 62.081 63.946 63.480 63.023 63.581 67.562 66.689 67.469 69.742 68.039 Run 11 Run 12 69.881 65.882 70.559 66.077 78.512 80.218 71.570 66.181 78.250 71.915 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000
6484.262
6491.372 Total 882.601 904.204 Total 873.438 880.827 909.854 1010.410 6431.652 6499.335 Total 818.119 821.415 832.172 851.682 856.365 886.024 902.870 Total 804.924 822.073 829.788 888.602 891.646 902.533 Total 858.861 892.225 987.991 6403.773 6433.343 6455.548 6472.442 6504.873
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SR class winners!
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SF class winner!
MA class winners.
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Nic Sanchez 10 94 Mazda Miata - JayCom
87.589 80.058 MA Run 1 Run 2 1 Andrew Holman 54 75.466 04 Slowbaru STi Wagon 67.276 2 John Chabot 21 74.011 95 Subaru STi - LaengWork 68.716 3 Aaron Ekinaka 409 70.720 01 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 70.124 4 Jon Rea 592 71.501 05 Subaru Impreza STI 68.453 5 Cameron Meng 51 76.295 06 Subaru Impreza - 68.133 72.906 6 Albert Goad 488 75.558 06 Subaru Impreza WRX 69.031 7 Kurt Smith 99 70.459 99 Subaru Impreza - 69.210 73.765 8 Marvin Ronquillo 368 89.241 02 Subaru Impreza Wrx 72.098 9 Bob Shoemaker 33 78.034 05 Subaru wrx 72.165 10 Bobby Neill 101 73.372 05 Subaru WRX 72.707 7 86.878 11 Nathan Atchison 03 Mitsubishi Evo 79.097 12 Andy Bautista 86 85.389 04 Subaru STi 84.564 13 Mike McCanna 28 81.547 93 Subaru Impreza L 77.244 92.701 14 Mark Gardner 199 80.602 07 Subaru STi - Nitro Circus 70.028 15 David Chafin 444 83.952 95 Subaru Impreza WRX 76.097 16 Ernie Cardenas 19 999.000 99 Subaru 2.5rs 999.000 17 Michele Gardner 919 82.310 07 Subaru STi - Nitro Cirucs 81.004
78.061 105.008 Run 3 Run 4 67.763 70.488 67.367 68.714 69.047 75.000 73.721 71.128 67.532 71.846 70.112 74.548 70.136 67.159 68.020 69.385 71.551 74.570 69.461 70.104 75.036 77.455 73.577 85.649 77.514 78.046 68.791 67.574 74.546 77.891 999.000 999.000 90.405 85.859
85.441 89.475 Run 5 Run 6 66.281 65.472 66.764 66.847 69.313 67.912 67.716 67.981 67.243 65.240 66.712 68.998 68.297 66.803 67.729 69.605 72.462 71.319 84.929 66.729 71.161 72.020 73.571 78.862 78.219 68.308 67.676 88.740 72.795 78.740 999.000 999.000 78.612 88.740
999.000 999.000 Run 7 Run 8 74.312 64.127 76.381 64.981 71.566 64.261 75.225 65.178 75.125 71.328 73.839 65.040 75.460 65.739 72.689 64.775 72.417 66.702 67.327 61.221 84.822 75.337 78.454 68.183 76.062 85.378 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 82.290 74.801 999.000 999.000
999.000 999.000 Run 9 Run 10 61.787 65.340 61.171 63.738 61.349 66.531 62.749 68.992 62.043 60.724 61.494 74.657 63.200 71.582 66.552 69.325 65.902 72.643 65.884 71.204 64.847 83.146 67.132 83.734 67.828 66.570 999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 74.438 99.540 999.000 999.000
999.000 999.000 Run 11 Run 12 60.442 60.959 60.739 62.195 61.100 61.025 62.863 61.115 62.627
6519.632
61.783 61.375 61.829
823.147
64.808 61.805 67.355 64.160 84.674 78.842 69.999 66.456 70.305 68.842 69.186
836.032
999.000 999.000 999.000 999.000 74.674 68.020 999.000 999.0
6437.411
Total 799.713 801.624 807.948 816.622 821.042
823.639
849.280 866.454 906.254 918.262 918.603
6458.021 6467.763 6500.930
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Regional Championships brew after Cal Club Double Regional Buttonwillow (May 19-20, 2012) Cal Club’s second Double Regional of 2012 hosted the annual Open Wheel Festival, a time trials event and our regular race schedule. Event officials adjusted the race line up leaving five groups plus one for time trials. Clear sunny skies and warm temperatures set the stage for a fantastic weekend of action packed racing. A highlight of the weekend tested the skills of F&C Specialist Candye Rucker. Candye was quick to respond to a burning Corvette during the first race Sunday morning. Matt Merrill was on fire and drove straight to Candye’s corner. She responded like a pro wasting no time extinguishing the flames. She gained control of the situation in no time allowing Matt Merrill to race his Corvette another day without too much damage.
GROUP 1 - AS, T1, ITA, ITS, PRO7, SSC AS - Chris Qualls was out of contention after five laps Saturday with mechanical problems just as he was set to tally another A Sedan win. Day two for Qualls was better. He hit all his marks before he picked up Sunday's AS checkered and credit for the overall win in Group 1 too. T1 - Matt Merrill and Al Camano in their T1 Corvette's set the race pace in the first race of the weekend. The two checked out from the pack with Merrill out front from the start. Rookie Camano pushed it but just couldn't reel in the leader. At the checkered Merrill tallied the T1 win with a 4.3 second advantage over Camano in second. Camano and Merrill picked
Flagger Candye Rucker took control of Matt Merrill’s burning Corvette Sunday morning during the first race of the day. She had the fire out in no time just as Cal Club Emergency rolled up to provide backup. Baer Images Photo
Walter Sheek (#2) battles Jim Rueff in Pro7. Baer Images Photo
up where the left off yesterday. The two wasted no time mixing it up. First it was Camano out front then Merrill. It looked like Merrill was going to earn his second win of the weekend but on lap 13 it all went wrong when he car caught fire. Camano moved back to first leading the final three laps before he scored the T1 victory. Merrill was
credited with second place, three laps down to the winner. ITA - The battle that followed T1 on Saturday turned out to be as intense as racing gets. An eight car roster in ITA set the stage for a flat out race from the start. Initially, it was Rookie Wesley Mollno who set the race pace through lap 6 ahead of Darwin Felix and Todd Launchbaugh.
June - 2012 However, on a mad dash from the back was Alex Brauer who was knocking on the podium door. On lap 7 Felix moved to first as Brauer secured third. Two laps later Mollno moved back to the point as Brauer set his plan of attack for the lead. He made his move on the final lap crossing the line with a 0.5 of a second advantage over Mollno in second and Felix in third. Alan Leukhardt finished fourth ahead of Launchbaugh who rounded out the top five. ITA on Sunday unfolded to be all about Mollno. He collected the lead on the first lap and never considered anything but winning. He led all 15 laps before securing a solid win. Mollno held off a challenges from Leukhardt and Brauer who finished second and third. Felix was fourth ahead of Ramon Niebla who completed the top five. Other stand outs included Steven Champlin in sixth and Ed Nazarian in seventh. Launchbaugh had anoth-
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Alan Leukhardt leads a Spec Miata train. Baer Images Photo
er bad race finishing eighth. ITS - Jason Cress raced his Mazda RX-7 on Saturday to a solid victory in ITS. In addition to his class win he tallied a solid ninth overall finish at the checkered. Cress backed up yester-
day's win with another victory in ITS on Sunday. He was smack dab in the middle of the ITA showdown. His effort Sunday earned him a seventh place overall result. PRO7 - Veteran driver Jim Rueff set the Pro7 pace
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Double Spec Westmorland.
Miata
winner
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Clement
Lee leads Grant Baer Images Photo
Paul Parsons giving the Meatball flag to Chris Emanuel for a loose body panel. Baer Images Photo
Saturday before he collected the class win. Rueff led from the start as Walter Sheek and Celanie Radbourne raced for position. At the checkered behind the winning Rueff was Sheek in second and Radbourne in third. Sunday was a ditto performance in Pro7 for the entire field. Rueff again set the pace then scored his second win of the weekend ahead of Sheek in second. Four laps down was Radbourne in third spot.
Hot off road action in SRF.
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Jonathon Allen recovering from his spin.
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SSC - Calvin Lui was the only entry in SSC this weekend but that didn't slow him down one bit. Saturday, Lui raced his Honda Fit to a first place finish in SSC after 14 laps of competition plus collected a 13th overall result. GROUP 3 - F2000, FF See Pacific F2000 & Formula F race reports on pages 17-19. GROUP 4 - SPEC MIATA A 17 car Spec Miata roster made up one of the hottest races of the day on Saturday. On lap 1 it was Grant Westmorland out front ahead of Clement Lee and Curtis Gong. The top three were strong but a race was brewing from fourth on. Wesley Mollno, Todd Launchbaugh and Darwin Felix
each battled for the position. With six laps to go it was Felix settled in fourth ahead of Mollno and Launchbaugh. On lap 13 Launchbaugh was out as Francis Hu moved up one
position. As the race wound down it was no surprise to see Lee out front after passing Westmorland for the lead on lap 6. Lee led the pack to the checkered
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Rookie Dan Skeeters taking his victory lap for winning Club Ford. Baer Images Photo
where he earned another Spec Miata win ahead of Westmorland in second and Gong in third. Felix fought hard to secure fourth as Mollno rounded out the top five. Brauer salvaged a sixth after coming from the rear ahead of Hu in seventh. Alan Leukhardt finished eighth ahead of Bill Nelson in ninth with Angela Swan completed the top 10. Sunday Spec Miata had Gong out front from the start. He led the first two laps before Lee pressed him for the lead. On lap 3 Lee passed Gong for the lead. One lap later Westmorland made a move pushing Gong to third. The top three raced in order through
lap 8. On the ninth circuit Mollno moved forward to capture third position from Gong. Gong had issues that pulled him off the pace eventually out on lap 14. With Gong out the door opened for Swan who worked her way to the front. She put a move on Mollno to secure third with just one lap to go. Lee, Westmoreland and Swan set sail for their final lap. At the checkered Lee padded his Spec Miata point lead with another win as Westmorland and Swan secured their spots on the Spec Miata box. In fourth at the flag was Mollno ahead of Mark Lange in fifth. Brauer finished sixth ahead of Felix in seventh, Nelson
GROUP 5 - FA, FM, CSR, SRF, SF, FV, CF, DSR FA - Chris Emanuel was the guy to beat in this mixed bag of a race Saturday afternoon. The may be the first time in Cal Club history SRF & FV were combined with FA . It all worked out as Emanuel managed to lap his way through the extremely slower field of cars without incident. Emanuel was forced to pit for a loose body panel but recovered to collect the overall and FA win after 15 laps of competition. Sunday was a much better day for Emanuel with his lap times down and closer to normal. He whistled around Buttonwillow with ease before he secured another FA win in as may attempts this weekend. FM - Dutch Schultz was on the gas Saturday as he and Richard Seegman put on a show. On lap five Schultz captured the overall lead for 10 circuits when the FA leader responded to a Meatball flag. At the checkered Schultz earned the first place Formula Mazda trophy ahead of Seegman in second.
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John Waddell scored victory in DSR.
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Schultz picked up where he left off yesterday by setting the FA pace over Seegman on Sunday. Schultz led every lap then cemented the win ahead of Seegman in second.
A pair of winners. FA victor Chris Emanuel leads FM Baer Images Photo champion Dutch Schultz.
