Tarheel Sports Car Club returned to Laurinburg after a 10 month absence to run our first points event of the season. Does anyone else absolutely LOVE Laurinburg like I do? Nice, wide runway, grippy concrete that doesn't "gravel" like some other sites, acres of pitspace, lots of course configuration possibilities, and, of course, the "P".
On Saturday a fantastic novice school was organized by local hot-shoes Eric Peterson and Shawn Whipple. We had about 40 grinning students and plenty of instructors, resulting in a lot of good seat time and high-quality instruction for the novices. Thanks to everyone who helped out.
Kendra and I (Mike Whitney) helped put together "The Green Mile" on Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, with the help of countless others. OK, so it wasn't quite a mile, but I did hear reports that is was just over 0.9 miles. We had 99 drivers get in 5 runs on this fast, occasionally 3rd gear, 60-70 second course. It included a lot of fast sweepers and short slaloms, and lots of wide offsets to balance the mix. Except for a morning shower and a little drizzle later, the rain held off and gave everyone dry (but cool) runs. We started nearly on time and managed to finish up before 4 PM -- the 30 second launch interval is only possible by the concerted efforts of the timing crew. A big round of applause for them!
Oh, the prizes :) Kendra handed out some special prizes for people who were a little lacking in their Irish luck on Sunday. So... The following folks got a bag of actual "Lucky Charms" brand chewy snacks. The lucky charms were for "Better Luck Next Time"...
Kent Young - Better luck next time putting your engine together correctly. It started on fire after one of his runs. You can send payment for the fire extinguisher to the club.
Scott Johnson - Better luck
next time in choosing when to run. Scott got to grid really early before the rain started, because he was sure he would get the only
dry run of the day. Delays in starting the event and the ensuing brief
shower meant Scott got the wettest run of the day!
Mike Dishman - Better luck next time in figuring out how to put your wheels on
correctly! Mike put one of his rear tires (305) on the front and his front
tire (275) on the back, and didn't realize until he was told at lunchtime.
This does not help with getting power to the ground! No wonder you
spun out!
Nis Nicoliason - Better luck next time with finding a racing line that does NOT involve running over the timing lights.
Karl Shultz - Better luck next time in not coning away your first chance
at getting a first place trophy in years, knocking you all the way down
to 3rd place. At least his car didn't break on course this time.
Several more prizes were given to people losing by really narrow margins (Better luck next time ... seriously) and people losing by huge margins (Better luck next time ... you're going to need all the luck you can get).
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Super Stock (received bump) |
Best Time |
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FTS |
1 |
SS17 |
Mike Dishman |
02 Performance |
63.335 |
72.736(1) |
64.454 |
63.335 |
65.793(1) |
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2 |
SS2 |
William Ness |
93 Mazda RX7 |
71.645 |
76.205 |
74.316 |
73.004 |
72.346 |
71.645 |
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3 |
SSL22 |
**Jennifer Ness |
93 Mazda RX7 |
76.657 |
81.631 |
81.799(1) |
76.657 |
80.420(1) |
77.354 |
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A Stock |
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T |
1 |
AS14 |
Miles Beam |
91 Chevy Corvette Z07 |
67.003 |
DNF |
67.003 |
71.977(3) |
67.461(1) |
67.064(1) |
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2 |
AS22 |
Jack Hall |
96 Chevrolet Corvette |
67.522 |
71.241 |
69.173 |
73.193(1) |
68.728(1) |
67.522 |
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3 |
AS11 |
