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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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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
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
For Camaro Cup Results Please Go To The V8 Forum Under Camaro Cup Sewden
Camaro Cup/V8Stockcar @ Sebring International Raceway Feb. 11-12, 2012
Camaro Cup/V8Stockcar @ Palm Beach International Raceway Feb. 18-19 2012
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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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