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CSR - The fastest sports racer Saturday in this group was driven by Michael Alfred. His 1983 Beasley B2 led him to a first place finish in C Sports Racer topped off with a clean third place overall result. Alfred, sandwiched between the Formula Mazda battle on Sunday, raced from the green to the checkered nailing his goal of collecting his second CSR win of the weekend. SRF - It was no surprise to see Mark Ballengee out front in SRF on Saturday as he worked to pad his point lead. It was good to see multi time SRF champion Aaron Stein back on track and running up front as he pushed Ballengee from the start. However, at the checkered it was Ballengee who secured the win ahead of Stein in second and third went to Las Vegas driver Paul Raby. Doug Stewart made a last lap move to snatch fourth from Denny Fosdick who rounded out the top five. The 10 car SRF battle Sunday was again under the control of Ballengee. He is the man to beat in SRF regional competition and this day was no different. From the start Ballengee set the pace ahead of Stein, Jon French and Jonathan Allen. A battle brewed
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Mark Edwards (#26) sticks his Formula Vee on the inside of Club Ford driver, rookie Dan Skeeters. Baer Images Photos
for fifth between Raby, Stewart and Fosdick. Each held the position but it was Fosdick who conquered the spot. At the checkered it was no surprise to see Ballengee again collect the win ahead of Stein and French who filled the SRF podium in second and third spots. Allen held on to fourth at the flag ahead of Fosdick in fifth. Pascal Donzel secured sixth at the flag holding off rivals Raby in seventh and Stewart in eighth. SF - Arthur Beach was the next class leader to collect a win on Saturday. Beach raced his 1978 Crossle 32F to a first place finish in Spec Ford after the 14 lap contest. His effort also earned him a solid seventh place overall finish holding off all but two of the fastest SRF entries. Beach upped his game Sunday and was able to hold off any challenge from the SRF pack who were in hot pursuit. He finished first in Spec Ford again earning a solid fifth overall finish. FV - We keep saying it over and over and time and time again, anytime Formula Vee national drivers Charlie Turner and Mark Edwards show up for a regional you better find your way track-
Arthur Beach had a good weekend after winning in Spec Ford. Baer Images Photos
side to see one of the best races of the day. They're here to have fun! It happened again Saturday as the pair put on a show that lived up to our expectations. Turner held the early advantage through lap 1 over Edwards. Edwards put the move on Turner on the second circuit and held the lead through lap 6. Turner snatched the lead back but three laps later so did Edwards. Back and forth they went. When push came to shove it was Turner out front when the checkered flew defeating Edwards in second. Edwards looked like he brought more game to the show on Sunday by securing the FV lead from the green. But the cagey Turner had something for Edwards. On lap 2
Turner made his move on Edwards then controlled the pace to the checkered. At the flag Turner tallied his second win of the weekend ahead of Edwards in second. CF - Saturday afternoon rookie Dan Skeeters pushed his Crosslee F-35 to the checkered flag earning the win in Club Ford after 12 laps of competition. Sunday, Skeeters was hooked up again and raced from the green to the checkered earning his second Club Ford win of the weekend. DSR - Only completing nine laps but enough to secure the DSR win, John Waddell was victorious in his 2002 Stohr
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GROUP 6 - ASC, SP, ITE, STL ASC - The only ASC entry driven by Kevin Callahan easily set Group 6 race pace Saturday afternoon. On lap 1 Callahan took control of the race then led every lap before he tallying the ASC win and overall victory with a whopping 1:14.7 gap on his closest challenger, Super Production winner Robert Green. Callahan was back to set the pace in the final race of the weekend Sunday afternoon and tallied another ASC win. He pushed his Chevy Super Truck to another class win and easily earned credit for the overall victory as well.
Super Production from the start. Green pushed his Noble M400 in the direction of victory lane from the start. But on 13 John Schectzer moved up from fourth position to capture the lead from Green. Schectzer held his advantage for three laps then fell off the scope as Green moved back to first. At the checkered it was Green in first with Schectzer in second, one lap down. Joshua Pitt finished third after running as high as second. Bruce Powers tallied fourth ahead of Ron Bailey in fifth. Bob Kelley showed up Sunday to capture some of the Super Production glory from yesterday's podium finishers. Kelley led every lap before he secured the class win ahead of Green in second and Bailey in third. Pitt was out after four laps with a DNF.
SP - Robert Green led Saturday's five car battle in
ITE - Keith Calcagnie pushed his Nissan 240sx to the front
01D Saturday afternoon. Waddell was back on his game Sunday as he pushed his DSR entry to another class win after 13 laps of fierce competition.
on lap 1 ahead of Paul Gassen. But Gassen answered the call and raced his Ford Mustang to the lead one lap later. On the next circuit Calcagnie parked it. Gassen raced to the checkered where he nailed Saturday's ITE win. Calcagnie suffered a DNF. STL - Dale Shoemaker raced his Mazda Miata to another class win in STL Saturday after 14 laps of competition. He topped off the day with a respectable fourth overall finish. Shoemaker had new comp on Sunday as Karen Zarterman entered her Mazda to do battle for the STL trophy. Shoemaker had the pace covered though and managed to maintain his dominance by capturing his second class win of the weekend ahead of Zarterman in second at the checkered.
Race Results - Cal Club Double Regional
Buttonwillow Raceway Park (Configuration #14CW - 2.640 miles )
May 19 - 20, 2012 Saturday Group 1
PosNo.Cls Name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Lps Best Tm Diff
271T1 Matt Merrill 15 27 T1 Al Camano 15 21 ITA Alex Brauer 15 10 ITA Wesley Mollno 15 37 ITA Darwin Felix 15 17 ITA Alan Leukhardt 15 13 ITA Todd Launchbaugh15 39 ITS Jason Gress 15 97 ITA Ramon Niebla 15 70 ITA Steven Champln 15 98 P7 Jim Rueff 14 16 ITA Ed Nazarian 14 45 SSC Calvin Lui 14 2 P7 Walter Sheek 14 57 P7 Celanie Radbourne13 DNF73 AS Christopher Qualls5
02:00.6 02:00.0 02:04.5 02:04.4 02:04.4 02:05.5 02:04.6 02:06.2 02:06.5 02:07.3 02:11.1 02:12.4 02:13.1 02:12.9 02:22.8 02:00.2
Hometown
Color
Club Make
4.328 52.42 52.941 57.46 01:11.9 01:12.0 01:22.4 01:26.7 01:45.5 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps DNF
San Diego, CA Blue 19 Long Beach Blk/Ora 19 Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19 Glendora BlACK 19 Long Beach Dk blue 19 La Verne, CA Red 19 Glendora,CA Silver 19 San Juan Cap REd 19 Los Angeles Black 19 Carlsbad, CA Black 19 Fountain Valley Red/Yell 19 Northridge, Ca Camo 19 Torrance, CA Red 19 Long Beach White 19 Saratoga, CA Red/Yell 33 Burbank Yellow/Blk 19
Diff
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2.395 16.108 28.194 34.458 35.246 01:41.4 57.771 58.713 01:24.0 01:43.0 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 7 Laps 3
Blue/Black 03 Van Diemen Sammamish,WA White Van Diemen Morgan Hill.CA Black Van Dieman Blue/White 08 DP Bakersfield,CA White 03 Van diemen San Juan CapisWhite Van Diemen 42.945 White 06 Van Diemen Green 02 RF-02 Malibu,CA Blue/White Van Diemen Santa Paula Black 19 Van Dieman RF96 Carson City,NV White 12 Mygale Red 11 Mygale Burbank, CA black 19 1990 Swift dB-6 Yorba linda White19 Swift DB1 White Piper 01:57.7 DNF Blue/Yellow 92 Honda Swift
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2003 Chevy Corvette 1 2005 Chevy Corvette 2 1990 Mazda Miata 1 Mazda Miata 2 2000 Mazda Miata 3 ‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 4 1999 Mazda Miata 5 1989 Mazda RX-7 1 1991 Mazda Miata 6 1999 Mazda 7 Mazda RX-7 1 1990 Mazda Miata 8 Honda Fit 1 1983 Mazda RX-7 2 Mazda RX-7 3 1996 Ford Mustang DNF
Group 3 PosNo.Cls Name
1 21 2 4 3 9 4 6 5 2 6 7 7 34 8 62 9 99 10 31 11 77 12 23 13 8 14 0 15 17 DNF
Lps Best
F2000 Bobby Kelley 16 01:41.1 F2000 David Cheng 16 01:40.8 F2000 Bob Negron-M 16 01:41.4 F2000 Camden Geise 16 01:42.4 F2000 Les Phillips-M 16 01:42.8 F2000 Peter Thomas-E 16 01:42.7 F2000 Camren Kaminsky16 F2000 Chris Hundley 16 01:44.0 F2000 Peter West-M 16 01:44.5 F2000 Nick Kodenko 16 01:45.4 FF/SS Conner Ford 16 01:46.9 FF/SS Al Savo-M 15 01:47.8 FF/SS Ed Erlandson-M 15 01:48.0 FF/SS Jerry Andersen-M 14 01:59.0 FF/SS Sage Marie-E 9 01:51.1 12 FF/SS Neil Roberts-E
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 DNF
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Group 4 PosNo.Cls Name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
33 12 71 37 10 21 25 17 99 87 14 97 76 70 16 67 13
SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM
Lps Best
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15 Grant Westmoreland 15 Curtis Gong 15 Darwin Felix 15 Wesley Mollno 15 Alex Brauer 15 Francis Hu 15 Alan Leukhardt 15 Bill Nelson 15 Angela Swan 15 Mark Lange 15 Ramon Niebla 15 Gregory Stewart 15 Steven Champlin 15 Ed Nazarian 14 David Marsh 14 Todd Launchbaugh 13
02:03.0 02:03.2 02:03.4 02:03.9 02:03.6 02:03.9 02:03.9 02:04.9 02:05.0 02:04.0 02:04.7 02:05.2 02:06.9 02:07.2 02:12.7 02:19.5 02:03.4
Diff
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11:45.0 11:47.6 11:56.4 12:08.8 12:10.1 12:10.2 12:22.5 12:22.9 12:24.2 12:53.3 13:00.7 13:07.7 13:18.1 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps
San Diego,CA Black 19 Chula Vista Blue/Yell 19 San Diego,CA white 19 Long Beach,CADk blue 19 Glendora, CA Black 19 Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19 Huntington Bea Blue 19 La Verne, CA Red 19 Walnut,CA Blue 19 West Hills, CA Red/Black 19 Calabasas,CA Blue 19 Los Angeles BLACK 19 San Diego, CA Blue 19 Carlbad, CA Black 19 Northridge, Ca Camo 19 Riverside, CA Red 19 Glendora Silver 19
Color
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Diff
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1.294 01:13.9 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps 6 Laps
Huntington Bea Blue/Teal 19 San Clemente Blue 19 Camarillo,CA Yellow 19 Redondo Bea Blue 19 Shafter,CA Red/yel 19 Santa Barbara Multi 19 Fillmore,CA Yellow 19 Las Vegas Blue/Whi LV Northridge, CA White/Red19 Riverside ,CA White/Ora 19 Laguna Beach Silver/Red 33 Culver City,CA White/Red19 Redondo Bea Ora/White 19 Mission Viejo Black 19 Los Angeles, White 19 Priddis, Alberta White 27 Tehachapi, CA Blue/Yell 19 Tehachapi, CA Blue/Whi 19 Lemoore, CA Green 19
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1999 Mazda Miata 1991 Mazda Miata 1993 Mazda Miata 2000 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Miata
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 8 1999 Mazda Miata 9 1990 Mazda Miata 10 1999 Mazda Miata 11 1991 Mazda Miata 12 1994 Mazda Miata 13 1999 Mazda Miata 14 1990 Mazda Miata 15 1990 Mazda Miata 16 1999 Mazda Miata 17
Group 5 PosNo.Cls Name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
36 4 72 5 97 18 73 7 71 69 40 12 51 25 26 39 32 65 7
Lps Best
FA Chris Emanuel 15 FM Dutch Schultz 15 CSR Michael Alfred 15 FM Richard Seegman14 SRF Mark Ballengee 14 SRF Aaron Stein 14 SF Arthur Beach 14 SRF Paul Raby 14 SRF Douglas Stewart 14 SRF Denny Fosdick 14 SRF Jonathon Allen 14 SRF Pascal Donzel 14 SRF Jon French 14 FV Charlie Turner 13 FV Mark Edwards 13 SRF Robert Francis 13 SRF John Mikkelsen 13 CF Dan Skeeters 12 DSR John Waddell 9
01:45.8 01:48.1 01:51.9 01:58.2 02:00.2 02:00.7 02:00.0 02:00.7 02:01.5 02:00.7 02:00.8 02:01.6 02:01.7 02:06.0 02:06.8 02:08.5 02:11.4 02:12.3 01:56.2
Color
Club Make
2005 Star Pro-FM 1994 Star Mazda 1983 Beasley B2 1984 Mazda 1994 SRF 1985 SRF 78 Crossle 32F SRF 2008 SRF SRF 2000 Ford SRF 1984 SRF 1989 SCCA Ebt SRF 2005 Protoform P3 Formula Vee 1990 SRF Crosslee F-35 2002 Sthor 01D
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1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 9 10 1 1
Group 6 PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
16 16 15 15 14 12 12 9 3
21 42 4 2 52 16 71 35 DNF77
ASC Kevin Callahan SP Robert Green SP John Schectzer-Sat. ITE Paul Gassen STL Dale Shoemaker SP Joshua Pitt SP Bruce Powers SP Ron Bailey ITE Keith Calcagnie
01:52.0 01:54.0 01:52.4 02:03.6 02:09.3 01:54.0 01:55.1 02:06.8 02:04.8
Diff
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01:14.7 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 4 Laps 4 Laps 7 Laps DNF
Bakersfield, CA Black Santa Ana,CA Red Yorba Linda Blue Fallbrook,CA Red Henderson, NV Black/Blu Fellows, CA Silver Palmdale,CA Orange Pahrump,NV White Costa Mesa Blue
Color
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19 19 19 72 19 19 72 19
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‘10 Chevy Super Truck 1 2007 Noble M400 1 Chevy Monte Carlo 2 1998 Ford Mustang 1 1999 Mazda Miata 1 Chevy Monte Carlo 3 Mercury Cougar 4 Oldsmobile Cutlass 5 1989 Nissan 240sx DNF
Sunday (BRP Configuration #14CW - 2.640 miles ) Group 1 PosNo.Cls Name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
73 AS 27 T1 10 ITA 17 ITA 21 ITA 37 ITA 39 ITS 97 ITA 70 ITA 16 ITA 98 P7 2 P7 271T1 13 ITA 57 P7