Tim Kingsbury |
91 Toyota MR2 Turbo |
67.670 |
DNF |
69.133 |
67.670 |
74.739 |
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C Stock |
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T |
1 |
CS73 |
Kenny Keel |
01 Mazda Miata |
67.697 |
73.685 |
71.059 |
69.019 |
70.056 |
67.697 |
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T |
2 |
CS19 |
Karl Kauffman |
99 Mazda Miata |
67.801 |
71.047 |
69.466 |
69.953 |
67.801 |
67.930 |
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3 |
CS21 |
Bill Gratton |
00 Mazda Miata |
68.101 |
73.908(1) |
69.912 |
69.279 |
70.424(1) |
68.101 |
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4 |
CS61 |
Arthur McDonald |
99 Ford miata |
69.581 |
77.434(1) |
69.928(1) |
69.730(1) |
69.581(1) |
70.526(1) |
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5 |
CS44 |
Marvin McBride |
96 Mazda Miata |
70.756 |
74.634 |
73.145(1) |
71.511 |
70.756(1) |
77.803(2) |
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D Stock (received bump) |
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T |
1 |
DS30 |
Dan Ecclestone |
02 Subaru WRX |
65.881 |
68.886 |
70.414(1) |
67.004 |
65.881 |
67.434(1) |
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2 |
DS23 |
Scott Johnson |
00 Toyota Celica GTS |
67.267 |
81.820(1) |
69.614 |
67.267 |
68.994(1) |
DNF |
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3 |
HS8 |
**Steven Bremer |
99 Volkswagen New |
78.663 |
DNF |
87.421(1) |
83.260 |
80.339 |
78.663 |
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A Street Prepared (received bump) |
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T |
1 |
ASP78 |
Patrice Bousquet |
73 PORSCHE 911 |
65.331 |
66.406 |
65.501 |
65.994 |
67.494(1) |
65.331 |
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T |
2 |
ASP8 |
Garry Minarcine |
91 Toyota MR2 Turbo |
68.280 |
71.337 |
73.653(2) |
74.450(1) |
68.280 |
71.252 |
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3 |
ASP87 |
Kathy Gleason |
73 PORSCHE 911 |
68.360 |
72.416 |
69.030 |
70.408 |
72.565(2) |
68.360 |
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4 |
BSP5 |
**Charlie Guthrie |
77 Datsun 280Z |
72.936 |
75.064(1) |
77.953(3) |
72.936(1) |
74.773(2) |
74.000(2) |
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C Street Prepared |
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FTSP |
1 |
CSP69 |
Jordan Normark |
92 Mazda Miata |
64.892 |
66.775 |
65.118 |
64.892 |
66.580(1) |
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T |
2 |
CSP54 |
Steve Pierce |
87 honda crx si |
68.348 |
72.194(2) |
72.461(2) |
77.142 |
71.245(1) |
68.348 |
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T |
3 |
CSP26 |
Brad Mackey |
87 Mazda RX7 |
68.450 |
71.863 |
69.340 |
69.870 |
68.587 |
68.450 |
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4 |
CSP48 |
Eric Martindale |
99 Mazda Miata |
69.781 |
73.510 |
72.685 |
DNF |
69.781 |
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5 |
CSP79 |
George Bowman |
79 MAZDA RX7 |
70.031 |
73.743 |
70.434 |
70.491 |
71.789(1) |
70.031 |
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6 |
CSP8 |
Neal Harrington |
88 PONTIAC FIERO GT |
71.343 |
74.480 |
77.262(2) |
72.352 |
71.343 |
79.698 |
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7 |
CSP49 |
Bob Dow |
91 Mazda Miata |
71.559 |
80.514 |
73.622 |
71.873 |
71.559 |
DNF |
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D Street Prepared |
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T |
1 |
DSP17 |
Ryan Brenneman |
92 BMW 325i |
67.556 |
69.724 |
69.333 |
68.184 |
67.556 |
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T |
2 |
DSP32 |
Mike Whitney |
89 BMW 325is |
67.657 |
68.580 |
74.848(1) |
70.549(2) |
68.718 |
67.657 |
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3 |
DSP20 |
Mark Musser |
89 Nissan 240SX |
68.674 |
68.674 |
69.648(1) |
68.991 |
DNF |
69.606(1) |
