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Former Nascar Craftsman truck racer Ricky Sanders, PitBoxes.com Monte Carlo, an ex Butch Miller ASA ride. Ricky is the son of Nascar and short track ace Ronnie Sanders. Ricky now races with Crane Cams V8 StockCar and SCCA Trans Am.

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Crane Cams V8StockCar at Daytona presented by RaceCar Eng.

 

Just about every club racer I have met, at some point has dreamed about competing in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The twice around the clock endurance race that traces its' origin back to the Daytona Continental first held in 1962, where Dan Gurney won in a Lotus 19 B. The quick thinking Gurney, who lost the motor with just minutes to go, parked the car high on the banking right in front of the flagstand and just let it roll down hill and across the finish line when the checker waved. For most, competing in the Rolex, where some of racings greatest names like Andretti, Foyt, Rodriquez, Donahue, Miles, Ruby, Redman, Gregg, Haywood, Ickx shined, will remain just that, a dream. But for a few, namely the Crane Cams V8 StockCar racers, they will get to live out their dream, flying around the banking on the 3.56 mile road course, and in some cases, even reaching speeds faster than their hero's.

The Crane Cams V8 StockCar racers will be competing with the Central Florida Region SCCA at their annual Daytona Classic on May 5&6. Nearly forty points chasing GT and StockCar racers are expected, including PorterField Enterprises V8 GT-1 points leader Simon Gregg in his Derhaag Motorsports Corvette., two time 2011 winner Charles Wicht in his Rocketsports chassis Corvette, four time class champion, Dave Machavern in his Riggins Engineering Falcon, Bill Riddell in the sister Riggins Falcon, former champ Jeff Emery in his fast winged Monte Carlo, Tom Keleher in his strong running Camaro, and former IMSA Camel GT winner Bob Borders in his Corvette, to name just a few in the V8 GT-1 class. The V8 GT-1 cars are basically the same as the SCCA Trans Am Series cars and at Daytona, the fastest can top 200 mph and cut laps around 1:47.

The Crane Cams V8 Series has three other classes of fast, high horsepower racers. In the LG Motorsports V8 GT2 class, Points leader Keith Goldin will be on hand in his Riggins Engineering built ex Grand Am Rolex GT Mazda RX8. Goldin is one of the lucky ones that has competed in the Rolex 24, driving the same car with brother Steve. Squeak Kennedy, driving the BEMCO Fabrication C6 Corvette will give Goldin a test. The V8 GT-2 cars are ex World Challenge, Rolex GT, SCCA GT-2 types and similar. The class is a mix of custom tube frame chassis and those built from factory cars. They are capable of hitting 180 mph at Daytona and running lap times under 2:00.

The PitBoxes.com V8 SPO class is comprised of ex Nascar Sprint Cup, Nationwide, ARCA, Hooters cars as well as the late model stock cars. The big ex Nascar and ARCA cars weigh 3400 pounds with driver and are allowed full cup motors making more than 800 horsepower. The much lighter late model types weigh in at about 2800 pounds and are limited to motors making about 650 horsepower. The formula works well and the two types are very, very close in performance. These car can hit 190 mph at Daytona and can cut lap times in the 1:53-1:56 range. Race winners in this class include former three time Nascar Goody's Dash Champ Larry Hoopaugh, ARCA & Grand Am competitor Bob Mitten, 2012 Crane Cams V8 Series class champ Paul Breehne and former champ Lee Arnold.

Just maybe the "best bang for the buck" or more aptly put, "the most speed for the buck" in road racing is found in the V8 GTA class. These are high performing, perimeter, tube frame stock cars weighing about 2800# with 500 horsepower. They utilize common and affordable short track stock car parts, and are riding on sticky but cheap ten inch wide stock car tires. These cars can be bought used in good condition for about twenty thousand dollars, yet they are capable of topping 180 mph at Daytona and running lap times in the 1:58-2:00 range. They feature safe, well designed and constructed chassis by some of the best car builers in the business. Look for 2011 champ Randy Walker, young Cameron Lawrence, Butch Kummer, Randy Gay, Hall Robertson and others to put on a show at Daytona.