Lps Best
Christopher Qualls15 Al Camano 15 Wesley Mollno 15 Alan Leukhardt 15 Alex Brauer 15 Darwin Felix 15 Jason Gress 15 Ramon Niebla 15 Steven Champln 14 Ed Nazarian 14 Jim Rueff 14 Walter Sheek 14 Matt Merrill 12 Todd Launchbaugh 12 Celanie Radbourne 10
01:58.3 01:59.6 02:04.3 02:04.2 02:04.0 02:04.6 02:04.0 02:07.3 02:07.5 02:11.9 02:12.1 02:14.8 01:58.4 02:07.4 02:25.4
Diff
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Color
Club Make
10.889 01:05.3 01:06.4 01:06.6 01:16.0 01:16.8 01:55.4 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 3 Laps 3 Laps 5 Laps
Burbank Yellow/Blk 19 Long Beach Blk/Oran 19 Glendora BlACK 19 La Verne, CA Red 19 Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19 Long Beach,CADk blue 19 San Juan CapisREd 19 Los Angeles Black 19 Carlsbad, CA Black 19 Northridge, Ca Camo 19 Fountain Valley Red/Yel 19 Long Beach White 19 San Diego, CA Blue 19 Glendora,CA Silver 19 Saratoga, CA Red/Yel 33
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1996 Ford Mustang 1 2005 Chevy Corvette 1 Mazda Miata 1 ‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 2 1990 Mazda Miata 3 2000 Mazda Miata 4 1989 Mazda RX-7 1 1991 Mazda Miata 5 1999 Mazda 6 1990 Mazda Miata 7 Mazda RX-7 1 1983 Mazda RX-7 2 2003 Chevy Corvette 2 1999 Mazda Miata 8 Mazda RX-7 3
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Group 3 PosNo.Cls Name
1 4 2 21 3 6 4 34 5 9 6 62 7 31 8 77 9 7 10 23 11 12 12 17 13 8 14 0 15 2 99
F2000 F2000 F2000 F2000 F2000 F2000 F2000 FF/SS F2000 FF/SS FF/SS FF/SS FF/SS FF/SS F2000 F2000
Lps Best
Diff
David Cheng 16 01:41.7 Bobby Kelley 16 01:41.7 5.817 Camden Geise 16 01:42.8 20.488 Camren Kaminsky 16 01:42.6 24.73 Bob Negron-M 16 01:43.0 34.327 Chris Hundley 16 01:44.5 41.852 Nick Kodenko 16 01:46.3 01:22.4 Conner Ford 16 01:47.0 01:28.7 Peter Thomas-E 16 01:44.7 01:34.9 Al Savo-M 15 01:49.8 1 Lap Neil Roberts-E 15 01:49.2 1 Lap Sage Marie-E 15 01:50.5 1 Lap Ed Erlandson-M 15 01:50.6 1 Lap Jerry Andersen-M 14 01:56.7 2 Laps Les Phillips-M 12 01:43.7 4 Laps Peter West-M 1 DNF
Hometown Color Sammamish,WA White
Club Make
Blue/Black Blue/White Whiite Morgan Hill.CA Black Green Santa Paula Black 19 Carson City,NV White San Juan Cap White Red Blue/Yellow White Burbank, CA black 19 Yorba linda White 19 Bakersfield,CA White Malibu,CA Blue/White
Van Diemen 03 Van Diemen 08 DP 06 Van Diemen Van Dieman 02 RF-02 Van Dieman RF96 12 Mygale Van Diemen 11 Mygale 92 Honda Swift Piper 1990 Swift dB-6 Swift DB1 03 Van diemen Van Diemen
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 8 2 3 4 5 6 9 DNF
Group 4 PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
Diff
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
15 02:03.4
San Diego,CA Black 19 Chula Vista,CA Blue/Yel 19 7.721 West Hills, CA Red/Black 19 8.032 Glendora, CA Black 19 13.999 Calabasas,CA Blue 19 15.104 Orange/Bl 19 19.835 Long Beach,CADk blue 19 36.272 Walnut,CA Blue 19 45.411 La Verne, CA Red 19 01:11.3 Los Angeles BLACK 19 01:46.8 Beaumont, CA Blue 19 02:04.1 Northridge, Ca Camo 19 1 Lap Riverside, CA Red 19 2 Laps San Diego,CA white 19 3 Laps Carlbad, CA Black 19 DNF Huntington Bea Blue 19 DNF Glendora,CA Silver 19
33 12 87 10 14 21 37 99 17 97 76 16 67 71 70 25 13
SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM
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Hometown
Color
Club Make
Grant Westmoreland 15 02:03.2 0.109
Angela Swan Wesley Mollno Mark Lange Alex Brauer Darwin Felix Bill Nelson Alan Leukhardt Ramon Niebla Nicholas Stewart Ed Nazarian David Marsh Curtis Gong Steven Champlin Francis Hu
15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 1 Todd Launchbaugh 1
02:04.1 02:04.1 02:04.6 02:03.9 02:04.8 02:05.7 02:05.0 02:06.8 02:08.1 02:11.6 02:19.8 02:04.7 02:08.7 02:12.0 02:12.5
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1999 Mazda Miata 1 1991 Mazda Miata 2 1990 Mazda Miata 3 Mazda Miata 4 1999 Mazda Miata 5 Mazda Miata 6 2000 Mazda Miata 7 1999 Mazda Miata 8 ‘91 Miata MX-5 9 1991 Mazda Miata 10 Mazda Miata 11 1990 Mazda Miata 12 1990 Mazda Miata 13 1993 Mazda Miata 14 1999 Mazda Miata 15 1990 Mazda Miata DNF 1999 Mazda Miata DNF
Group 5 PosNo.Cls Name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
36 4 72 5 73 97 18 51 40 69 12 7 71 7 39 25 26 32 65
Lps Best
FA Chris Emanuel 15 FM Dutch Schultz 14 CSR Michael Alfred 14 FM Richard Seegman14 13 SF Arthur Beach SRF Mark Ballengee 13 SRF Aaron Stein 13 SRF Jon French 13 SRF Jonathon Allen 13 SRF Denny Fosdick 13 SRF Pascal Donzel 13 SRF Paul Raby 13 SRF Douglas Stewart 13 DSR John Waddell 13 SRF Robert Francis 13 FV Charlie Turner 13 FV Mark Edwards 12 SRF John Mikkelsen 12 CF Dan Skeeters 12
01:42.2 01:48.2 01:52.0 01:59.0 02:00.1 02:00.0 02:00.9 02:01.1 02:01.6 02:01.9 02:01.8 02:02.1 02:02.5 01:57.0 02:05.7 02:07.6 02:08.6 02:09.8 02:10.5
Diff
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1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Huntington Bea Blue/Teal 19 Santa Clemen Blue 19 Camarillo,CA Yellow 19 Redondo Bea Blue 19 Fillmore,CA Yellow 19 Shafter,CA Red/yel 19 Santa Barbara Multi 19 Redondo Bea Oran/Wh 19 Laguna Beach, Silver/Red 33 Riverside ,CA White/Ora 19 Culver City,CA White/Red19 Las Vegas Blue/Whi LV Northridge, CA White/Red19 Lemoore, CA Green 19 Priddis, Alberta White 27 Mission Viejo Black 19 Los Angeles White 19 Tehachapi, CA Blue/Yel 19 Tehachapi, CA Blue/Whi 19
Lap Lap Lap Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps Laps
Color
Club Make
2005 Star Pro-FM 1994 Star Mazda 1983 Beasley B2 1984 Mazda 78 Crossle 32F 1994 SRF 1985 SRF 1989 SCCA Ebt SRF 2000 Ford SRF SRF 1984 SRF SRF 2008 SRF 2002 Sthor 01D 2005 Protoform P3 Formula Vee 1990 SRF Crosslee F-35
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1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 9 1 2 10 1
Group 6 PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
Diff
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
16 16 15 15 14 8 4
01:13.4 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 8 Laps 12 Laps
Bakersfield, CA Black 19 Huntington Bea Blue 19 Santa Ana,CA Red 19 Henderson, NV Black/Blue72 Pahrump,NV White 72 So Pasadena Red 19 Fellows, CA Silver 19
21 4 42 52 35
ASC Kevin Callahan SP Robert Kelley SP Robert Green STL Dale Shoemaker SP Ron Bailey 42M STL Karen Zarterman 16 SP Joshua Pitt
01:51.9 01:56.5 01:57.5 02:08.3 02:06.6 02:20.2 01:57.5
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‘10 Chevy Super Truck 1 Chevy Monte Carlo 1 2007 Noble M400 2 1999 Mazda Miata 1 Oldsmobile Cutlass 3 Mazda 2 Chevy Monte Carlo 4
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Kelley and Ford victorious in Round 5 F2000 at Buttonwillow
(May 19, 2012) – Round five of the Pacific F2000/Formula F Super Series was held on the 2.640 mile 14CW track at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. The event was run as part of the Cal Club Region of the SCCA Double Regional weekend and was held under sunny skies with warm temperatures typical for this time of year. Qualifying began at 10:45 a.m. and fifteen cars took to the track including five of the six Formula F cars entered and immediately the qualifying duel began between Bobby Kelley in his #21, A & B Equipment, Dave Freitas Racing Van Diemen and David Cheng, a series veteran making a one off guest appearance in the series this weekend driving the #4 C.J. Wilson’s Children’s Charities Van Diemen for PR1 Motorsports. Kelley and Cheng traded fast laps until it was finally Kelley who managed to wrestle the pole away from Cheng by a mere thirteen one thousandths of a second. Camren Kaminsky in the #34 PR1 Van Diemen was next followed by Bob Negron, #9 Terri Negron Web Design Negron Racing Van Diemen, back to defend his Master Class (drivers 51 and up) championship, and Les Phillips, #2 Swiss Implants, Porterfield Brakes Van Diemen, current Master Class point leader, all of which managed times within one second of the pole time. Next up was Peter Thomas, #7 Refrigeration Control Co., PR1 Van Diemen followed by Camden Geise having a fraught weekend having already had an engine change in the #6, DFR Van Diemen, Peter West, #99, Frank Monise Motors Van Diemen, Chris Hundley another former series runner back for this weekend in the #62 Limousine Connection, DFR Van Diemen and Nick
Bobby Kelley raced his #21, A & B Equipment, Dave Freitas Racing Van Diemen to a first place finish in round five of the Pacific F2000 Series. Jerry Andersen Photo
Kodenko, #31 Kodenko Automotive, Kodenko Jeans, Redline Oil, Associated Tire Van Diemen. The Formula F group was again led by Conner Ford in the #77 JF Excavating & Grading, Western Nevada Supply, Sparco USA, PR1 Motorsports, Mygale/Honda ahead of Ed Erlandson, back after winning both rounds of the B. F. Goodrich Super Tour Double National. Erlandson, driving the #8 Artwork by Eli, Porter Racing, Loyning, Goodyear Swift DB6/Ford, managed to get within six tenths of Ford. This pair was trailed by Al Salvo, #23 Miracle Sealants, Corsa Care, PR1 Mygale/Honda, Sage Marie, returning after his outing at Miller Motorsports Park in the #17 Honda Performance Development Piper/Honda and Jerry Andersen, #0 Swift DB1/Ford. When the green flag waved it was Kelley who took the lead followed by Kaminsky and Cheng as the field headed toward turn 1with a slight gap to the FF group led by Ford and Erlandson and at the end of the first lap it was Kelley, Kaminsky, Cheng, Negron, Phillips, Thomas, Geise, West, Hundley and Kodenko. The Formula F group was led by Ford, closely pursued by
Erlandson and Salvo with Marie, Neil Roberts, who had missed qualifying in his Keenan Honda, Think Fast E n g i n e e r i n g , ThinkFastBook.com, Swift DB6/Honda and Andersen. Cheng passed Kaminsky on lap two and began his pursuit of Kelley in a battle that lasted the entire race with Cheng always applying the pressure and Kelley able to withstand it lap after lap to the end of the race with Kelley finishing only 2.395 seconds ahead of Cheng for his third win of the season to extend his points lead. Cheng in his dogging of Kelley managed the fastest race lap with a 1:40.784 good for two points and bragging rights. Behind the Kelley/Cheng battle, Kaminsky and Negron had an equally spirited battle with Negron holding the early advantage, having gotten by Kaminsky on lap three. Kaminsky fought back and got by Negron on lap eleven and held the final podium position until lap fifteen, the penultimate lap, when an off track excursion cost him not only the third place but dropped him to seventh place at the finish. Negron held on to take the third place finish and with it the Victory in the Master continued on next page
Page 18 Class and showed that his time away from the series had not diminished his pace. Fourth Place went to Camden Geise, who after his ill-fortune on Friday and in qualifying charged back to defend his second place standing in the points starting seventh and working his way up to fourth at the finish by first passing Thomas then Phillips and gaining his last position on Kaminsky’s misfortune. His drive earned him the Wine Country Motorsports Hard Charger Award. Phillips had another competitive drive to fifth place and was followed by Peter Thomas, whose sixth place finish netted him the Expert Class (drivers 3550) win. Kaminsky, Hundley, West and Kodenko finished seventh through tenth respectively. Conner Ford raced to another dominant victory in the now familiar Mygale/Honda, not putting a wheel wrong and showing the poise, consistency and skill that earned him the F2000 series title last year. His victory was his fourth of the season and coupled with the race’s fastest lap give him a huge points lead as the series has reached its midway point. Following Ford home was teammate Al Salvo in and identically prepared Mygale/Honda after a race long duel with Erlandson that saw Salvo get by Erlandson on lap nine to take the position he was to hold to the end to give PR1 Motorsports a one-two finish. Erlandson finished third and was followed by Andersen, Marie, who dropped out with low oil pressure and Roberts who only managed three laps before electrical problems sidelined him. F2000 Qualifying: 1. Bobby Kelley (Van Diemen), 1m39.618s; 2. David Cheng (Van Diemen), 1m39.631; 3. Camren Kaminsky (Van Diemen), 1m39.688s, 4. Bob Negron (Van Diemen), 1m40.380s; 5. Les Phillips (Van Diemen), 1m40.540s; 6. Peter Thomas (Van Diemen),
Cal Club News 1m41.730s; 7. Camden Geise (Van Diemen), 1m41.907s; 8. Peter West (Van Diemen), 1m42.628s; 9. Chris Hundley (Van Diemen), 1m43.430s; 10. Nick Kodenko (Van Diemen), 1m43.446. (All use Zetec/Quicksilver engines unless otherwise noted.) F2000 Round 1 (16 laps): 1. Kelley; 2. Cheng +2.395; 3. Negron, +16.108s; 4. Geise, +28.194s; 5. Phillips, +34.458; 6. Thomas, +35.246s.; 7. Kaminsky, +42.945; 8. Hundley, +57.771; 9. West, +58.713s; 10. Kodenko, +1m24.042s. FF Qualifying: 1. Conner Ford (Mygale/Honda), 1m46.049s;
June - 2012 2. Ed Erlandson (Swift/Ford), 1m46.657s; 3. Al Salvo (Mygale/Honda), 1m48.273s; Sage Marie (Piper/Honda), 1m50.068s; Jerry Andersen (Swift/Ford), 1m58.093s. FF Round 5 (14 laps): 1. Ford; 2. Salvo; 3. Erlandson; 4. Andersen; 5. Marie; 6. Roberts. Margin of victory: .2.395s. Winner’s average speed: 93.372 mph. Fastest race lap: Cheng, 1m40.784s, 94.301 mph. Expert class winner (35-50): F2000; Thomas. Sierra Tire Masters class winner (over 50): F2000; Negron. Wine Country Motorsports Hard Charger Award: Geise.