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4 |
DSP39 |
David Teague |
94 Honda Del Sol Si |
70.235 |
72.104 |
DNF |
73.234(2) |
DNF |
70.235(1) |
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E Street Prepared |
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T |
1 |
ESP22 |
Don Edmonds |
91 Ford Mustang GT |
67.393 |
71.998 |
71.978(1) |
69.738 |
68.541 |
67.393 |
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T |
2 |
ESP18 |
Alan Chapman |
94 Mustang GT |
69.877 |
75.063(1) |
71.867 |
73.682(2) |
72.263(1) |
69.877 |
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3 |
ESP97 |
Lee Hagan |
97 CHEVY Z28 |
71.871 |
73.470 |
71.871 |
73.991(1) |
73.882(1) |
72.374 |
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4 |
ESP29 |
Kevin Butler |
00 Pontiac Trans Am |
74.107 |
74.107 |
74.306(1) |
74.811(1) |
76.256(1) |
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F Street Prepared |
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T |
1 |
FSP17 |
Jesse Thompson |
89 vw golf |
74.732 |
74.732(1) |
75.375(1) |
75.176(1) |
74.848(1) |
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2 |
FSP4 |
Roger Pritchard |
83 vw gti |
76.752 |
77.560 |
77.521 |
81.506(2) |
76.752 |
79.077(1) |
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3 |
FSP38 |
John King |
81 Volkswagen |
77.530 |
80.833(1) |
79.244 |
79.190 |
77.530 |
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C Prepared |
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T |
1 |
CP3 |
Charles Wolthusen |
77 Chevy Cowmaro |
73.804 |
80.608(2) |
76.118 |
76.274 |
73.804 |
73.854 |
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2 |
CP33 |
Chris Walker |
01 Ford Mustang |
77.605 |
86.088 |
82.042 |
77.605 |
77.851 |
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3 |
CP112 |
Ron Greenlee |
72 Ford Mustang |
79.114 |
DNF |
80.004 |
90.072 |
79.114 |
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E Prepared |
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FTP |
1 |
EP2 |
Kurt Bishop |
72 Opel Manta |
63.244 |
65.940(1) |
66.027(1) |
63.325 |
63.244 |
66.746 |
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2 |
EP28 |
Phil Stubbs |
72 Opel Manta |
65.204 |
69.351 |
67.246 |
65.204 |
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3 |
EP8 |
Ben Thomas |
72 Opel Manta |
66.746 |
69.291(1) |
73.556(1) |
67.943 |
67.555 |
75.254(1) |
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D Modified (received bump) |
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FTM |
1 |
DM36 |
Maurice Parker |
86 volkswagen golf |
69.648 |
74.425 |
70.774 |
71.151 |
69.648 |
DNF |
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2 |
FP55 |
**Gene Miller |
85 Mazda rx7-GSL-SE |
69.677 |
69.677 |
80.542(2) |
DNF |
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Novice Class |
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T |
1 |
FSN11 |
Jason Steinbrecher |
00 FORD MUSTANG |
56.120 |
78.388 |
75.513 |
71.519 |
70.511 |
69.369 |
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T |
2 |
FSPN33 |
Vincent Mouzon |
98 VW Jetta |
61.108 |
DNF |
78.426(1) |
74.949(1) |
74.796(1) |
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T |
3 |
FSPN83 |
Jimmy Long |
81 Volkswagen |
61.342 |
93.994 |
80.410 |
77.807 |
75.082 |
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T |
4 |
ASPN422 |
Mark Beech |
77 Porsche 911 |
61.483 |
75.403 |
72.810 |
76.625 |
DNF |
72.675 |
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T |
5 |
CSPN409 |
Shawn Lynn |
01 Mazda Miata |
61.806 |
79.019 |
74.967 |
73.404 |
DNF |
74.413 |
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6 |
SM2N99 |
Mike Abney |
95 mazda miata |
62.997 |
78.882 |
78.243 |
76.250 |
73.595 |
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7 |
DSPN0 |
Scott Morris |
94 honda delsol |
63.539 |
82.054(1) |
77.486 |
DNF |
78.252 |
78.014 |
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8 |