The Crane Cams V8 StockCar Series wishes to thank the Central Florida Region SCCA and its staff for the great job they do hosting these events. CFR SCCA holds three race events at D.I.S. each year plus the April driver school and PDX.

The Crane Cams V8 StockCar Series wishes to thank its' partners for their support, and they are:
Crane Cams, SCCA, RaceCar Engineering,Porterfield Enterprises, LG Motorsports, Howe Racing, PitBoxes.com, GoPro, RaceTalkRadio.com, Sunoco, Hoosier, Goodyear, FiveStar, RacingJunk.com, Roehrig-Enders, GrassRoots Motorsports Magazine

 

 

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The Crane Cams V8 StockCar Series racers descended on Carolina Motorsports Park near Kershaw, South Carolina on March 31 & April 1 for the third round of the 2012 season. The event was hosted by the South Carolina Region SCCA at their annual Buck Muse Memorial races. Twenty V8 racers were on hand for the weekend including four time V8 GT-1 champ Dave Machavern and SCCA Trans Am 2011 runner up Simon Gregg. Both Gregg and Machavern tested on Friday with the two running similar lap times. Machavern, who was making his season debut after suffering a non racing related neck and back injury, had a high speed spin during the test which aggravated his neck injury. Mac decided that it would be best to sit this one out, recover fully and return at Daytona in May. V8 SPO racer Randy Gay had his late model out for the test and cut some quick laps before succumbing to a mechanical problems that sidelined him for the weekend. The Hoopaugh Grading Company, owned by V8 racer and two champion Larry Hoopaugh, came on board for the event, sponsoring Hoosier tire bucks for the four winners of Sundays races. Saturday morning's qualifying went off on a damp track with a few of the group deciding to sit it out and just start from the back. With Machavern out, Gregg was easily the class of the field, grabbing the class and overall pole by a wide margin.
Behind Gregg, Bill Porter put his fast Pontiac Grand Prix in the second overall and first in the V8 GTA class. Porter was followed by Wayne Cabaniss in his Corvette V8 GT-1, Steve Epley in his V8 GT2 Corvette and Randy Walker in his V8 GTA Monte Carlo. Michael Moulton, Ricky Sanders, Mark Davis, Miles Barefoot and Tom Vlasak rounded out the top ten overall.

By early afternoon the clouds and light rain had moved on and the race went off at 3:45 as scheduled. At the start, Simon Gregg lit the fire in his 800 plus horsepower Derhaag Motorsports Corvette, the same immaculately prepared machine that carried him to a runner up finish in the 2011 SCCA Trans Am Championship. While the near bulletproof rocket of Gregg was running off and hiding from the field, there was some good racing going on with Bill Porter, Wayne Cabaniss, Steve Epley and Ricky Sanders battling.
Cabaniss was strong early in his C4 V8 GT-1 utilizing his "little" 331 cubic inch motor move into second overall past Porter before his brakes and well used rubber began to give up. Ricky Sanders was on the move and was now challenging Cabaniss and Porter. Epley was still running strong in his V8 GT2 Corvette, which really handles well in a straight line with its' LS7 mill. Porter hung onto the V8 GTA lead for nine laps despite Sanders putting the pressure on. On lap 10 of 14, Porter got in to turn 10 a bit hot letting Sanders get by for a lead he would not relinquish.

At the checker, Gregg had built up nearly a forty second margin over second overall running Sanders and had lapped all but Sanders and Porter. Epley came home fourth overall and first in V8 GT2 with Cabaniss fifth and the hard charging Hoopaugh up to sixth overall, and first in V8 SPO. Miles Barefoot got second in V8 GT2 in his Porsche. Newcomer Stuart Lysett ran strong early in his new V8 SPO Camaro as did Mickey Wright in her Ford Fusion that is prepped by Lysett. V8 GT2 new guys Mike Moulton and Tom Vlasak had good runs in their Porsche's. V8 Series veteran Mark Davis picked up a podium in V8 GT-1 in his Camaro.