Cheng wins F2000 Round 6 as Ford dominates Formula F
David Cheng on his way to a first place finish in Pacific F2000 round six at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Jerry Andersen Photo
(May 20, 2012) – Buttonwillow Raceway Park was the site of the Pacific F2000/Formula F Super Series Championship Presented by Corsa Car Care round six. Again using the 2.640 mile 14CW track the event was run as part of the Cal Club Region of the SCCA Double Regional weekend and was the first race of the day with an 11:15 start. An 8:30 qualifying session meant cooler temperatures but that didn’t keep the battle for the pole from heating up as
again Bobby Kelley in his #21, A & B Equipment, Dave Freitas Racing Van Diemen and David Cheng, #4 C.J. Wilson’s Children’s Charities, PR1 Van Diemen picked up right where they left off on Saturday trading fast laps. Again it was Kelley who finally prevailed to wrest the pole away from Cheng with a lap of 1m40.277s. The second row of the grid was made up of Camren Kaminsky in the #34 PR1 Van Diemen and Bob Negron, #9 continued on next page
June - 2012 Terri Negron Web Design Negron Racing Van Diemen with Les Phillips, #2 Swiss Implant, Porterfield Brakes Van Diemen and Camden Geise, #6, DFR Van Diemen in row three, Peter West , #99 Frank Monise Motors Van Diemen and Peter Thomas, #7 Refrigeration Control Co., PR1 Van Diemen in row four and Chris Hundley in the #62 Limousine Connection, DFR Van Diemen and Nick Kodenko, #31 Kodenko Automotive, Kodenko Jeans, Redline Oil, Associated Tire Van Diemen taking up the final row of the grid. In the Formula F group Conner Ford in the #77 JF Excavating & Grading, Western Nevada Supply, Sparco USA, PR1 Motorsports, Mygale/Honda with over a second and a half advantage over Ed Erlandson in the #8 Artwork by Eli, Porter Racing, Loyning, Goodyear Swift DB6/Ford. Al Salvo, #23 Miracle Sealants, Corsa Care, PR1 Mygale/Honda was again third followed by Sage Marie in the #17 Honda Performance Development Piper/Honda and Neil Roberts, #12 Keenan Honda, Think Fast E n g i n e e r i n g , ThinkFastBook.com, Swift DB6/Honda. Kelley took the lead at the green flag and was followed by Cheng, Kaminsky and Geise as the field set off on the first lap. Kelley led lap one followed by Cheng, Kaminsky, Geise, Negron, Phillips, Thomas, Hundley and Kodenko with West having called at the pits to retire with a misfiring engine. The Formula F group was led by Ford, with Salvo, Roberts, Marie, Erlandson, and Andersen. Lap 2 saw Cheng pass Kelley for the lead, a position he would hold for the next several laps and this was also the lap Geise wrested third place away from Kaminsky as the pair fought for third place and Negron dropped from fifth
Cal Club News to ninth. Cheng led until lap seven when Kelley was able to take a short lived lead as Cheng was back in the lead on the next lap and held on to the end scoring a seventh win in the series for the Sammamish, Washington resident by a comfortable 5.817 seconds over Kelley. Geise and Kaminsky managed to break away from the field in the battle to claim the final step of the podium. After a brief exchange of positions on lap eleven, Geise regained the spot on the next lap and held on to take a fine third place finish with Kaminsky fourth. Fifth place went to Negron, who after dropping to ninth worked his way back to fifth by getting by Thomas, who spun on lap three, and Kodenko. He trailed Hundley for three laps before passing him and got his final spot when Phillips spun and got high centered with four laps to go. Negron again claimed the Master Class (drivers 51 and over) honors. Sixth and seventh went to Hundley, hoping to enjoy more series events, and Kodenko with Thomas claiming eight spot and the Expert Class (drivers 35-50) win. Formula F honors again went to Conner Ford who was un-harried in his cruise to victory, claiming his fifth win and a commanding lead in the title chase. Behind Ford in the race for second it was Salvo who prevailed but not without fending off the challenges first of Marie and then Roberts as the Honda powered cars fought it out to see which would stand on the podium as Honda swept the first four places. Salvo held on for second followed by Roberts, who took his first podium after a sixteen year layoff and Marie. Erlandson would up fifth on three cylinders and Andersen was sixth. The series is at the mid-
Page 19 way point and now moves on to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California as it begins the final run for the championship on June 9-10. F2000 Qualifying: 1. Bobby Kelley (Van Diemen), 1m40.277s; 2. David Cheng (Van Diemen), 1m40.463; 3. Camren Kaminsky (Van Diemen), 1m40.935s, 4. Bob Negron (Van Diemen), 1m41.418s; 5. Les Phillips (Van Diemen), 1m41.598s; 6. Camden Geise (Van Diemen), 1m42.062s; 7. Peter West (Van Diemen), 1m42.998s; 8. Peter Thomas (Van Diemen), 1m43.670s; 9. Chris Hundley (Van Diemen), 1m43.994s; 10. Nick Kodenko (Van Diemen), 1m44.961. (All use Zetec/Quicksilver engines unless otherwise noted.) F2000 Round 1 (16 laps): 1. Cheng; 2. Kelley +5.817; 3. Geise, +20.488s; 4. Kaminsky, +24.730s; 5. Negron, +34.327; 6. Hundley, +41.852s.; 7. Kodenko, +1m22.413s; 8. Thomas, +1m34.947s; 9. Phillips, +4 laps; 10. West, +15 laps. FF Qualifying: 1. Conner Ford (Mygale/Honda), 1m46.508s; 2. Ed Erlandson (Swift/Ford), 1m48.270s; 3. Al Salvo (Mygale/Honda), 1m48.509s; Sage Marie (Piper/Honda), 1m50.751s; Neil Roberts (Swift/Honda), 1m50.866s. FF Round 5 (14 laps): 1. Ford; 2. Salvo; 3. Roberts; 4. Marie; 5. Erlandson; 6. Andersen. Margin of victory: .5.817s. Winner’s average speed: 92.337 mph. Fastest race lap: Cheng, 1m41.658s, 93.490 mph. Expert class winner (35-50): F2000; Thomas. Sierra Tire Masters class winner (over 50): F2000; Negron. Wine Country Motorsports Hard Charger Award: None. Follow us on twitter @PacificF2000.
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2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Highlights By Larry Mason The IZOD IndyCar Series finally arrived in Long Beach with a new chassis and with turbocharged power plants from Chevy, Honda, and Lotus. Gone with the wind was “Danicar” replaced by a driver with three times as many Twitter followers as his teammate Tony Kanaan. Of course the arrival of Rubens Barrichello brought a much needed boost to the series both domestically and internationally. Additionally, the “Mayor of Hinchtown” James Hinchcliffe infused the media with his sense of humor and showed off his outright speed. Friday was essentially a washout, so the experience level played a role in getting up to speed quickly for the precious track time Saturday and Sunday. Of course, being Long Beach, the sun and the crowds were shining brightly for those weekend days. IZOD IndyCar Series I was looking forward to seeing the new cars in person to see if they were as “ugly” (strictly my opinion, yet shared by many) as they looked in the photos I had seen. Unfortunately for me, seeing them in person did nothing to change my opinion. Well at least they’re back to being turbocharged. However, with their limited horsepower, they didn’t rocket off of the hairpin like the Champ Cars used to. Furthermore, they weren’t hitting big speed numbers at the end of Shoreline Drive. Well, at least they switched to carbon brakes so they’d have greater braking performance at the end of the long straights. Again, I was surprised to see that the drivers weren’t braking any later then they had in previous years. At this point you’re probably thinking, “Does Larry have anything good to say about
Josef Newgarden’s brief foray to the front of the field ended just a few yards later stuffed into the Turn 1 tire barrier. Larry Mason Photo
this?” The answer is yes. From a racing standpoint, the entire field put on a tremendous show with lots of passing throughout the race. Different pit strategies led to fuel saving for some, and sprints for others, mixing up the field. One other factor that played a role in the excitement was the fact that all of the Chevy powered drivers were docked 10 spots from their qualifying times due to an unauthorized engine change dictated by Chevrolet after the Sears Point open test. This allowed Dario Franchitti to “grab pole position” with rookie Josef Newgarden driving for the underfunded Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing team to share the front row. Before I get to the start of the race, let me begin and end the story of the Lotus powered cars. It didn’t matter where they started as they were either going to drop out with mechanical issues or fall to the back due to being uncompetitive. It’s a sad but true story and the current state of affairs. Friday was essentially a washout although in the morning wet, but drying practice;
Marco Andretti put a set of slicks on a few minutes from the end and set the quickest time. In the afternoon qualifying, only the Target Chip Ganassi duo of Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon braved the weather. Franchitti did one lap and Dixon hit the wall. Firestone Fast Six qualifying saw Ryan Briscoe earn the pole position just a tenth ahead of his teammate Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay. I asked Franchitti at the post-qualifying press conference how much the track had changed during the session. He answered, “It normally changes a lot anyway with all of the rubber going down because of the Firestone Reds. But I think it probably changed more than in years past because there was the green track, there was no rubber. Yeah, as the session went on, as different sessions went on, it definitely changed more than I’ve seen here in the past.” After he left the microphone, I also asked him about the differences he sees with the Honda and Chevy powerplants and he continued on next page
June - 2012 snapped back, “I don’t know, I’m not driving a Chevy.” I pushed for more information saying, Yeah, but you’ve been on the track with them; is there any place where you notice a difference?” He just looked at me and snarled his nose. . . I asked Newgarden basically the same question and he also sidestepped the answer. I went up to him after he had left the podium’s microphone and said that perhaps he had misunderstood my question. He told me that he hadn’t but he wasn’t able to talk about it. He had to be politically correct. Not that I was looking to spear the hearts of an engine manufacturer, but come on guys, just state the facts. If the competition is faster off the slow corners or the end of the straights, just say so. Sorry, I digress. . . Ryan Briscoe talked about how physical the new car and track combination is and how that’s visible from the in-car cameras. “Yeah, I think it’s cool, I think we were carrying four cameras on our cars each this weekend. It gives everyone a good view of all of the different dynamics going on. One is how physical it is, you see that through the wheel. Every bump, you sort of feel that through the steering wheel, and you need to be fit and you need to be strong; part of IndyCar racing.” At the start Newgarden drafted past and out-braked Franchitti into Turn 1. As you know, two-wide into T1 doesn’t usually end up well. Ditto for Newgarden. Whether or not there was contact, Newgarden stuffed it into the driver’s right tire barrier as Franchitti rushed away. All was not right though with the four-time series champ. He never seemed to have the speed in his car during the race to compete for the win. After the caution, Justin Wilson took advantage and jumped out to the lead and started pulling away. The Long Beach snake-bit driver who’s always run well here to seemingly always end up with some issue or another, held the lead
Cal Club News for 15 laps building a gap as large as seven seconds in the process. Wilson set the second-fastest lap of the day (and fastest of the Honda powered cars) but due to pit issues and fuel strategy wound up 10th. The race really came to a head during the last few laps as Takuma Sato was saving fuel in second place behind Power. With five laps to go Pagenaud passed Sato for second place just over five seconds behind Power. Pagenaud put on a heck of a drive taking over a second a lap out of Power’s lead. This was going to go down to the wire. On the last lap Pagenaud was one second behind and charging hard but he wasn’t the only one. Hunter-Reay tried to pass Sato into Turn 6 and punted him into a spin. Meanwhile, Power had saved enough fuel that the Penske team told him to use as much fuel as he needed to go as fast as he wanted. He did just that and narrowly held his advantage at the checkers.