ESPN70 |
Rodney Wright |
70 oldsmobile cutlass |
63.540 |
79.004 |
78.654 |
76.925 |
79.473 |
77.005 |
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9 |
ESPN79 |
Jon Salter |
97 CHEVY Z28 |
64.502 |
82.743 |
78.566 |
85.409 |
80.646 |
78.090 |
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10 |
GSN72 |
Ken Shiring |
00 Honda Prelude |
64.620 |
108.816 |
97.388 |
89.664 |
84.478 |
82.319 |
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11 |
HSN85 |
Matt Anderson |
86 toyota corolla |
65.079 |
91.091 |
83.542 |
87.009(1) |
86.221(1) |
87.948(1) |
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12 |
GSN9 |
Rayna Rowell |
96 Volkswagen GTI VR6 |
69.465 |
88.490 |
103.692 |
90.818 |
100.262 |
89.747 |
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13 |
FSPN26 |
Jamie Palmer |
71 Triumph Spitfire |
71.416 |
93.653 |
87.412 |
89.062 |
88.668 |
88.108 |
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14 |
DSPN7 |
Autumn Lyman |
94 honda del sol |
72.955 |
113.692 |
94.223 |
DNF |
88.969 |
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Street Tire Class |
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T |
1 |
GST337 |
Lee Williams |
93 Acura Integra |
56.325 |
73.449 |
76.373 |
72.709 |
71.752 |
79.291(1) |
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T |
2 |
DST34 |
Christopher Garrett |
02 Subaru WRX |
56.332 |
73.380 |
73.752(1) |
71.399 |
70.591 |
70.750 |
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T |
3 |
CST78 |
Rice Shultz |
85 GMC School Bus |
56.948 |
70.768 |
70.629 |
DNF |
70.133(1) |
DNF |
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T |
4 |
GST24 |
Daniel Camacho |
96 Datsun 240SX |
57.200 |
75.175 |
74.152(1) |
72.866 |
76.715(2) |
73.335(1) |
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T |
5 |
CST17 |
Ron Copeland |
95 Mazda Miata |
57.864 |
78.026 |
81.173(2) |
71.261 |
72.584 |
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6 |
CST32 |
Brian Whalen |
00 Mazda Miata |
57.866 |
77.766 |
73.780 |
72.125 |
71.263 |
71.276 |
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7 |
SMT5 |
Keith Quistorff |
96 BMW M3 |
57.977 |
74.318 |
74.797(1) |
69.517 |
72.322(2) |
69.975(1) |
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8 |
CST41 |
Frank Catena |
96 Mazda Miata |
58.077 |
82.642 |
77.105 |
72.680 |
71.801 |
71.524 |
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9 |
SST76 |
Leonardo Reiter |
00 Chevrolet Corvette |
58.990 |
76.447 |
71.412 |
72.551(1) |
70.562 |
DNF |
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10 |
CST71 |
Rina Copeland |
95 Mazda Miata |
59.625 |
DNF |
83.699(3) |
79.640(1) |
78.884(1) |
77.891 |
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11 |
BST21 |
Robert Plank |
80 Porsche 911 |
59.812 |
74.443 |
73.537 |
73.254 |
72.324 |
DNF |
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12 |
FST77 |
Andrew Good |
88 Toyota Surpa Turbo |
59.885 |
80.470 |
78.154(1) |
74.407 |
74.487 |
74.023 |
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13 |
CST42 |
Todd Breakey |
99 Mazda Miata |
60.431 |
84.359 |
82.024 |
85.486 |
74.423 |
75.072 |
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14 |
CSLT311 |
Christina Stephens |
00 Mazda Miata |
60.592 |
81.592 |
78.217 |
74.621 |
75.292 |
75.427 |
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15 |
GST85 |
Stephen Pace |
96 Nissan 200sx SE-R |
60.836 |
82.681 |
80.348 |
79.849 |
79.061 |
77.498 |
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16 |
ASPT1 |
James Taylor |
71 porsche 911 |
60.968 |
80.275 |
72.627 |
72.066 |
DNF |
82.121(1) |
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17 |
GST51 |
Martha Caves |
01 Mitsubishi Eclipse |
61.366 |
84.338(2) |
83.041(3) |
78.173 |
81.836 |
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18 |
GST30 |
Barb Glisan |
01 Mitsubishi Eclipse |
62.173 |
89.752 |
85.486 |
82.642(1) |
79.201 |
80.587(1) |