Sunday's race again was marked by the speed of Simon Gregg in the Corvette. Gregg won again overall but maybe more impressively this marked the 57th race in a row in his Derhaag Motorsports Corvette without a DNF. Larry Hoopaugh and crew had been feverishly working on the car to get it better hooked up and it paid off with a second overall and first in V8 SPO. Sanders again took the win in V8 GTA while grabbing the third overall spot. Stuart Lysett came home fourth overall and second in V8 SPO in the new Camaro. Lysett, a short track racer was in his first road racing weekend. Bill Porter brought his racer home fifth overall and second in V8 GTA despite finishing on totally worn out rubber. Miles Barefoot got his first Crane Cams V8 Series win in the V8 GT2 class in his Porsche over Epley, Moulton and Vlasak. Mickey Wright came home seventh overall and continues to improve after coming over from circle track racing.

Ricky Sanders and Miles Barefoot won the drawing for 250 bucks each of Crane Cams Products and the duo also picked up Hoosier tire bucks courtesy of the Hoopaugh Grading Company for their Sunday wins as did Simon Gregg.

The Crane Cams V8 StockCar Series thanks the South Carolina Region SCCA for putting on a fine event with their usual great hospitality.

The V8 Series also thanks its' partners and they are: Crane Cams, SCCA, Porterfield Enterprises, LG Motorsports, Howe Racing, PitBoxes.com, GoPro, RaceTalkRadio.com, Sunoco, Hoosier, Goodyear, FiveStar, RaceCar Engineering, RacingJunk.com, Roehrig-Enders, GrassRoots Motorsports Magazine, SafeRace

 

 

V8Stockcar 2012 Winter Heat

 


 

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Camaro Cup/V8Stockcar @ Sebring International Raceway Feb. 11-12, 2012

Camaro Cup/V8Stockcar @ Palm Beach International Raceway Feb. 18-19 2012

   
 
   
 
 
   
 
   
 

2012 V8Stockcar Super 8 Schedule


 
2012 SCHEDULE
February 11-12
Sebring International Raceway 3.7 mile

 

February 18-19

Palm Beach International Raceway 2.034 mile
March 30-31
Carolina Motorsports Park 2.279 mile

 

May 5-6

Daytona International Speedway 3.56 mile
August 18-19
Charlotte Motor Speedway 2.25 mile
September 15-16
Homestead-Miami Speedway 2.21 mile
October 6-7
Roebling Road Raceway 2.02 mile
November 2-3
Road Atlanta 2.54 mile



 

8 Tracks 8 Events 16 Races

 

   
 
   
 
 
   
 
   
       
 
   
     
 
   
 


 
 

 
The 2011 V8 StockCar season produced close competition between a variety of drivers in various makes. In addition there were some series firsts, as in the first V8 Series championships by Ford's. Except for the Palm Beach event where he used his venerable Corvette for the last time to pick up a win, Dave Machavern, driving his new Riggins Competition built silhouette 1963 Falcon, picked up his fourth straight V8 GT-1 Championship. Machavern, with five race wins in the Ford, plus the one in the Corvette, had a big points lead going into the final at the American Road Race of Champions where a podium finish more than gave him enough to again take the title over Ray Webb. Tommy Riggins showed up at the August Daytona race in the Machavern Falcon as Dave could not be on hand. Tommy practiced the car on Friday cutting an incredible 1:46.8 lap in 100 degree weather. Riggins raced on Saturday taking the pole, dominating the race and destroying the class track record. Obviously, Mr. Riggins, a former IMSA and Grand Am Champion hasn't forgotten how to do this. Alex Gonzalez returned to the series in his fast V8 GT-1 Camaro, running at Daytona and Homestead.
Gonzalez picked up a win at each track. Juan Vento, driving his beautiful Corvette, got his first series win on Sunday at Homestead.
SCCA Trans Am Series star Simon Gregg moonlighted with us at the ARRC, taking the V8 GT-1 win along with breaking his own track record in the process.