Page 21 The race took a penaltyinfused twist from the HunterReay/Sato incident. Hinchcliffe moved past Sato and with Hunter-Reay’s 30-second penalty for avoidable contact, the “Mayor of Hinchtown” snared the final step of the podium. In the post-race press conference, Hinchcliffe and Pagenaud put on a comedy routine with Hinchcliffe making faces while Pagenaud looked the other way. Pagenaud was in a good mood anyway as he had scored his best-ever finish in the IZOD IndyCar Series. As those two departed, Power came to the podium and answered one question about his drive from 12th on the grid to victory that stunned many of the onlookers. “I go into every season thinking that there's no way I can win another race,” Power said, “I don't know why I feel like that, but I do, and that's always - I guess I have an insecurity or something or I don't believe in myself enough.
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James Hinchcliffe, Will Power, and Simon Pagenaud celebrate the spoils of Victory Circle. Larry Mason Photo
Yeah, that's always my feeling.” Apparently that insecurity serves him well behind the wheel of an IndyCar. . . Firestone Indy Lights Sebastian Saavedra returned from the IZOD IndyCar Series to compete again in Firestone Indy Lights. That risky move down a level seemed to pay dividends when he earned the pole position with a late flying lap. Esteban Guerrieri who had pole last year qualified second and when I saw his car on the warm-up lap I knew he would be in front soon. He was running a low down-force setup that was clearly visible looking at his rear wing compared to Saavedra. Sure enough, he used that extra speed to his advantage at the drop of the green down Shoreline Drive and never looked back. Not to say he cruised to an easy victory - not at all. He was driving what looked like qualifying laps all race long on the ragged edge sawing at the wheel pushing that Dallara for all it had. Compared to last year, he made no mistakes. With a year of experience under his belt, he parlayed that knowledge into a well-earned victory. Tristan Vautier who won the race in St. Pete crashed his car in Turn 5 during qualifying. FIL officials penalized the
Tristan Vautier overcame this crash damage and a penalty of a lost fast lap in qualifying to charge from 7th on the grid to finish 3rd. Larry Mason Photo
Esteban Guerrieri pushed hard right from the start to earn the victory in Firestone Indy Lights. Larry Mason Photo
Frenchman for “qualifying interference” and he lost his fastest lap of the session. The Sam Schmidt crew got to work and
Vautier drove a heady race to finish 3rd after starting 7th. In the post-race press conference, Guerrieri praised the
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Cal Club News
Off track excitement for Mike Corzine – winner of the Ugly Hawaiian Shirt contest – getting interviewed here by track announcer Terry Clanton. His prize? A ride in the pace car next year! Larry Mason Photo
new-spec Firestone tires, “It’s good for the Firestone Indy Lights series that the tires go off in the end so you have to manage them - you have to think in the car. It’s not always 100 percent, and you have to drive it, which is the most difficult part. I’m very happy to be able to win.” Tequila Patron American Le Mans Series With qualifying washed out, the starting grid was based on championship points. The cars in this series are gorgeous, the sounds can be scintillating, however the top classes in this series is still underdeveloped in the sheer numbers category. Only three cars entered in LMP1, and four in LMP2 makes you think that they should go back to one combined group of LMP. The LMPC category had eight cars entered and even finished third through fifth overall. The GT class is always strong with multiple manufacturers while the GTC field for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars rounded out the field with six entries. In the race, the Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03a Honda driven by Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf were able to best the “pole” starting Chris Dyson and Guy Smith Lola B12/60 Mazda. The LMPC Oreca FLM 09 driven by Alex Popow and Ryan Dalziel finished 3rd overall followed by
Memo Gidley/Michael Guasch. The GT class Corvette of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner finished 6th overall followed by the GT BMW of Joey Hand/ Dirk Muller and the Ferrari of Scott Sharp/Johannes Van Overbeek. The first LMP2 car (Honda ARX) finished 10th overall and was driven by Scott Tucker and Christophe Bouchout. The next closest P2 car was 17th overall – the Morgan of Martin Plowman/David Heinmeier Hansson. In GTC, Peter LaSaffre and Damien Faulkner edged the Cooper MacNeil/Leh Keen duo for the win. Toyota Pro/Celebrity With qualifying rained out, the grid was set based on practice times. Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) was presented with the People Pole Award and named the charity “One Heart Source” in Africa as the designee of his $15,000 award. Second quick was Adam Carolla (Adam Carolla Show) while in the Pro division, drifter Frederic Asabø went a wee bit quicker than last year’s celebrity winner (and this year driving as a Pro) William Fichtner (Entourage). In the race, Carolla stalked Coates and was able to take the lead out-braking Coates into Turn 1 on fourth lap. Meanwhile, Asabø was weav-
Page 23 ing his way through the field after starting 30 seconds back with the rest of the Pros. Carolla wasn’t done racing yet as Hill Harper (CSI: NY) raced his way through the field after starting eighth to battle with Carolla. Harper tried in vain to pass Carolla even giving him a wee bit of a love tap going into Turn 8 a couple of laps from the end but couldn’t complete the pass. He ended up finishing just under a second behind at the checkers. Asabø held off Fichtner for the win in the Pro division after Bryan Clauson, who was running second, pounded the tire barrier in Turn 8 trying to pass a slower celebrity. Carolla said afterwards, “It’s a really amazing feeling to win. And I’m also thrilled to benefit the kids at the children’s hospitals – and also the parents, who are by their kid’s side around the clock. This win is for the parents!” Pirelli World Challenge A stellar start by GT pole-sitter Randy Pobst in his AWD Volvo S60 was not enough to keep a determined Andy Pilgrim in his Cadillac CTS-V from pouncing at the end of Shoreline Drive a short time into the race. From there, Pilgrim cruised to victory while Pobst had to settle for second and the sister Cadillac driven by Johnny O’Connell rounded out the podium. In the GTS category, Jack Baldwin of SCCA Trans-Am fame made a tremendous start in his Porsche Cayman and drove by pole-sitter Peter Cunningham’s Acura TSX and multiple GT competitors to win wire-to-wire. Near the end, Justin Bell (Los Angeles) was making a charge in his Ford Mustang Boss 302S but couldn’t get close enough to the wily veteran. Other California drivers competing over the weekend included: Dino Crescentini, James Sofronas, Tomy Drissi, Anders Hainer, Brent Holden, and Nick Esayian.
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Road Rally Results - First Friday Niter Cal Club/Santa Monica Sports Car Club April 6, 2012 Place Driver/Navigator
Car
CLASS A *1 Joe Akerman/Nathan Harris 2 Paul McGaffey/Ron Dunlop
Club
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4 Total
Subaru ITN COBRA ITN
0.01 0.27
0.02 2.27
0.56 0.51
2.32 2.58
2.91 5.63
CLASS B 1 Patrick Strong/Andrew Schark
BMW
SMSCC/SCCA
0.12
2.29
0.68
1.81
4.90
CLASS C *1 Larry Boone/Jenny Boone 2C Jorge Lopez/Weena Lopez 3 Kevin Ayers/Sean Ayers 4 Jonathan Arcilla/Gayle Arcilla 5 Lance Pekala/Doug Folkerts 6 Cathy Robson/Bill Leflang
Toyota Mini BMW MBZ BMW Dodge
Pumkin Rally Team 0.53 SCCA 0.03 ITN/SMSCC/PCA 0.08 0.26 0.66 PCA 0.71
1.93 2.30 2.65 2.22 1.60 1.39
0.28 0.88 0.98 1.04 3.05 0.39
0.41 2.29 2.32 2.62 1.65 5.00
3.15 5.50 6.03 6.14 6.96 7.49
CLASS D *1D Ross Flores/Ryan Flores 2 Carol Janes/Kathy Eskritt 3 Rafael Trias/Kevin Bentley 4 Rene Gimenez/Stephanie Gimenez 5 Aron Cantrell/Rob Flores
BMW Scion Subaru Chev Mitsu
SCCA SCCA SCCA SCCA
0.14 0.28 1.71 0.32 3.48
1.25 0.85 0.25 1.57 1.50
0.85 3.35 5.00 2.51 2.76
3.16 5.63 7.29 9.38 12.69
0.92 1.15 0.33 4.98 4.95
Board of Governors Meeting Minutes April, 2012
Call to order - 6:34 p.m. Present – Penelope Coy, Linda Haneline Ellen Lowery, Les Phillips, John Snow, Gayle Jardine, Oli Thordarson, Jon French, John Stott Approved minutes – Lowery/Phillips Approved unanimously Financial – Les Reports sent out. Doing pretty well so far this year. Old Business: Vintage Group – Les - No progress yet. Still working on it. Push Bumpers – Our trucks need them for moving tires at Long Beach. Will not be used for pushing cars. Ceci will ask Mike Lawler to investigate the cost. LBGP – Went well. Frank Barcelona, Willy Patterson and Roger Littell did a great job. Roger is willing to continue. Fire Extinguishers were all serviced in exchange for passes. Some may need replacing. New Business Andy Porterfield – Should retire the #5 GT1. Commemorative Stickers will be ready for the Super Tour weekend. Leo Sismani is donating a number of them. Super Tour: 89 entries so far. National office working with us to get the National License process faster. AMB Decoder Offer – Ellen led discussion on how they work, what we use and if we need new. She will get more information. Features for Blast – Jon French would like to see feature on members, starting with the board, for the e-mail blasts. Ceci and Jon will work on questions. Move to adjourn. Les/Snow Approved unanimously Respectfully Submitted Linda Haneline Secretary
7:16 p.m.
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Road Rally July 6, 2012 Start: Bank of America, Mission Hills
(North San Fernando Valley), 1/2 mile east of I-405 on Devonshire.
