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| 2005 Event # 1 Results Summary | |
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| Winner: | Gary Combs |
| Runner-Up: | Jim Lane |
| Semi-Finalists: | Mike Villenueve and Dave Dowdell |
| Best Reaction Time 1st Rd: | Jim Lane 0.001 |
| Closest-to-Dial-In 1st Rd: | Jim Lane 14.503 on a 14.50 dial |
| Low E.T. in Eliminations: | Kat McSwain with 11.899 |
Gary Combs, in his silver 03 coupe, prevailed over Jim Lane in the final contest. Jim red-lit by .003 to give Gary the A & A Corvette Performance winner's trophy. After claiming the 2005 runner-up spot, Gary is off to a quick start for the 2006 points chase. Congratulations Gary!
Jim Lane won the Cormier Chevrolet sponsored Runner-Up trophy in his C4 over semi-finalist Mike Villenueve, when Mike red-lit by .010. In the first round, Jim earned the Vapor Trail Vettes Closest to Dial and LACR/NAPA Auto Parts sponsored Best Reaction Time trophies when he launched on a .001 RT and finished with a 14.503 ET on a 14.50 dial for a .004 package. 2003 & 2005 WCCC Champion Dave Dowdell, was our other semi-finalist.
Congratulations to the remaining first round winners Javier Navarro, Phil Reese, Al Carrington and Rocky Zarillo. We also want to thank first time WCCC racers Robert Piroumian and Martin Rangel for racing with us. Ron Poseli and Steve Cudahy also ran time trials with us. Hope to see them out again to race with us.
Kat McSwain was our fastest in eliminations, with an 11.899 ET at 115.54 mph in her Z06. Kat also had the best reaction time in the time trials, with a 0.007, which would have given her the first round bye, if necessary. Unfortunately for Kat, we had an even number for first round of eliminations…so no bye this time around. Sorry Kat.
The WCCC tried a new first round elimination format for event #1. The new format pools the top six or eight points drivers for 1st round pairings. For the first event of 2006, the final points standings from 2005 were used. So the first round shaped up as follows: Al Carrington (6) met Phil Reese (5), Gary Combs (2) met Jim Holland(4), and finally Dave Dowdell (1) met Rochelle Dowdell (3). Those top driver pairs were randomly drawn from a hat containing the top 6 drivers. The remaining drivers were randomly paired for round one. Second round and on pairings are determined by the sportsman ladder based on closest-to-dial-in from first round results. The new idea was suggested in order to give some of the lesser experienced drivers a chance to not repeatedly get paired up with the top drivers, and to maybe go some rounds. One down side is that half of the top pool of drivers is guaranteed to be out in the first round. But as with any pairing, you still must cut a good light, and run your number. Our hope was to get increase the number of return participants. For events #2 and on, we will be using current 2006 points for the top driver pool. We'll let you know how it turns out over the course of the 2006 season. Please let me know your thoughts on the new format.
It was great to see Jack Sweet at the track again. He was not racing with us this time. He has a 12-second C3 and is working on putting a motor into a 65 Chevy II. We hope to see Jack and his C3 back with us soon.
Thanks again to Bernie Longjohn and his crew for another well organized race day at our home track, LACR!
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Next WCCC event is February 4th at LACR. The current LACR annual schedule just shows the WCCC running with test and tuners, so there should be plenty of time runs for everyone between 9 AM and 3 PM. The gate open time is expected to be 7:30AM, but be sure to check the LACR web schedule during the week prior to the event. You can also call the LACR event line at (661) 533-2224 after the Monday of the week prior to the event.
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