Paul Breehne Jr picked up his first V8 championship taking the V8 SPO class in his RoushYates Performance Parts Ford Fusion. Breehne from Naples, Florida, twice a bridesmaid to Larry Hoopaugh in 2009 and 2010, Picked up two wins the first weekend at Sebring, got one at Palm Beach, doubled again at VIR, and then again at Daytona to take the title over Hoopaugh, 144 to 123. Breehne will return in 2012 with a new Mustang built by his crew chief Mike Breault. Seventeen year old Bobby Kennedy made his first start in a V8 StockCar at PBIR in April and stunned everyone in attendance with his speed, car control and aggression. Kennedy won his first race ever on Saturday and was challenging for another on Sunday when his brakes went away. Young Kennedy was wheeling a V8 SPO Monte Carlo prepared by Woody Wood of BEMCO Fabrication. In 2012 Kennedy will be shoeing a 2011 Camaro V8 GT-1 built by BEMCO. Roanoke, Virginia's Rich Koehler was impressive at his home track, VIR, garnering a win in his only appearance in 2011.
Grant Leadbetter, in his ex Nascar Cup Dodge was impressive at the ARRC winning the race and setting the V8 SPO fast lap.

In the V8 GTA class,  Kentucky's Randy Walker picked up his second championship in the last three years with a dominating performance, winning nine races total, including the American Road Race of Champions. Walker had a 192 to 164 advantage over nineteen year old University of Central Florida student Cameron Lawrence, who was sensational in the second half of the season winning four times and finishing right behind Walker at the ARRC to secure second in points in his first season. Tom Graham took three wins on the year and came home third in the class points.
Rob Morris dominated at VIR winning all three races. The VIR event with Grand Am and Trans Am was the only three race weekend of the year.

In V8 GT2, Arcadia, Florida's Bill McGavic piloting his rotary rocket tube frame Mazda RX7 led in points most of the season, before two time champion Bob Mayer returned to the series in his CrossRoads Motorsports Corvette and made his usual late season charge. Mayer, from Duluth, Georgia picked up three wins before the ARRC at Barber (1) and Roebling (2). At the ARRC, Mayer had some great racing with Mazda racer Jeff Dernehl in his tube frame RX7, but prevailed in the feature race giving him his third championship ring in three years. Mayer remains the only champ the class has known. South Florida Corvette racer Dell Haverland picked up his first two series wins in 2011, capturing both ends of the PBIR event in April. North Carolina's Pete Johns picked up two V8 GT-2 wins on the year as well, taking both at VIR in his Pontiac Trans Am.

It was an exciting 2011 and we will get ready to do it all over again beginning February 11th with the Central Florida Region SCCA at Sebring International Raceway


The Series wishes to thank its' class sponsors they are:

V8 GT-1: Porterfield Enterprises
V8 GT-2: LG Motorsports
V8 GTA: Howe Racing
V8 SPO: PitBoxes.com


We are especially grateful to our partners for the help they provide, they are; Crane Cams, SCCA, Porterfield Enterprises, LG Motorsports, Howe Racing, PitBoxes.com, GoPro, RaceTalkRadio.com, Sunoco, Hoosier, Goodyear, Mo's Gold, FiveStar, RaceCar Engineering, RacingJunk.com, Roehrig-Enders, GrassRoots Motorsports Magazine, SafeRacer, Randy Lajoie
 
for more info on the series check out: www.V8stockcar.com
 
for more about Crane Cams fine line of performance products go to www.cranecams.com


   
 
   
 

 
Crane Cams and the V8 StockCar Road Racing Series announced today that they have joined forces. Crane Cams, an iconic and pioneering name in the performance and racing industry, will become the title sponsor for the V8 StockCar Road Racing Series for 2012. The Series will now be known as the Crane Cams V8 StockCar Road Racing Series. Crane Cams, founded in 1953 has become legendary for its' powerful precision ground cams, innovative valve train components and technically advanced ignition systems

"We have been looking to expand our presence in the road racing and club racing community and we feel that the V8 StockCar Series is an excellent vehicle for that purpose as they compete mainly with the big, booming American V8's that we love," stated Terry Johnson, Crane's Ignition Product Manager. Johnson went on to say that, "Crane has the right products, technical expertise, and product support to provide V8 competitors with the power and reliability they need."

V8 StockCar President Lee Arnold stated that "We are thrilled that Crane Cams, one of the great names in motorsports, has elected to partner with us, we look forward to growing the series and this partnership certainly affords us a great opportunity."

In addition to Championship Rings for each class champion and significant contingency payments, eligible competitors will have access to some of the best technical support the industry has to offer.