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Cal Club Road Race Points Tally
2012 Regional Standings Class Name
AS QUALLS, CHRIS
Pts. #Rcs
72
6
T1 CAMANO, AL THORDARSON, OLI MATTHEWS, CHUCK MERRILL, MATT BENEDETTI, ROY SCHERTEER, JOHN KAHN, ROBERT DAVIS, KEN
56 30 28 21 18 12 9 7
6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1
RS BISHOP, JIM
33
3
LARSSON, TOBY
12
1
ITA BAUER, ALEX 72 58 MOLLNO, WESLEY 45 FELIX, DARWIN LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD 44 WANG, LOUIS 25 PLUM, RYAN 18 NAZARIN, ED 17 15 LEUKHARDT. ALAN KAZANJIAN, RAFFI 13 MCEACHEAN, JACK 12 CHIAPPETA, MICHAEL 10 NIEBLA, RAMON 9 LE CREN, DAVID 7 JOHNK, CARL 7 CHAMPLIN, STEVEN 7 DROESE, BRANDON 6 CORSIGLIA, NICK 5 ZATERMAN, KAREN 4 LINDSAY, ROBERT 3 SCHWARTZBURG, MITCH 2
8 6 7 6 6 2 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 2
SSB FERRETI, DEREK 12
1
SSC LIU, CALVIN FERRETTI, DEREK RICHARDS, ROY
24 9 12
2 1 1
ITS
48
4
24 24 12 9 0
2 2 1 1 0
SGT2 NIEBLA, RAMON 12
1
PRO 7 SHEEK, LONNY DANIELS, DEREK RUEFF, JIM SHEA, RICK HAMPSON, JOHN
4 2 2 1 2
GRESS, JASON
ITE NORRIS, JOHN GASSEN, PAUL CHAN, ANDY MALLORY, ROY CALCAGNIE, KEITH
104 52 52 28 28
S944 ANDRAS, LORNE 12
1
GT1 KELLEY, KYLE LEWIS, MICHAEL
24 0
2 0
GT2 JOINER, ERICH GRAHAM, WAYNE PARKER, RICK MORAN, JOE
48 36 12 9
4 4 1 1
GT3 GRAHAM, SCOTT WEIMER, MARK
30 24
3 2
as of May 23
ASC CALLAHAN, KEVIN 50 HINTZ, BRIAN 24 MICHAEL ARNHEITER 18
5 2 2
SP DAVIS, KEN GREEN, ROBERT KELLEY, BOB ASH, BRANDON WALL, RICHARD CAPTANIS, GEORGE ROTHE, CAL KELLEY, KYLE BAILEY, RON DAVIS, MIKE SCHECTZER, JOHN PITT, JOSHUA POWERS, BRUCE
45 40 24 21 16 16 13 12 12 9 9 7 6
4 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
9
1
HP BESTWICK, JAMIE GARVER, RICHARD CZAPLICKI, PAUL ROYALE, PHILIP
45 24 21 9
2 3 1
GTL BOWER, JOHN
24
2
STU SHOEMAKER, DALE KUN YIM, KENNY
24 12
2 1
9 9
1 1
STL SHOEMAKER, DALE ZATERMAN, KAREN
60 9
6 1
FF ERLANDSON, ED KESSINGER, ROGER
24 19
2 2
SF BEACH, ARTHUR
60
5
CF SKEETERS, DAN 24 LINDSTROM, GUNNAR 12
2 1
FV EDWARDS, MARK TURNER, CHARLIE
8 8
EP KARLSON, ROGER
STO DAVIS, BRANDON ANDERSON, JOE
90 73
SRF BALLENGEE, MARK 179 FOSDICK, DENNY 152 STEWART, DOUGLAS 124 DONZEL, PASCAL 114 FRENCH, JON 92 STEIN, AARON 81 MISERENDINO, TOM 58 DOUGLAS, LEE 53 MISERENDINO, MIKE 52 WEBKING, RICK 51 YOUNG, DICK 48 JACKSON, DAVID 46 FOGG, STEVE 42 OLNEY, CHRISTOPHER 35 ACKER, TORDY 29 EGGLETON, KYLE 28 PALLA, DON 26 ACKER, TJ 26 ZAPH, CRAIG 24 MIKKELSEN, JOHN 22 PHETEPLACE, DAVID 12 MCCARTHY, MIKE 8
8 8 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
SM LEE, CLEMENT BAUER, ALEX FELIX, DARWIN WESTMORLAND, GRANT THIBAUT, DON LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD GONG, CURTIS LANGE, MARK MOLLNO, WESLEY NELSON, BILL BRADLEY, SEAN RICHTER, ERIC LEUKHARDT, ALAN PLUM, RYAN NAZARIN, ED HU, FRANCIS NIEBLA, RAMON SWAN, ANGELA GREGORY, STEWART IREY, JAMES BURGOON, ROBERT THOMAS, IAN STEWART, NICHOLAS ALLAN, JOSHUA BONNEY, TIM MARSH, DAVID CHAMPLIN, STEVEN TUCKER, KEN JACKSON, CHARLES MANTEA, MIHA LAFRANCE, TIM O'DONNELL, JAMES
218 170 147 146 108 100 95 84 83 64 52 44 40 38 38 36 36 35 34 29 25 25 21 16 8 8 7 4 1 0 0 0
8 8 8 6 4 7 7 7 6 6 5 3 3 2 6 3 4 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2
DSR WADDELL, JOHN TWEEDLIE, DAVE KUHNS, JAMES ALEXANDER, LEE NICKLIN, PARKER EL NAGA, EAHAB
24 21 13 12 9 7
2 2 2 1 1 1
CSR ALFRED, MICHAEL LOHR, RENE SCHIFINI, JOSEPH MAJORINO, BOB
84 33 33 12
8 4 3 1
S2 MORAN, JOE HOLCOMB, GARY RICH, ROBERT KESTLER, JOHN KAZAMEK, TOM SMITH, WAYNE
36 28 24 18 9 0
3 3 2 2 1 1
FST BOGHOSSIAN, ERIC LEBLANC, LUCIAN
45 12
4 1
FA EMANUEL, CHRIS KAISER, KYLE VEACH, ZACK
58 2 12
6 2 1
FM SCHULTZ, DUTCH HOPE, TOM BROWN, STEVE WESSELINK. PATRICK SEEGMAN, RICHARD PERRY, MITCH LEVER, ED
57 21 21 19 18 14 14
5 2 2 2 2 2 2
FS
24
2
LEVER, ED
To qualify for a Cal Club Regional Championship, a driver MUST finish (half way) a minimum of Seven (7) Cal Club regional races.
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2012 Cal Club Road Race Schedule
Date January 20-22
Event
Track
Porterfield Brakes National/Double Regional
ACS
February 25-26
Double Rational
WSIR
March 22-24 24-25
Super School Double Regional, Time Trials
BRP BRP
April 28-29
BFG Super Tour Double National
BRP
May 19-20
Double Regional/Time Trials
BRP
June 9-10
Double Rational
ACS
September 1-2 Double Rational/Time Trials
BRP
October 6-7 27-28
BRP BRP
Double Regional/Time Trials Pacific Coast Championships
Track References: ACS (Auto Club Speedway), BRP (Buttonwillow Raceway Park), WSIR (Willow Springs International Raceway)
Iron Canyon Motorsports
17225 Sierra Highway, Unit 117
Santa Clarita, CA 91351 Mark Nichols 800.408.1390
info@ironcanyonmotorsports.com Regional Tech License #315036
MBI Racing Inc. 17679 Jumper Street Shafter, California 93263 Mark Ballengee 661.345.8130 mbiracing@ataginternet.com
Regional Tech License #267269
MINCOMP 1041 West 18th Steet, Suite B-101 Costa Mesa, CA92627-4583 Bill Gilcrease 949.650.3058 National Tech License #95824 RM Autosport 10147 Mission Gorge Rd, Suite A3 Santee, CA 92071-3869 Louis Thibaut 619-258-1034 info@rmautomd.com
Regional Tech License #291447
Williams Performance 6947 Speedway Blvd., Unit S 103 Las Vegas, NV 89115 Mike Williams 818.522.9676 mkwhmm@clear.net
Regional Tech License #280871
2012 Cal Club Rally X Schedule
March 31 - Glen Helen RallyX Practice April 1 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship #1 May 19-20 - National Challenge - Glen Helen RallyX Championship #2 & #3 June 2 - Johnson Valley Enduro RallyX Club Meeting
(Pre-Reg Only)
September 15 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship September 16 - #4 Glen Helen Enduro RallyX (Pre-Reg Only) October 20 - Glen Helen RallyX Practice October 21 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship #5
2012 Road Rally Calendar Santa Monica Sports Car Club Feb.3 Feb.11 Feb.15 Feb.25 Mar.2 Mar.14 Mar.17 Apr. 6 Apr.18 Ma.y 4 May16 Jun.1 Jun.13
First Friday Niter checkout Inaugural FFN checkout BofA INAUGURAL BofA First Friday Niter BofA FFN checkout BofA
SMSCC SMSCC SMSCC SMSCC SMSCC SMSCC Training Day San Jacinto ITN First Friday Niter BofA SMSCC FFN checkout BofA SMSCC FFriday Niter BofA SMSCC FFN checkout BofA SMSCC First Friday Niter BofA SMSCC FFN checkout BofA SMSCC
www.smscc.org 310-372-7168 310-372-7168 www.smscc.org www.smscc.org 310-372-7168 www.itnrally.org www.smscc.org 310-372-7168 www.smscc.org 310-372-7168 www.smscc.org 310-372-7168
June - 2012
Road Rally First Friday Niter
Information & Contacts First Friday Niter Road Rallys start at the Bank of America parking lot in Mission Hills (North San Fernando Valley), 1/2 mile east of I-405 on Devonshire. Jeanne English 310.372.7168 www.calclub.com
2012 FFN Road Rally Schedule January 6 February 3 March 2 April 6 May 4 June 1 July 6 August 3 September 7 October 5 November 2 December 7
Road Race Competition Representatives Sports Racers Joe Moran Mjoe1@cox.net
Cal Club News
2012 Cal Club Solo Schedule
January 21-22 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
February 25-26 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
March 17-18 Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
April 14-15
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
May 4-6
El Toro Pro Solo
Orange County Great Park
June 15-17 30-1
SoPac Divisional Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park Orange County Great Park
July 21-22
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
August 4-5 Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
September 22-23 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
October 13-14 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
November 3-4 Practice/Event 23-25 Prac./School/Event
Auto Club Speedway Auto Club Speedway
Improved Touring John B. Norris johnnorris@earthlink.net
Cal Club
Touring/SS Roy Benedetti rsbenedetti@cox.net
Associate Membership Application or Renewal
Pro 7 and SRX-7 Open Spec Racer Ford Doug Stewart dstewart@millerautomotive.com Open Wheel Jerry Andersen Capricorn1@2by2.net Les Phillips lesrace@aol.com Grand Touring Wolfgang Maike wmaike@verizon.net Spec Miata Grant Westmorland grant@pacifictugboats.com Production Open
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(MUST BE CURRENT SCCA MEMBER Name Address City Email
SCCA Membership # Telephone ( ) State Zip New or Renewal Date (please circle one)
Associate Dues: Current SoPac Member/Family - Enter Region of Record
$10
Non - SoPac - Enter Region of Record
$20
Enclosed is my check or money order for $ (Do Not Send Cash) Visa
MC
No.
U.S. Exp. date
Signature Send to: Allan Coy - CSSC Ombudsman Office 10487 Lakeshore Drive Apple Valley, CA 92308
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Cal Club
Board of Governors
Regional Executive Penelope Coy Hm: 760-247-8077 Cell: 760-954-9415 avcoys@verizon.net
Specialty Chiefs
Drivers Instructor - Jim Bishop Cell: 559-779-1007 Jbishop00@aol.com Emergency - John Kielb 562-425-9724 jhnklb@gmail.com
Assistant RE, Solo Gayle Jardine Solo2mom@aol.com
Flagging & Communication Linda Haneline Cell” 760-791-0944 lhaneline@sbcglobal.net
Treasurer – Les Phillips Work: 661-764-5333 Cell: 661-330-4600 lesrace@aol.com Secretary –Linda Haneline Cell: 760-791-0944 lhaneline@sbcglobal.net Jon French Hm: 310-375-1390 jonnywanabe@hotmail.com John Snow 714-656-7266 Snowmnflg24@aol.com John Stott 951-735-9920 Cell: 310-951-3067 John.stott@GM.com
Cal Club
Grid - Joi Robinson Cell: 562-277-6792 Joibird7@yahoo.com Race Chairman - Ceci Smith 661-304-9382 calclubhq@aol.com Deputy Executive Steward John Snow Hm: 714-538-3106 Snomnflg24@aol.com Registration - Penelope Coy Hm: 760-247-8077 Cell: 760-954-9415 avcoys@verizon.net
Ellen Lowery 562-866-4433 eplowery@verizon.net
Specialty Reps. Announcer- Jason Chalfont 951-940-9697 tsdennis@PEOPLEPC.com
Equipment/Worker ServicesJohn Stewart 818-698-4080 stewartjohnm@netscape.net Log - Nelda Snow Hm: 714-538-7147 Photographer - Dennis Baer 661-821-1282 baerimages@yahoo.com Road Rally - Jeanne English Hm: 310.372-7168 Ean21@juno.com Regional Points Keeper Linda Haneline Cell: 760-791-0944 lhaneline@sbcglobal.net
Sound Control - Open
Asst. Race Chairman Casey Geier X2gamble@yahoo.com
Starter - Joe Sepanik Hm: 760-200-9106 joesepanik@aol.com
Solo II - Mike Simanyi mikes@newportacceptance.com
Tech Chief - Chuck Knox 760-835-1187
Ombudsman/Archivist Allan Coy avcoystoo@verizon.net
Timing & Scoring - Ellen Lowery Hm: 562-866-4433 eplowery@verizon.net
Oli Thordarson 714-658-1090 oli@alvaka.net
June - 2012
Assist RE Operations Mark Ballengee Hm: 661-746-4007 Cell: 661-345-8130 mbiracing@atginternet.com
Cal Club presents
DOUBLE RATIONAL ROAD RACE AutoClub Speedway June 9, 2012
March 24 - 25, 2012
www.calclub.com for more information
Pace Car - Steve Lowery commosteve@aol.com Communications - Open Pit Control- Open
Cal Club Office
Office Manager - Ceci Smith 18202 Cal Club Road Buttonwillow, CA 93206 Phone: 661.304.9382 Fax: 562-421-4598 calclubhq@aol.com
Buttonwillow Raceway Park President - Les Phillips 24551 Lerdo Highway, Buttonwillow, CA 93206 Phone: 661-764-5333 Fax: 661-764-5334 lesrace@aol.com
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Around SoPac Division Arizona Border Motonishi earns Gumout Super Challenge at El Toro Pro Solo
Autocross Calendar
IRVINE, Calif. (May 9, 2012) – Longtime top soloist Ken Motonishi had never made it past the round of eight in a Gumout Super Challenge at a Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo event, and wasn’t about to waste a chance to finally grab that elusive win this weekend at the El Toro Pro Solo in Irvine, Calif. Motonishi qualified for the elimination-bracket Gumout Super Challenge as just the fourth-quickest driver in the 26car Street Touring R class. Once in, however, the work was hardly done. Motonishi’s Mazda MX-5 was matched against Andy McKee’s Mazda RX-7. Motonishi knew that McKee’s RX-7 would be much quicker on the second run once the tires were warmed, but was only able to carry a narrow lead after the first pair of runs. By his own accord, Motonishi drove his best lap of the event to keep the margin over McKee and motor on to Round Two. After dodging that bullet, Motonishi was able to settle in and run consistent laps to move through the field. Motonishi disposed of Doug Rowse’s D Street Preparedleading BMW 330 in the second round, and exorcised his round-of-eight demons with a win against Ryan Buetzer’s ChaseCam/Albin Bowling Supply Pontiac Solstice to move into the semi-finals. Not ready to miss an opportunity, Motonishi locked down
Series Event Date Spring 2012 Jan. 29 Spring 2012 Feb. 26 Spring 2012 March 24 Spring 2012 March 25 Spring 2012 April 14 Summer 2012 May 20 Summer 2012 June 24 Summer 2012 July 29 Summer 2012 August 26 Fall 2012 Sept. 30 TBD Oct. 27 Fall 2012 Oct. 28 (Tire Rack Street Nov. 11 Survival School) Fall 2012 Nov. 18 Fall 2012 Dec. 9
2012 Hawaii Big Island Solo Calendar
Ken Motonishi
Morgan Trotter’s Road Tire C2 Motorsports/TheRacersStore.c om Dodge SRT-4 in the round of four. In the opposite bracket, Steve Lau’s A Stock qualifying Porsche Cayman topped bestqualifying Street Modified’s Mike Simanyi (OS Giken/ABL Original Parts BMW M3) to square off with Motonishi in the championship round. While Motonishi was landing the Gumout Super Challenge title, Simanyi bested Trotter for third place. Christine Grice drove her top qualifying Berry Family Racing/Hoosier/OS Giken Mitsubishi Evo to the Ladies Challenge title over Nicole Nagler. Nagler was the top qualifier in Ladies Class 3, driving the Toyo Tires/ProParts USA Honda Civic past Kim Whitener to make the finals. Grice topped Round 1 Ladies Challenge winner Shelly Monfort in the semi-finals. More information on the TireRack SCCA ProSolo Series is available at www.scca.com.
