Dave Dowdell Wins 2006 WCCC Event # 5 at LACR!

Things returned to normal for the WCCC…no pesky junior dragster to deal with on April 2nd at LACR. Dave Dowdell and his blue C4 won his first race of the 2006 season. Congratulations, Dave, on earning another A & A Corvette winner's trophy

2006 Event 5 Winner Dave Dowdell
Group shot 2006 Event 5 April 2, 2006
2006 Event 5 Runner-up Lloyd Miyashiro
2006 Event 5 Results Summary
Winner: Dave Dowdell
Runner-Up: Lloyd Miyashiro
Semi-Finalists: Gary Combs
Best Reaction Time 1st Rd:Rocky Zarillo .020
Closest-to-Dial-In 1st Rd:Dave Dowdell 15.197 on a 15.15
Low E.T. in Eliminations:Robert Piroumian with 11.469
Dave outran runner up Lloyd Miyashiro and his blue C5 in the final, with Dave running a 15.159 on a 15.15 dial to Lloyd's 13.152 on a 13.14 dial. Dave prevailed with a .032 advantage at the tree. Dave got to the final on a bye with his second round victory over Henry Mynatt in a double breakout.

Lloyd Miyashiro won the Cormier Chevrolet sponsored Runner-Up trophy over semi-finalist Gary Combs in another double breakout. Lloyd ran very close to his dials during eliminations, and had several good low .1xx packages. Congratulations, Lloyd.

In the first round, Dave Dowdell earned the Vapor Trail Vettes Closest to Dial trophy with a 15.197 run on a 15.15 dial. Rocky Zarillo took the LACR/NAPA Auto Parts sponsored Best Reaction Time with his .020 RT. Both trophies are awarded for performance in the first round of eliminations.

Congratulations to our first round winners Ron Posen, Henry Mynatt, and Mike Villenueve. Robert Piroumian was our fastest in eliminations, with an 11.469 ET at 121.01 mph in his black Z06.

The WCCC sends get well wishes to Jim Lane, temporarily out with a broken arm. See you soon!

We were pleased to meet Cynthia Carrington. We hope to see her out here with the C5 soon.

Thanks to all our sponsors including

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 Saturday, April 22 at LACR. Gates are expected to open at 8:00AM. Check the LACR weekly schedule after Monday, 4/17/06, for any changes to gate open time.

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