The V8 StockCar Road Racing Series is a touring, points championship series for fast, high horsepower stock cars and GT machines. The series debuted in 2004 at Virginia International Raceway and 2012 will mark the ninth year for the series. The V8 series has four classes of cars that compete on some of the nations most challenging road courses, including, Sebring, Palm Beach, Carolina Motorsports Park, Daytona, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Homestead-Miami, Roebling Road and Road Atlanta. The V8 Series had a support race for ARCA at PBIR in 2010 and at VIR with Grand Am and Trans Am in 2011.

This year there is an eight race weekend schedule that kicks off February 11-12 at historic Sebring International Raceway with the Central Florida Region SCCA and the european Nordic Camaro Cup. The following weekend the series will move to Palm Beach International Raceway with the Historic SportsCar Racing Association. These two events will be known as the "V8 Winter Heat" and the top points earner in all classes will take home the Winter Heat trophy. The series will visit other great race tracks around the southeast and in November the series will conclude at Road Atlanta with the American Road Race of Champions presented by GrassRoots Motorsports Magazine, where the series champions will be crowned.

The four V8 StockCar classes are:

V8GT-1: The sophisticated SCCA GT-1 types and similar that make up to 800 horsepower and can hit 200 mph at Daytona

V8GT-2: mostly racers built from production cars, including Corvette's, Vipers, Panoz, BMW, Porsche, plus the tube frame SCCA GT2's

V8SPO: ex Nascar Cup & Nationwide types plus the super late models often seen on short tracks around the country

V8GTA: SCCA GTA types and late model tube frame stock cars with about 500 HP that weigh about 2800 pounds with driver

For more information on the the V8 StockCar Series check out www.V8stockcar.com

To learn more about Crane Cams fine line of performance products go to www.cranecams.com
   
 
   
       
 
   
   
 
The V8 StockCar racers kicked off the 2010 season at Sebring International Raceway February 20 & 21, once again challenging the famous 12 hour course while running with the Central Florida Region SCCA. We had a brief respite from the cold as the temps were in the low 70's and the sky's clear for the weekend, ideal for some fast laps and great competition.

On Saturday morning Dave Machavern put his familiar Heritage Motorsports Corvette on the overall and V8 GT-1 pole with a quick 2:08.396 despite having some fuel delivery problems. "Babe" Branscombe took the second spot in the class in his ex Spirit of Daytona Corvette with Canada's Marco Cirone third in his brand new Porsche GT3 Patron Cup Car. Paul Breehne put the Rousch/Yates Performance Parts Ford Fusion on the V8 SPO pole with a 2:11.996. Kansas Tornado, Ron "Burr" Keith took out the GTA record with a blistering 2:15.305 and Doug Wilson and his Cherry Cars BMW M3 wiped
out Michael Wheeler's year old V8 GT2 class standard with a 2:19.411.

When the green dropped for Saturday's race Machavern led with the surprising Branscombe hot on his heels. Branscombe dogged Mac for the first
few laps before fading and then succumbing to mechanical issues. Breehne and 2009 V8 SPO Champ Larry Hoopaugh were waging a battle for
supremacy, trading the lead early, with Breehne getting the better of it late, taking the class win and second overall. Marco Cirone seemed to get faster as the race wore on as Porsche's often do. Marco brought his white steed home third overall and second in V8 GT-1 to Machavern.

In V8 GT2, Doug Wilson was cruising to a comfortable class win over Dell Haverland and his new C6 Corvette, built from a stock tub. Wilson was driving the wheels off the blue BMW and was enjoying terrorizing some of the GTA cars, as they would rocket away from him in a straight line, only to find him driving down the inside of them at the next corner.

In V8 GTA, Jay Marshall led early, and in the process destroyed Keith's one day old class track record with a smokin' fast 2:14.138. Burr got the
gold though as Marshall suffered a broken axle on lap nine. "Hollywood " Graham ran a great race and came home second in class to Keith with
2009 GTA Champ Randy Walker taking the final spot on the podium.

Sunday's Race featured a stirring battle between the Corvette's of Machavern and Branscombe with Branscombe turning the tables this time.
Machavern led for the first few laps, but left the door slightly ajar and the bold Branscombe drove it in there and made it stick. Despite
relentless pressure from Mac the rest of the way, the "Babe" never faltered and took home the overall win.