February 5 March 4 March 18 March 15 (run-off) June 16 Awards Banquet New Season July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 Sept. 30
2012 Maui Solo Calendar
Test and Tune # 1: January 22 Race/Event # 1: February 26 Race/Event # 2: March 25 Test and Tune # 2: April 22 Race/Event # 3: May 20 Race/Event # 4: June 24 Race/Event # 5: July 22 Test and Tune # 3: August 26 Race/Event # 6: September 23 Race/Event # 7: October 28
Hawaii (Oahu) Solo Calendar
July 15 July 29 August 12 August 26 September 30 October 21 November 4 November 18 December 16 January 6 January 19-21 (EVO School) February 10 March 31 April 14 (run-off)
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So Pac Division Contacts SCCA DIRECTOR - AREA 11 Michael Lewis lewism@atigrp.com ph: 760-291-1262 X12 fax: 760-291-1267 EXECUTIVE STEWARD Barbara Knox 38-400 Bel Air Drive Cathedral City. CA 92234 760-322-0820 Wk, 760 321 2276 Hm bknox@dc.rr.com DEPUTY STEWARD CAL CLUB John Snow Hm: 714-538-3106 Snomnflg24@aol.com DEPUTY STEWARD ARIZONA Leo Baker 826 Canterbury Dr Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 520-236-2795 sccaone@cox.net DRIVER LICENSING Bill Gilcrease 1041 W 18th Street Unit B-101 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 949 650 3058 Wk, 949 650 0816 Fax mincomp@att.net EMERGENCEY SERVICE -DA Daryl "Crash" Gardner 2429 N. 39th Street Phoenix, AZ 85028-2225 602-708-0081 dunebuttracing@cox.net FLAGGING & COMMO – DA Dan Cain 644 Cypress Circle Redlands, Ca 909-793-0908 dcain_daflag@dslextreme.com MEDICAL SAFETY - DA Jim Malone 2263 East Riverdale Street Mesa, AZ 85213-6751 480-657-7610 jmalone944@cox.net
POINTSKEEPER NATIONAL Bill Haneline P.O. BOX 846 Borrego Springs, CA 92004-846 760-791-0962 760-767-5182 (Fax) SoPacPts@sbcglobal.net RACE CONTROL – DA Heather Baker 826 Canterbury Drive Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 scca1@cox.net SCRUTINEERING – DA Chuck Knox 38-400 Bel Air Drive Cathedral City. CA 92234 760-321-2276 chuckknox@dc.rr.com STARTER – DA Joe Sepanik 78946 Nectarine Drive Palm Desert, CA 92211 Joestarter@aol.com 760.200.9106 HM, 760.200.9126 FAX REGISTRATION DA Heather Baker 826 Cantebury Drive Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 520-234-7517 sccaworker@cox.net SCHEDULING REP Allan Coy avcoystoo@verizon.net SOPAC NEWS ONLINE Craig Young Green Dot Communications 858 Third Ave., #258 Chula Vista, CA 91911 sopaconline@yahoo.com SOUND CONTROL - DA TIMING & SCORING - DA Ellen Lowery 562-866-4433 eplowery@verizon.net WEBMASTER SCCASOPAC.ORG Mary Anne Shults Shults Dot Com 23864 Sycamore Dr Mission Viejo, CA 92691 949 768 2609 mcs@shults.com
June - 2012
SoPac Tracks ACS - Autoclub Speedway (909) 429-5000 BRP - Buttonwillow Raceway Park (661) 764-5333 FIR - Firebird Int’l Raceway (602) 268-0200 HRP - Hawaii Raceway Park (808) 841-6288 IMR - Inde Motorsports Ranch (520) 384-0796 LVMS - Las Vegas Motor Speedway (702) 644-4444 PIR - Phoenix Int’l Raceway (602) 252-3833 WIR - Willow Springs Int’l Raceway (661) 256-2471
SoPac Event Registration AZ - Arizona Region (480) 832-1327 AZ - Arizona Border Region TBA Cal Club - Los Angeles Region 661.304.9382 HI - Hawaii Region (808) 524-0330 LV - Las Vegas Region (702) 368-6926 SD - San Diego Region (858) 748-8693 Guam - Guam Region (671) 734-2971 ext. 309
Around the West San Francisco Region (530) 934-4455 Oregon Region (503) 224-9469
SCCA
Sports Car Club of America
SCCA National Office (800) 770-2055 Fax - 785 357 7222 SCCA Enterprises (303) 693-2111 fax: (303) 680-5633 enterprises@scca.com
June - 2012
SoPac News
2012 SoPac Event Calendar Date Event January 7-8 Hawaii Solo 20-22 Porterfield Brakes National & Double Reg. Road Races 21 RallyCross 21-22 Solo 22 Hawaii Solo
Track
Region
AS
HAWAII
ACS MHC ACS AS
CAL CLUB
February 5 Hawaii Solo 25-26 Solo 25-26 Double Rational Road Race
AS ACS WSIR
HAWAII CAL CLUB CAL CLUB
March 4 10-11 17-18 18 22-24 24-25
AS GH OCGP AS BRP BRP
HAWAII CAL CLUB CAL CLUB HAWAII CAL CLUB CAL CLUB
April 13-15 14-15 15 27-29 28-29 May 4-6 18-20 19-20
Solo/Autocross RallyCross Solo/Autocross Solo/Autocross Road Race Super School Double Regional/Time Trials Grand Prix of Long Beach Solo/Autocross Solo/Autocross (Solo) SoPac National Tour BFG Super Tour Double National Road Race
OCGP AS SS BRP
AZ BORDER
CAL CLUB HAWAII
CAL CLUB HAWAII CAL CLUB
El Toro ProSolo OCGP Rally Cross (National Challenge) GH Double Regional Road Race & Time Trials BRP
CAL CLUB CAL CLUB
June 9-10 15-17 16 30-1
Double Rational Road Race ACS Solo (SoPac Divisional) OCGP Hawaii Solo Awards Banquet Solo/Autocross OCGP
CAL CLUB CAL CLUB HAWAII CAL CLUB
July 21-22
Solo/Autocross
OCGP
CAL CLUB
August 4-5 Solo/Autocross
OCGP
CAL CLUB
September 1-2 Double Rational/Time Trials 15-16 Rally Cross 22-23 Solo/Autocross
BRP GH ACS
CAL CLUB CAL CLUB CAL CLUB
BRP ACS IMR
CAL CLUB CAL CLUB ARIZONA
BRP
CAL CLUB
ACS FIREBIRD ACS
CAL CLUB ARIZONA CAL CLUB
October 6-7 Double Regional Road Race & Time Trials 13-14 Solo/Autocross 13-14 Quad Regional 27-28 Pacific Coast Road Racing Championships November 3-4 Solo/Autocross 17-18 TBA 23-25 Solo/Autocross
CAL CLUB
Track Reference: ACS - (Auto Club Speedway), AS - (Aloha Stadium), GH - (Glen Helen), BRP - (Buttonwillow Raceway Park), IMR - (Inde Motorsports Ranch), MHC - (Musselman Honda Circuit) OCGP - (Orange County Great Park), PIR (Phoenix International Raceway), SS - (Snapdragon Stadium), WSIR - (Willow Springs International Raceway)
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Hotel Guide Buttonwillow Raceway Econolodge Inn & Suites 661-764-5207 20688 Tracy Ave. Red Roof Inn - 661-764-5121 20645 Tracy Ave. Super 8 Motel - 661- 764-5117 20681 Tracy Ave. Motel 6 - 661-764-5153 20638 Tracy Ave.
Willow Springs Rcwy. Lancaster Inn of Lancaster (661) 945-8771 Mojave Motel 6 (661) 824-4571
Autoclub Speedway Official Speedway Hotel Hilton Garden Inn (909) 822-7300 10543 E. Sierra Ave. Fontana
Firebird Raceway Chandler Fairfield Inn - 1-800-228-2800 Wyndham Inn -1-800-WYNDHAM Hampton Inn -1-800-HAMPTON
Inde Motorsports Ranch Willcox Motel 6 - 520-384-2201 Super 8 - 520-384-0888 Days Inn - 520-384-4222 Riteway Motel - 520-384-4655
Baer Images Photography
• Race Photos • Team Shots • Media Kits • Special Events
Dennis Baer
661.821.1282
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2012 SoPac National Road Race Points Standings as of May 15 Name
AS Qualls, Chris T1 Mathews, Chuck Thordarson, Oli Benedetti, Roy Kelley, Kyle Tway, Jim Fung, Carl Kahn, Robert Davis, Ken T2 Brecht, Tom T3 Staal, Matthew
Reg.
Pts/Ood
Name
Lange, Mark Launchbaugh, Todd Gong, Curtis Halpin, Mike CSCC 62 * Molno, Wesley CSCC 42 * Bradley, Sean CSCC 24 LaFrance, Tim Mixon, Lee CSCC 19 CSCC 19 Bonney, Tim Irey, James CSCC 18 SanD 18 Lerner, Preston SanD 4 Leukhardt, Alan Niebla, Ramon O'Donnell, James Thomas, Ian SanD 12 CSCC 36
CSCC 39
ST STO Davis, Brandon
CSCC 12
STU Hoover, Marc Royle, Philip Green, Robert Larsson, Toby Shoemaker, Dale
Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC LasV
STL Burgoon, Tom Skeer, Elliot Westmorland, Grant Mixon, Lee Shoemaker, Dale Molno, Wesley Bottom, Steve Lange, Mark Nelson,Bill Thomas, Ian Niebla, Ramon Lee, Clement Lindsay, Robert
CSCC SanD SanD CSCC LasV CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC LasV
SSB Niffenegger, Lee Crites, Richard
CSCC 36 SanD 19
CSCC CSCC SanD CSCC
39 36 14 9
SM Thibault, Don Lee, Clement Burgoon, Tom Bauer, Alex Skeer, Elliot Vance, Tyler Westmorland, Grant Busk, Dean Nelson,Bill Bradley, Sean
CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC SanD CSCC SanD Ariz CSCC CSCC
36 32 23 22 21 21 20 13 7 5
CSCC CSCC Ariz Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GT1 Kelley, Kyle Lewis, Mike Porterfield, Andy
CSCC 36 SanD 31 CSCC 9
GT2 Joiner, Erich Graham, Waye Parker, Rick
CSCC 60 CSCC 34 Ariz 16
84 * 27 GT3 11 Maike, Wolfgang 11 Henderson, Mike Graham, Scott 9 Gray, Richard Weimer, Mark 34 Droese, Brandon 21 21 GTL 18 Bower, John 14 Fazzi, Michael 12 Gilcrease, Bill 7 7 EP 6 Gist, Gary 5 Karlson, Roger 2 0 FP 0 Linn, Brian Murph, Gary
SSC Husting, Brian Marie, Sage Ludeke, Rudy Niffenegger, Lee
Reg. Pts/Ood
CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
51 51 23 23 14 10
Name
CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CSR Schifini, Joe Lohr, Rene Alfred, Michael Simons, Don
CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
54 44 21 13
DSR Alexander, Lee Botkin, Henry Tweedlie, Dave Nicklin, Steve Ferguson, Ellen
CSCC SanD CSCC CSCC CSCC
57 28 23 18 14 *
S2 Moran, Joe Ferguson, David Kestler, John Guenther, Ed Holcomb, Gary Hanssen, Stu Ellsworth, Sterling Anderson, Jeff Smith, Wayne Rich, Robert Lovenson, Bob Owens, Laird
CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
54 26 18 17 16 10 8 6 6 4 3 0
CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
57 39 14 11 11 0
FM Brown, Steve Hope, Tom Drew, Brad Lever, Edward SanD 30 * Wesselink, PJ CSCC 30 Schultz, Dutch FA Emanuel, Chris
CSCC 54
FB Smith, Corey
CSCC 14 *
FC Johnston, Dion
CSCC 9
HP Isley, Jason Bestwick, Jamie Wittman, Gary Shaver, Leroy
SanD CSCC CSCC CSCC
SRF Miserendino, Mike Acker, TJ Marino, Paul Zaph, Craig Ballengee, Mark Miserendino, Tom Willes, Jack Eggleton, Kyle Flemming, Lee Stewart, Doug Williams, Marty French, John Reeder, Craig
FF CSCC 57 * Erlandson, Ed Shippert, Ethan CSCC 43 CSCC 24 * Barron, John CSCC 19 * Brenner, Douglas Bannatyne, Bryce CSCC 17 Kessinger, Roger CSCC 13 FV Wake, Ron CSCC 10 Edwards, Mark CSCC 7 Turner, Charlie CSCC 6 Manthe, Don CSCC 3 CSCC 3 F500 CSCC 2 Rolfe, Gene Ariz 2
45 41 24 13
Pts/Ood
Pheteplace, David Acker, Tordy Donzel, Pascal Fosdick, Denny McCarthy, Mike Mikkelsen, John Webking, Rick
CSCC 36 CSCC 31 CSCC 18
CSCC 55 CSCC 0
Reg.
CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC
57 36 * 16 16 9 5 57 * 30 23 8
LasV
18
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SCCA Competition License Waiver Request Checklist The following checklist will help you prepare a package requesting an SCCA License Waiver (not an SCCA Pro Racing License). Providing all of the necessary paperwork should ensure your request is considered in an ppropriate time frame, and hopefully, without delays. Under normal circumstances, allow 30 days to receive your license. Please don’t wait until the last minute! All forms may be obtained at www.scca.com or from SCCA Central Licensing, (800) 770-2055. Please make copies of the entire waiver package and forward the originals! 1. LETTER FROM DRIVER REQUESTING A WAIVER. Required per GCR. 2. COMPETITION RESUME. A historical o v e r v i e w, i n c h r o n o l o g i c a l o r d e r, o f y o u r ra c i n g b a c k g r o u n d . P l e a s e i n c l u d e d a t e s , t ra c k , c l a s s , t y p e o f e v e n t a n d f i n i s h i n g p o s i t i o n s . A l s o, l i s t a n y ra c i n g r e f e r e n c e s b y n a m e w i t h p h o n e n u m ber (include licensed competition drivers that you have competed against). 3. PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR MOST RECENT COMPETITION LICENSE! Not providing this will delay your waiver request! 4. LICENSE APPLICATION. Please read both sides of this form thoroughly, following all instructions. 5. SCCA PHYSICAL FORM, IF REQUIRED PER SCCA. Again, read all instructions. Complete your portion of the
form, ensuring you have explained any “yes” answers. PLEASE NOTE: All examining physician items must be completed, including “Recommendation for Licensing”. The examining physicians name and address must be stamped or printed so it is readable! 6. SCCA MEMBERSHIP. Must be current. Be sure to enclose, if a membership is due for renewal. 7. LICENSE & WAIVER FEE PAYMENT. Check or credit card made payable to SCCA for license. Be sure amount equals all fees due, including license, membership and “Special Handling” (if required). SECOND CHECK (Sorry, credit cards can not be accepted for divisional waiver fee) made payable to SoPac Division SCCA in the amount of $25.00 for the waiver fee. 8. STAMPED ENVELOPE Addressed to: SCCACentral Licensing P.O. BOX 19400 Topeka, Ks. 66619-0400 PLEASE NOTE: Verify that adequate postage is affixed – one stamp is not enough. 9. Mail all of the above to: note: e-mails and faxes can not be accepted! Bill Gilcrease, SoPac Licensing Chairman 1041 West 18th Street B101 Costa Mesa, Ca. 92627-4583 - Phone: (949) 650-3058
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SoPac News Classifieds CLOSED WHEEL
1986 Volkswagen Scirocco 16V - Turn Key ITA Race Car, Built by Eurosport in Anaheim , California. Compete in SCCA Improved Touring class A (ITA). Current SCCA log book. Can be raced at NASA events. 81.5mm Bore x 86.4mm Stroke. Quaife limited slip differential. Custom roll cage (1.5” diameter, .095” thickness). Custom ceramic headers. Corbeau racing seat. Corbeau 5 point safety harness. BBS wheels with Toyo Proxy tires. Many podium finishes. No DNFs. Original clean California car with no rust. Original paint still in good shape. Has a few dents and scratches, but the body is in great shape overall. Asking $7,500. I also have a dual axel 17’utility trailer that I use to haul the car to the track. It has new tires and it fits in a standard garage with room to spare. $1,500.00 if interested. Please call Vic at 818-667-2025 or email: clubracerx@yahoo.com.
Toyota Tercel SCCA GT Lite road race car in excellent condition for sale. Full tube frame chassis with no damage. Fresh tires and 1800cc dry sump engine with fuel injection and full engine management system. Custom fiberglass air box. Adjustable shocks with remote reservoirs, trans and diff pumps/coolers. Fiberglass body in excellent condition. G Force dog ring 5 spd. transmission and Speedway Engineering “Super Max” quick change differential with extra gear sets. Two sets Duralite wheels, Wilwood disc brakes, Tilton adjustable pedal assembly, Autometer gauges. Comes complete with spares, set up information , wheel scales, alignment tools and complete pit support package. Does not include trailer. $18,500.00 obo Multiple wins, track records and fast laps at Buttonwillow and Willow Springs raceways. Last win at Pacific Coast Road Racing Championships on October 29-30 2011. Competitive and reliable. Fully sorted and ready to race. www.flickr.com/photos/68teamtercel/
Contact: paulmartin9@cox.net FOR SALE – 1983 PORSCHE 944 RACECAR. SCCA & POC legal and competitive. Multi race winner in POC (R9S) and SCCA (S944). Suitable for SCCA (ITA or S944), POC (R9S and GSR), NASA (944 Spec) NEW: Sachs clutch, fuel pump, ignition coil, Braille battery (weighs only 7 lbs), G Force 5 point safety harness with “Camlock” release, rear anti-roll bar. Quick disconnect MOMO steering wheel. Mallory tachometer with shift light and rev limiter. K & N air filter. 944 Turbo oil cooler. Koni Sport adjustable shock absorbers. 30 mm rear torsion bars. 400 lbs/in. Eibach front springs. Front strut brace. 944 S fifth gear (shorter than stock). Kirk racing seat. Complete 6 point roll cage –welded to A pillar, reinforced floor mountings, with door bars. Drilled brake rotors, s.s. brake hoses, Hawk race brake pads (like new). Engine and transaxle dry as a bone, no leaks. Corner balanced and aligned, ready to race. Extra parts include: set of wheels, complete long block, 2 complete cylinder heads, camshaft, Bursch header. Very clean car, $8500. Call Frank @ 714.545.2755 or e-mail frank@hausofperformance.com
2002 SPEC MIATA Built Spec Miata with the highest quality parts. This car was purchased for developing our RLC Racing systems. The car comes with one of our Micro Pod Lites in the car, along with : 4 EGT sensors, brake sensor, and throttle position sensor. This is a great car that is race ready. It has two seats mounted; one can be removed for racing. Brand new race engine built by Rush Motorsports with only 1 weekend on it (NOT rebuilt). Brand new transmission and brand new clutch with only 1 weekend (NOT rebuilt). We are also including 2 fully working spare engines that are not blown. Plus 1 spare rebuilt transmission is ready to go. Total package $15,000 OBO See more: http://rlcracing.com/classified-ads/spec_miata.html
Contact : eric@rlcracing.com 512-970-5163
1999 T1 CORVETTE FOR SALE Upgraded by Doug Rippie of RPM Motorsports to SCCA T-1 rules. Raced SCCA in 1999 thru 2001. 7000 miles, 400 hp. Full Cage, Sparco racing seat, Crow 5-point competition harness, T-1 Suspension kit, 10 lb. fire system, Accusump and oil cooler on engine, diff cooler and pump. Brakes have stainless steel pistons and calipers, braided brake lines. Custom wheels and Run Flat tires. Two sets of race wheels. Titled and registered in Arizona. Original chassis dyno was 280HP. Raced in Arizona and California for 2 seasons. T-1 track records at Buttonwillow and Willow Springs. Located in Indio and available anytime. $25,900.00 760-250-8956 kevin.crescent@gmail.com
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Motorhome - 2005 Mandalay 40’, 4 slides, 38,970 miles, 350 hp Cat power. Racecar 1994 Victory Circle Olds Cutlass body, 358cci Chevy, 500 hp Ford 9 inch. Podium finishes 13 consecutive years in SoPac Division Enclosed Trailer 20’ Pace American Package deal $115,000 Will consider separate sales. Contact Ron Bailey rebo92539@sbcglobal.net Trans Am/GT-1 Road Race Camaro - Real kevlar + glass Wide Body Trans Am. Tube chassis, QC, SB Chev., 3-spd., dry sump, etc. Former Mid-Western Council GT-1 Champion. Sorted, track ready - not just a roller. Great car, exceptional price! $8900 (805) 466-1015 or automojo@hughes.net
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CLOSED WHEEL 1990 Nissan NX2000 - Multiple race winner in NASA's SE-R Cup. Now runs in PTD. Light weight 2105lbs w/ half tank, lexan windows, real carbon fiber hood with heat extractor, Wilwood front brakes, excellent cage. Toyo RA1's. I'm in the car more than 12K. Need to sell $4,500 OBO. Jason (951) 315-3710 or Jason@UnbalancedEngineering.c om ‘99 Spec Miata for sale Originally built by RDR (Robert Davis Racing) for Mazda. This car was never a street car: Mazda provided the new chassis to RDR, it started as a showroom Stock and was converted by RDR to a SM. It was the “showcar” for mazda, owned by Nick Esayian (world challenge acura/BMW racer), who ran it 1 year in SSB. I bought it from Nick. Serviced improved by Rush and Motorsport. No expense spared. I don’t abuse the car, I am a short shifter!, being just a mid pack racer I never needed to push the car beyond normal since the driver was the slower part of the combination…!! Over the years I have done maybe 23 races a year on averageCar comes with 3 sets of matching wheels, all tires in good shape, some with only 1 week end, I always rotate my sets through heat cycles. Car set up for 6'4” driver. Cool suit set up in trunk with hoses to front and switch on dash. Asking $18,000 with all wheels. OBO Make me a reasonable offer.
OPEN WHEEL 2004 Pro Formula Mazda The car was only used for testing our RLC Racing products. A total of 10 race weekends in the log book. The last couple years we have used it just for trade shows. It has a custom beautiful paint job on it that has never seen the track. The car was completely prepped for the track. The car includes a full RLC Racing Micro Pod Sport with 822 DACX with every type of sensor available. Brand new sealed engine straight from Star Mazda with the fuel rails in a case. 3 sets of rims, 1 set of rain tires, and 4 new sets of slicks. The car still has all of its original body that has never been in an accident. $15K+ in spare parts. Total package $75,000 OBO See more: http://rlcracing.com/classified-ads/pro_mazda.html
Contact : eric@rlcracing.com 512-970-5163
1973 TUI BH-3 Formula Super Vee Manufactured in England, assembled in Germany, #6 of 12 produced. Built for the BOSCH Formula Super Vee Series. Fresh 2387cc, SCAT case, new heads/intakes, Weber carbs. Moncoque construction tub. Inboard rear brakes. Adjustable rear wing from cockpit. Open Trailer included. Currently used in SCCA BMod AUTOX. $16,450 obo. Rick 619-440-2689, San Diego. Van Dieman RF92 Formula Ford – Quicksilver Engine with LD202 Transmission. Willians Harness certified thru 2012. Oz Wheels, Rain Tires, Penske Shocks, and assorted spares. Includes log book, set up info and charts plus receipts. $11,999 OBO San Diego email: wmwalls@roadrunner.com
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Tilton Triple Disk Clutch Flywheel 153 tooth flywheel, 7.25 inch 3disk clutch, 18.5 lbs., Clutch and flywheel are a unit. Pictures available. As new, used for 5 runs. Cost $1300, for sale for $650. Rick 619-440-2689, San Diego. 3 Radios Setup - RaceTec Racing Communications Comes with 3 (three) Motorola radios; 1 (one) in-car in-helmet mic and ear set up; 2 (two) crew radios complete with padded headphones and mics; batteries, 2 (two) battery chargers; and a custom-fitted, padded, metal carrying case. Like new. Used maybe a half dozen times. $900 obo. Chris (858) 4424446 or e-mail chris@hptconsultants.com
Motorhomes Trailers 2006 Racecar ToyHauler Funrunner Titan 24'. 10,000# axles. dove tail for low profile vehicles, Sleeps 6. Full options: Awning, Stabilysers, 500 w outsie lamps, electric jack, TV shelf, Full kitchen, Shower, toilet, AC/Heater, Outboard Generator, Custom Carpet, Aluminum Diamond plates, Graphite inside and out. $13,500 562-673-4331
Cal Club RallyX Championship #4 Sept. 15 -16, 2012
Glen Helen Raceway Win trophies, medals, gift cards, apparel, cash prizes, plus have tons of fun. For more info see the website at:CalClubRallyX.com or e-mail RallyCross chair woodrufj@jaycomservices.com