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19 |
CST14 |
Joan Catena |
96 Mazda Miata |
62.215 |
78.993 |
79.471(1) |
78.010(1) |
76.620(1) |
DNF |
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20 |
EST9 |
Dave Goddard |
91 Mazda Miata |
69.534 |
DNF |
91.995 |
DNF |
DNF |
86.701 |
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Pro Class |
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FTD |
1 |
DSPRO5 |
Tom Hoppe |
02 Suberu WRX |
50.749 |
71.202(2) |
65.296 |
64.777 |
63.595 |
69.241(3) |
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T |
2 |
DSPRO59 |
Shawn Whipple |
00 Acura Integra |
51.588 |
70.646(1) |
67.351(1) |
67.395(1) |
64.646 |
65.304 |
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3 |
CSPRO83 |
Eric Peterson |
00 Toyota Spyder |
52.425 |
67.934 |
65.276 |
DNF |
64.563 |
67.001(1) |
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4 |
CSPRO38 |
Aaron Buckley |
00 Toyota MR2 Spyder |
53.186 |
73.565(1) |
69.650 |
65.500 |
74.233(4) |
69.124(2) |
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Street Touring S |
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T |
1 |
STS92 |
Matt Nicholson |
92 Nissan Sentra SE-R |
69.537 |
70.847 |
73.662(2) |
69.537 |
70.567(1) |
69.956 |
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T |
2 |
STS99 |
Jordan Denhoed |
86 BMW 325es |
72.073 |
74.980 |
DNF |
72.073 |
72.621 |
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3 |
STS66 |
Richard Casto |
98 Honda Civic LX |
73.462 |
75.370 |
78.025 |
78.354(1) |
73.462 |
74.828 |
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4 |
STS12 |
Kendra Whitney |
95 BMW 325i |
73.920 |
76.007 |
74.451 |
73.920 |
77.718(2) |
74.245 |
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5 |
STS51 |
Peter Guthrie |
92 Nissan Sentra |
80.636 |
87.697 |
81.836 |
81.378 |
80.819 |
80.636 |
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Street Touring X |
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T |
1 |
STX161 |
Jeremy Condon |
02 Subaru Impreza WRX |
68.757 |
72.248 |
74.212(2) |
72.794(1) |
68.757 |
71.404(1) |
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2 |
STX80 |
Nis Nicolaisen |
87 BMW 325is |
70.132 |
72.976(1) |
94.167(1) |
73.233 |
70.132 |
DNF |
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Street Modified |
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T |
1 |
SM81 |
Kent Young |
81 Chevy Z-28 |
64.018 |
70.017 |
66.146 |
66.120 |
68.759(2) |
64.018 |
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T |
2 |
SM7 |
Les Davis |
89 Mitsubishi Mirage |
68.231 |
71.567 |
70.239 |
68.231 |
69.873 |
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T |
3 |
SM18 |
Ryan Holton |
91 Eagle Talon TSi Turbo |
69.214 |
69.285 |
70.616(1) |
69.214 |
72.521(1) |
70.819(1) |
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T |
4 |
SM15 |
Tom Freeman |
97 Mitsubishi Eclipse |
69.628 |
77.164(2) |
69.757 |
69.871 |
DNF |
69.628 |
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5 |
SM16 |
Cash Davidson |
93 Ford Taurus SHO |
69.686 |
71.100 |
76.726(1) |
DNF |
69.686 |
69.974 |
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6 |
SM1 |
Vincent Keene |
98 Chevrolet Z-24 |
69.863 |
74.788(1) |
71.182 |
70.339 |
70.747 |
69.863 |
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7 |
SM41 |
Jonathan Rodriguez |
87 Toyota Supra |
71.568 |
75.090 |
72.224 |
72.314 |
73.660 |
71.568 |
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8 |
SM31 |
Marcus Spade |
89 Volkswagen GTI |
72.026 |
74.588 |
72.026 |
75.013 |
73.072 |
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9 |
SM8 |
Vern Geddings |
99 acura integra gsr |
72.614 |
73.550 |
73.285 |
DNF |
DNF |
72.614 |
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10 |
SM11 |
Sonya Rouse |
98 Chevrolet Z-24 |
74.791 |
79.054 |
75.187 |
76.034(1) |
80.276(3) |
74.791 |
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