In V8 SPO, Hoopaugh got revenge on Breehne, grabbing the lead early and bringing home his big stock car third overall. Randy Walker returned
to 2009 form taking the V8 GTA win with Ron Keith second, Graham third, followed by Tom Boldry and Steve Wiles.

Doug Wilson got his second GT2 class win of the weekend over Ernest Wildings M3 and Terry Taylor's Z car.

All in all, a good start to the season with two new track records and a first time winner, in Branscombe. By sunday afternoon the group was already
making plans to be a part of the ARCA Tire Kingdom 150 at Palm Beach with only five days to lick their wounds and get down to PBIR.
   
 
   
   

V8Stockcar Winter Heat 2010

 

The V8 StockCar Road Racing Series will kick off 2010 with its' Winter Heat, running on familiar ground at Sebring International Raceway with the Central Florida Region SCCA, February 20 & 21. Historically, this has been a well attended event and some thirty cars are expected to test the famous 12 hour course.

The following weekend the V8 Series will be at Palm Beach International Raceway as the support series to the ARCA series.
This will be an exciting weekend for competitors and fans alike as the 800 plus horsepower ARCA cars, with their stars of the future test the two mile circuit.
ARCA, well known as a training ground for NASCAR and other series, has always prided itself on being a series that challenges it drivers by scheduling races on short tracks, superspeedways, dirt and road courses. NASCAR stars like Mark Martin, Tim Richmond, Charlie Glotzbach, Davey Allison, Ernie Irvan, Michael Waltrip, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty, Joe Ruttman, Brett Bodine and many more spent time learning their craft in ARCA before moving on to success in Nascar and other forms of racing. Nothing has changed and you can look for big things from current and recent ARCA stars like Justin Allgaier, Justin Lofton, Parker Kligerman, Joey Coulter, Colin Braun, and Scott Lagasse Jr.


The V8 StockCar Road Racing Series is a points championship racing series that competes on North America's finest road courses including Daytona, Sebring, Road Atlanta, VIR, Barber Motorsports Park and more The V8 Series will bring its' four classes of ground pounding rockets with bigs field expected. Just some of the top competitors expected for the Winter Heat are former Grand Am Champ and two time V8 GT-1 Champ Dave Machavern, ten time race winner Charles Wicht, 2009 V8 GTA champ Randy Walker, 2008 V8 GTA Champ Tony Amico, former three time Nascar Dash Champ and 2009 V8 SPO champ Larry Hoopaugh, 2007 V8 GTA champ Jay Marshall, 2009 SCCA SARRC GT-1 champ Ray Webb and many more.

V8 StockCar's four classes are:

V8 GT-1: SCCA GT-1 Corvettes, Camaro's Mustang's' etc, plus Grand Am Rolex GT cars
V8 GT-2: SCCA World Challenge cars, Grand Am Koni Challenge SCCA GT-2 and the like

V8 SPO: ex Nascar Cup, Nationwide, Hooters Cup, Late model stock cars
V8 GTA: SCCA GTA stock cars, 500 hp

Be there this February when the V8 Series turns up the "Winter Heat."

 

 
 
   
 
   
   
Mo's Gold Champoinships At Road Atlanta
   

 


Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida's Simon Gregg took both the six lap sprint race and the twenty lap feature race at the The American Road Race of Champions November 6 & 7 at Road Atlanta Raceway. The event was also the final round of the V8 StockCar Road Racing Series. Gregg, driving the number 59 Derhaag Motorsports Corvette started from the pole in both races after posting a quick 1:24.471 in qualifying with Bill Smith in his winged late model stock car and former Grand Am Series champ Dave Machavern in his Tommy Riggins Corvette right behind.  At the green in Friday's sprint race, Gregg got a great start and slipped away to a several second advantage as Smith and Machavern battled for second. Machavern held the number two slot the entire race, but was under constant attack from "Wild Bill" in the winged stock car that is painted and decaled up to look like a 1955 Chevy Bel Air.Gregg's margin of victory at the checker was nearly five seconds. With his second place finish, Machavern locked up the V8 StockCar Series V8 GT-1 title for the second straight year, taking home the Mo's Gold Championship Ring.

Gregg started Saturday's feature race from the pole again and used the big horsepower in his orange rocket to power away from Smith and
Machavern. Smith started second and pulled away from Machavern about one half second a lap. The race was pretty uneventful for the top three in the V8 GT-1 with Gregg finishing some twenty plus seconds ahead of Smith, with Machavern another five seconds or so behind. Bob Monette had a fine drive in his new Tony Ave built Mustang coming home fourth. Monette's daughter, Paige, demonstrated she can handle the big horsepower as well coming home seventh overall and fifth in V8 GT-1 in her Ave prepped Corvette. Paige was quickly adapting to her new ride and was running her best laps at the end.

In the V8 SPO class for the high horsepower stock cars, Paul Breehne drove his best race ever, holding off three time Nascar Dash Series champ Larry Hoopaugh and a very quick Grant Leadbetter. Breehne was running his best laps ever at Road Atlanta and was really liking the set up car chief Mike Breault gave him. Hoopaugh kept trying to make a move inside of Breehne lap after lap in the high speed turn one, but could never quite make it stick. On about lap fifteen Hoopaugh spun there nearly getting stuck in the gravel trap. Hoopaugh made it out of the trap and was able to soldier on for a third place class finish, giving him the Mo's Gold Class Championship Ring.

Everyone knew the V8 GTA race would be hotly contested with about ten cars less than two seconds a lap apart and with some of those still getting quicker as they were still learning North America's toughest race course. At the green Ron "Burr" Keith and Road Atlanta master Bob Stretch pulled out from the group and battled for all twenty laps. The pressure from Stretch on Keith was relentless, but the leader of the "Kansas Tornadoes" just wouldn't wilt. In one of the best big bore races ever at the ARRC Keith "manned up" and hung on to defeat Stretch, one of the most prolific drivers of Road Atlanta. Disappointingly, the race would be lost in the tech shed as Keith's racer turned up a fraction of an inch too low, handing Stretch the win. Kentucky's Randy Walker moved to second in the order, which coupled with Tony Amico's horrible luck gave him the V8 StockCar series V8 GTA Championship. Amico went into the final race with a twelve point lead over Walker for the Championship but was taken out on lap three and the resulting DNF and no points handed the Mo's Gold Ring to Walker

In V8 GT2, Raeford, North Carolina's Chris Ingle took the overall, TCC class, and V8 StockCar GT2 wins Saturday, Ingle's margin of victory was just 2/10's of a second over Bob Mayer in his C6 Corvette. Mayer, who had started on the pole with a new V8 Series track record, had led every lap, but Ingle never lost contact and as the two began to work lapped traffic, Ingle closed in.

As the pair came down the hill on the twentieth and last lap, Ingle got a great run and worked to the inside of Mayer, driving it in there deeper than ever, made it stick and just edged Mayer at the checker. Mayer did get the STO class win as well as becoming the first V8 StockCar series V8 GT2 champion, winning by just three points over Cape Coral, Florida's Doug Wilson in his BMW M3. Wilson came into the final weekend with a seven point advantage over Mayer, but down about 100 horsepower and in his first weekend of racing at Road Atlanta, Wilson and his Bimmer just couldn't hang with the Vette's. Ed Lewis finished third in the V8GT2 class for both the race and the points battle giving CrossRoads Motorsports Sam Power two of the top three spots in the Championship. Power preps both Mayer's and Lewis' Vette's.  Mayer took home the Mo's Gold Champions ring for his season efforts.


The V8 Series thanks the Atlanta Region SCCA, it's workers, and the ARRC committee for the outstanding job handling the events logistics. It was truly a "professional event."

A giant thank you to Joe and Trish Mobley of Mo's Gold for their continued support of the series and for sponsoring the beautiful silver rings for our Champions.

The V8 Series partners are instrumental in the continued success and they are: Mo'sGold, GoPro, SCCA,Atlanta Region SCCA, RaceTalkRadio.com, TrackTek Race Fuels,Hoosier, Goodyear,Howe, FiveStar, RaceCar Engineering, DRP, RacingJunk.com, Roehrig-Enders, GrassRoots Motorsports Magazine, Racing Limo's, Dash Racewear, SaferRacer, Randy Lajoie and Hess Racing Products.

   
 

   
 


   


















   
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